voc, 1869-1935 AM, Kütahya Province
Singer / Composer / Arranger of Classical, World and Folk
A.k.a. Soghomon Gevorki Soghomonyan
Soghomon Gevorki Soghomonyan – “Komitas” ("Սողոմոն Գևորգի Սողոմոնյան" - "Կոմիտաս" in Armenian) (1869-1935) Komitas (a name he obtained when he was ordained priest, remembering a 7th century Armenian catholicos who was also a hymn writer). was born on September 26, 1869 in Kütahya, Ottoman Empire and died on October 22, 1935 in Paris, France, was an Armenian priest (from here the other names of “Komitas Vardapet”, the priest Komitas), composer, choir leader, singer, music ethnologist, music pedagogue and musicologist. He was the first extra-european to be admitted into the International Music Society, of which he was a co-founder. He gave many lectures and performances throughout Europe and near East thus presenting armenian popular music. He’s considered the father of the modern classical armenian music. He was a witness of the armenian genocide in 1915, after that his mind was in suffer and the last 16 years of his life was passed in a psychiatric clinic in Paris where he died.
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Piano And Chamber Works | Komitas – Mikael Ayrapetyan, Vladimir Sergeev | 2017 | Album |
Seven Songs | Komitas - Lusine Grigoryan | 2017 | Album |
Six Dances | Komitas, Keiko Shichijo | 2016 | Album |
Komitas | Komitas – Hugo Wolf Quartett, Arthur Aharonian | 2015 | Album |
Armenian Piano Music | Mikael Ayrapetyan, Komitas ⋅ Александр Афанасьевич Спендиаров ⋅ Арно Бабаджанян ⋅ Eduard Abramian ⋅ Eduard Bagdasarian ⋅ Robert Amirkhanian | 2015 | Album |
Komitas | Komitas - The Gurdjieff Folk Instruments Ensemble, Levon Eskenian | 2015 | Album |
Letters From Armenia | Varduhi Yeritsyan & Friends – Komitas / Aram Khatchaturian | 2015 | Album |
Moderato Cantabile | Anja Lechner / François Couturier, Komitas, Georges Ivanovitch Gurdjieff, Frederic Mompou | 2014 | Album |
Folk Songs | Hover Chamber Choir Of Armenia, Sona Hovhannisyan, Komitas | 2007 | Album |
The Voice Of Komitas Vardapet | Komitas | 1995 | Compil. |
Armenian Songs & Dances | Komitas | 1995 | Album |
Divine Liturgy | Komitas | 1990 | Album |
Պատարագ = Patarag | Komitas | 1990 | Album |
Ансамбль Виолончелистов Ленинграда | Исаак Шварц, Komitas, Важа Азарашвили, Maurice Ravel, Franco Mannino | 1988 | Album |
Da Messa E Corali Trascitti Per Viola, Violoncello E Fagotto Da Ludwig Bazil | Komitas | 1985 | Album |
Hov Arek | Mesrob Berejikian Chante Komitas, Petros Shoujounian | 1984 | Album |
Chants De Mariage, Chants Et Danses Rustiques | Komitas | 1980 | Album |
Квартет Для Двух Скрипок, Альта И Виолончели | Komitas Quartet - Edvard Mirzoyan / Komitas | 1980 | Album |
Танцы Для Фортепиано | Komitas | 1980 | Album |
Песни / Армянская Музыка | Komitas | 1975 | Album |
К 50-летию Исполнительской Деятельности | Komitas Quartet - Komitas / Edvard Mirzoyan / Joseph Haydn / Ludwig van Beethoven / Edvard Grieg / Dmitri Shostakovich | 1974 | Compil. |
Соната № 36 / Два Интермеццо / Рапсодия / Шесть Картин / Танцы / Весна | Svetlana Navasardyan - Joseph Haydn / Johannes Brahms / Komitas / Арно Бабаджанян | 1972 | Album |
Патараг (Фрагменты) | Komitas | 1971 | Album |
Komitas Sings | Komitas | 1969 | Album |
Песни Комитаса | Komitas | 1968 | Single |
Поет Арменак Шахмурадян Песни Комитаса | Armenak Shahmuradian, Komitas | 1968 | Album |
Oeuvres Chorales Folkloriques Arméniennes | Komitas | 1965 | Album |
Quartet In D Minor / Armenian Songs | Edvard Mirzoyan / Komitas - Сергей Асламазян, Komitas Quartet | 1960 | Album |
Fantasy For Piano; Six Dances For Piano | Alan Hovhaness, Komitas | Album | |
Koussan Chorus | Komitas, Barsegh Kanachyan | Album | |
Песни Комитаса Поет Арменак Шахмурадян | Armenak Shahmuradian, Komitas | Album |
Komitas Quartet RU Classical |