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Tigran Yeghiayi Mansurian (Armenian: Տիգրան Եղիայի Մանսուրյան; born 27 January ) is a leading Armenian composer of classical music and film scores, a National Artist of the Armenian SSR () and honored art worker of the Armenian SSR ().

He is the author of orchestral, chamber, choir and vocal works, which have been played across the world.[^1][2]

Biography

Tigran Mansurian was born in Beirut. His family moved to Armenia in and settled in Yerevan in , where he was educated.^[3] He first studied at the Romanos Melikian Music School under Armenian composer Edvard Baghdasaryan and later at the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory.^[4][5] He later taught modern music theory at the Conservatory from to He was the Rector of Conservatory from to His "Monodia" album was nominated for the Grammy Award for "Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orches