UNESCO: Collection of Works of the Composer Komitas Vardapet
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Komitas
Soghomon Soghomonian, ordained and commonly known as Komitas, was an Ottoman-Armenian priest, musicologist, composer, arranger, singer, and choirmaster, who is considered the founder of the Armenian national school of music. He is recognized as one of the pioneers of ethnomusicology.
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entertainment · Armenian composer and priest (1869–1935) · composer · ethnomusicologist · musicologist · singer · conductor · choir director · music educator · priest · vardapet · folklorist · also Komitas, Soghomon Soghomonyan, Komitas Vardapet
Born 26 September 1869 · Died 22 October 1935 · Q351670
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2026· 1 entry
2024· 2 entries
nytimes.com: The Wartime Music of Debussy and Komitas, Still Resonating Today
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The Guardian: Music in Time of War: Debussy and Komitas album review – fascinating collection of composer’s final works
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2021· 1 entry
TV Guide: Komitas - Full Cast & Crew
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2019· 2 entries
Moviefone: Music to Madness: The Story of Komitas (2019) - Where to Watch
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The Gurdjief Ensemble debuted in New York City performing Komitas's folk songs on traditional instruments
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2016· 1 entry
Armenpress: Official opening ceremony of “Komitas” symposium-festival takes place
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2015· 2 entries
Jazz: The Gurdjieff Folk Instruments Ensemble: Komitas
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: How Komitas preserved Armenian folk music
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2010· 2 entries
Armenpress: RA President Attends Final Event on 140th Anniversary of Komitas
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And remain the definitive interpretation of these compositions
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2004· 1 entry
Los Angeles Times: ‘Komitas’ reawakened
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1981· 1 entry
In honor of the great composer and as a reminder of the tragedy of the Armenian Genocide
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1935· 1 entry
Died 1935-10-22.
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1933· 1 entry
In Paris and first recorded onto a digital media in 1988 in Yerevan
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1919· 1 entry
Where he died in a psychiatric clinic in Villejuif in 1935
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1910· 1 entry
To escape mistreatment by ultra-conservative clergymen at Etchmiadzin and to introduce Armenian folk music to wider audiences
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1904· 1 entry
While in 1905 a further 50 songs were published
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1903· 1 entry
Published the first-ever collection of Kurdish folk songs titled Kurdish melodies
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1895· 1 entry
Studied music at the Frederick William University in Berlin
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1894· 1 entry
Soghomon was ordained hieromonk (կուսակրոն աբեղա) and given the name of the 7th-century poet and musician Catholicos Komitas
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1893· 2 entries
Studied at Gevorkian Theological Seminary (1881–1893).
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Became a music teacher and was appointed the choirmaster of the Etchmiadzin Cathedral, Armenia's mother church
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1891· 1 entry
The Ararat magazine (the Holy See's official newspaper) published his "National Anthem" (Ազգային Օրհներգ, lyrics by seminary student A
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1880· 1 entry
Four years after he finished primary school in Kütahya, Soghomon was sent by his father to Bursa to continue his education
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1869· 1 entry
Born 1869-09-26.
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