Gayane Chebotaryan is the grande dame of Armenian music. Born in Rostov-on-
Don, Russia, in 1918, she was a composer, pianist and a musicologist. She studied at
the Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) Conservatory. Her teachers included Kristapor
Kushnaryan and Moisei Khalfin. Following her graduation, Chebotaryan began teaching at the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory, where she was appointed professor in 1977. In 1965, she was awarded the title of Honored Art Worker of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic

Most of her compositions are for piano that include Variations on Popular
Themes (1939), Sonata (1943), Six Preludes (1948), Concert Etudes (1963) and
Polyphonic Album for Youth (1972). She has also written a poem-cantata, Armenia, for
symphonic orchestra and chorus (1947); a symphonic picture, Celebration (1950); a
piano Concerto (1980) and a piano trio (1948). She has created choral works, songs
with piano and has made arrangements of folk songs. She has published a work on the
polyphonic characteristics of Aram Khachaturian’s music in 1969.
Composed in 1948, the set consists of six Preludes. There is fervent lyricism in the first prelude. The second projects an idyllic melody. The next prelude expresses lament. The fourth prelude requires a virtuoso technique. The fifth features an extended passionate euphony. The last requires bravura and a musical perception. The series tests the technical, tonal, harmonic, rhythmic, lyrical, and percussive capabilities of the piano.

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