Makar Yekmalyan

Makar Jekmaljan (Armenian Մակար Եկմալյան, scientific transliteration Makar Ekmalyan; * 21 Januarjul / February 2 1856greg in Vagharshapat, Armenia, .. .. † 6 Märzjul / March 19 1905greg in Tbilisi ) was an Armenian composer of sacred music and music teacher.

Makar Jekmaljan was born in 1856 in Vagharshapat in the Armenian province of Armavir, the son of a peasant family. After his schooling and training in 1874, he began singing and music theory at the Academy to teach Gevorkyan. From 1877 to 1891 he lived in Saint Petersburg where he was also director of the School of Music of the Armenian Church. In 1891 he settled in Tbilisi and taught at the seminary Nersesjan, where in 1902 the men's choir founded. His students included, inter alia, Asat Manukyan, poor Tigranjan and Tigran Nalbandian.

Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Anton Rubinstein and Mili Balakirev played an important role in his musical career. His training in the class of Nikolai Rimsky -Korsakov had considerable influence on his work. In the Armenian music history Jekmaljan was the founder of the genre oratorio and cantata, he also played an important role in the founding of music school. In 1895 he taught Komitas Wardapet, the founder of modern Armenian classical music, in music theory.

The most important work Jekmaljans as a composer is his Requiem for choir a cappella. In addition, he created a number of liturgical compositions and made a name for himself as a composer of popular songs.

In 1905 Jekmaljan died at the height of his powers from a mental illness.

• Armenian composer
• Born in 1856
• Died in 1905
• Man