1. Nikoghayos Tigranian was an Armenian composer, pianist, musicologist, and sociocultural activist.
11 Facts About Nikoghayos Tigranian
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Nikoghayos Tigranian was born in Alexandropol in the Russian Empire to a prominent family.
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Nikoghayos Tigranian lost his sight at the age of 9 as a result of smallpox.
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Nikoghayos Tigranian's family sent him to Vienna in 1873 to study at the Imperial Royal Institute for the Education of the Blind.
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Nikoghayos Tigranian took piano lessons from Professor Schenner of the Vienna Conservatory.
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Nikoghayos Tigranian gave piano recitals and delivered lectures in Western Europe, Russia and Transcaucasia, and published several articles on Oriental music.
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Nikoghayos Tigranian collected folk music, particularly mughams, which he used in original works and in various arrangements.
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Nikoghayos Tigranian was the first composer to translate such music into orchestral terms.
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Nikoghayos Tigranian's approach became an example to other composers who expanded further Tigranian's ideas and tools.
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In 1921, Nikoghayos Tigranian implemented the Braille System for the first time in Armenia at the Gyumri school he founded.
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Nikoghayos Tigranian moved to Yerevan in 1934 where he died in 1951.