MONUMENTS
MONUMENT TO ARAM KHACHATURIAN
1999
State index: 1.6.95.4
Architect: Romen Martirosyan
Sculptor: Yuri
Petrosyan
The monument to the
world-renowned Armenian composer, conductor, People’s Artist of the USSR, and
Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR, Aram Khachaturian
(1903-1978), is situated on a high platform in front of the main entrance to
the Grand Hall of the Armenian State Philharmonic. The monument was unveiled on
July 31, 1999. The concert hall is named in honor of Khachaturian.
The statue depicts the
composer seated in an armchair, captured at a moment of creative inspiration.
The monument is crafted from bronze, and the platform is made of smooth gray
granite, measuring 7.55 × 3.80 meters. The height of the sculpture itself is
3.50 meters, while the total height of the monument is 4.55 meters.
“Scientific Research
Centre of Historical and Cultural Heritage” SNCO
