Aram Kachaturian -

Although known as a composer and conductor, he was also a cellist and even played the tuba. Masterpieces of Stage & Screen

His childhood in Tbilisi, Georgia, was steeped in the music of ashugs (folk singer-poets) and street musicians, which later became the "second conservatoire" for his compositions. aram kachaturian

He didn't begin formal music studies until age 19, having initially moved to Moscow to study biology. Although known as a composer and conductor, he