| Intro | Armenian musician |
| A.K.A. | Konstantin Aghaparoni Orbelyan |
| Was |
Musician Conductor Composer Jazz musician Pianist |
| From |
Armenia Russia |
| Type | Music |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 29 July 1928, Armavir, Krasnodar Krai, Russia |
| Death |
24 April 2014, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, U.S.A. (aged 85 years) |
| Politics | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
Konstantin Aghaparoni Orbelyan (Armenian: Կոնստանտին Աղապարոնի Օրբելյան; Russian: Константин Агапаронович Орбелян, July 29, 1928 – April 24, 2014) was an Armenian pianist, composer, head of the State Estrada Orchestra of Armenia.
He was a People’s Artist of USSR (1979), Union of Soviet Composers Board member, Armenian Composer’s Union secretary since 1983, Vice-President of All-Soviet Musical Society of the USSR. He is the uncle of his namesake Constantine Orbelian
Discography
“Государственный эстрадный оркестр Армении п/у Константина Орбеляна” (1968)
As composer:
- “Shum berioz” (Birch Whispers), sung by Dmitri Hvorostovsky on the 2005 Delos Records compilation “Moscow Nights” (conducted by Constantine Orbelian).