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Aram KhachaturianHouse-Museum · Տուն-Թանգարան
The soul of Armenia, scored in music
The former private residence of Armenia's greatest composer — now a living museum preserving his legacy, instruments, manuscripts, and the rooms where he created.
Biography
Aram Khachaturian — Voice of a Nation
World-famous Armenian composer, conductor, pedagogue, and public figure — composer of the first Armenian national ballet, symphony, and instrumental concertos.
Aram Ilyich Khachaturian (Armenian: Արամ Ղաչատրյան) was born on June 6, 1903 in Kojori, a suburb of Tiflis (now Tbilisi, Georgia). His father Yeghia had moved from the village of Upper Aza to Tiflis, where he ran a bookbinding shop. His mother Kumash was from Lower Aza.
Early Life & Education
Khachaturian studied at the Moscow Conservatory and the Gnessin Institute and became the most widely recognised Armenian composer of the 20th century — with the Sabre Dance, Gayane, and Spartacus.
Musical Legacy
He composed the Sabre Dance from the ballet Gayane (1942) — one of the most recognisable musical pieces in the world. His other major works include the ballets Spartacus and Masquerade Suite, three symphonies, three instrumental concertos (violin, cello, piano), and a rich body of film music. He was the first Armenian composer to write a symphony and to compose a national ballet.
Honours & Later Years
Khachaturian received the Stalin Prize four times, the Lenin Prize, and was named People's Artist of the USSR. He was a Professor at the Moscow Conservatory and the Gnessin Institute, and conducted his own works on concert tours worldwide. He died on May 1, 1978 in Moscow. In 1976, the Armenian Government decided to convert his private Yerevan residence into a museum — a decision made during his lifetime.
Musical Legacy
His Greatest Works
From thundering ballet suites to lyrical violin concertos — the compositions that made Khachaturian a world classic.
Virtual Experience
Walk Through the Museum — From Anywhere
Step inside Khachaturian's private rooms, study, and exhibition halls in this high-resolution virtual walkthrough — preserved digitally for the world.
Audio Archive
Listen to Khachaturian
Fifteen recordings spanning ballets, concertos, and suites — let the music of Armenia's greatest composer fill the room.
Photography Archive
The Museum & Its Spaces
Inside the rooms where Aram Khachaturian lived, composed, and received the world's greatest musicians.
Museum Highlights
What You Will Discover
Step into the study, living room, and bedroom preserved exactly as Khachaturian left them. His piano, manuscripts, personal library, and memorabilia from concert tours around the world — all held within the walls where he spent his final creative years in Yerevan.
Manuscripts, photos, awards, and rare documents spanning a lifetime of musical creation — from student notebooks in Moscow to the Stalin Prize medals.
The museum hosts regular concerts, educational programmes for children, and scholarly events — keeping the living tradition of Khachaturian's music alive in the very rooms he inhabited.
Rare photographs documenting Khachaturian's life from his childhood in Tiflis to his international conducting tours — now digitally preserved and accessible online.
Plan Your Visit
Contact & Location
The museum is open Monday–Friday 11:00–17:00, Saturday 11:00–16:30. Located at 3 Zarobyan Street, Yerevan.
Yerevan 0009
Armenia
+374 10 580178
+374 10 522691
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