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Nikoghayos Tigranian was an Armenian composer, pianist, musicologist, and sociocultural activist.!
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Armen Tigrani Tigranian or Tigranyan or Dikranian was an Armenian music composer and conductor.
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Background
Tigranian was born in Alexandropol in the Russian Empire (present-day Gyumri, Armenia).
Education
Tigranian received his musical training in Tbilisi, and in , he finished his education at the Tbilisi Music College, studying composition with Makar Ekmalyan.
Career
His best-known works were two national operas, Anoush (premiere: Alexandropol, 4 (17) August , the first opera performance in Armenia) and Davit Bek ().
The latter of which premiered only months before his death and was his final composition. He started becoming interested in music at a very early age.
He devoted himself to teaching and continued composing music, mainly songs and romances in Armenian folk traditions.
Tigranians opera Anoush, written in and remodelled in , is called