John Ter-Tadevosyan

Born in Yerevan. At the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory Jivan Ter-Tadevosyan (John Ter-Tadevosyan) graduated from Vitold Portugalov's violin class in 1952 and from Edvard Mirzoyan's composition class in 1960; he later also taught at the conservatory (1985: professor). In 1942-52 he performed in an orchestra as a violinist. In 1952-59 he taught at the K. Saradjev Music School in Yerevan and was the school's director. From 1959 he lived in Moscow. Jivan Ter-Tadevosyan wrote 2 symphonies, a sinfonietta, a concerto for violin and orchestra, string quartets, symphonic poems, symphonic suites on Oriental, Arabic and Buryat themes, instrumental pieces, romances, songs, music for numerous films, and other works. In 1980 Jivan Ter-Tadevosyan was awarded the title of Honored Art Worker of the Armenian SSR. He died in Yerevan.