Mikael Tariverdiev

USSR, 1957–1996

Soviet-Armenian composer (1931-1996), born in Tbilisi, who wrote music for some 130 films. His chamber-scaled scores for The Irony of Fate and Seventeen Moments of Spring, using spare piano with jazz and Baroque touches, are widely known in the former USSR, as are his song cycles on poetry by Pasternak and Voznesensky.

MusicRoots documents 4 artists who influenced Mikael Tariverdiev and 0 artists Mikael Tariverdiev influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.

Who influenced Mikael Tariverdiev?

• Aram Khachaturian — Tariverdiev studied composition under Aram Khachaturian at the Gnessin Institute and became his favourite student — Khachaturian's blend of folk colour and Western technique shaped his lyrical style.
• Dmitri Shostakovich — Tariverdiev absorbed the innovations and emotional expressiveness of Dmitri Shostakovich, a model for his own experimentation.
• Sergei Prokofiev — Sergei Prokofiev's melodic invention and modern harmonic language were among the models behind Tariverdiev's film and chamber writing.
• Igor Stravinsky — One of the contemporary composers whose technique and expressiveness Tariverdiev took as a model.