Aram Khachaturian's manuscripts, film music included in UNESCO Register

PanARMENIAN.Net - Collection of note manuscripts and film music of a world renowned Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian has been included in UNESCO's Memory of the World Register.

The relevant UNESCO certificate was handed by the Minister of Culture Hasmik Poghosyan to the Aram Khachaturian Museum director Armine Grigoryan, ITAR-TASS reported.

“The application to the UNESCO was filed in 2012 on the initiative of the Minisitres of Culture and Foreign Affairs. Fifteen note manuscripts and film music included in the register are reposited in the museum, as well as several documents provided by the composer’s son Karen Khachaturian,” Gigoryan said.

Aram Khachaturian is a world renowned Armenian composer and musician of genuinely universal stature who has left a comprehensive musical legacy embracing almost all genres and forms. Making extensive use of the Armenian rural and urban folklore, Khachaturian raised Armenian composition school to a new classical level, ensuring its place in the world culture. His works influenced the formation of the composition schools in South Caucasus and Central Asian Republics.