He didn't begin formal music studies until age 19, having initially moved to Moscow to study biology.
Although known as a composer and conductor, he was also a cellist and even played the tuba. Masterpieces of Stage & Screen aram kachaturian
Khachaturian's journey to becoming a "national treasure" was unconventional: He didn't begin formal music studies until age
His childhood in Tbilisi, Georgia, was steeped in the music of ashugs (folk singer-poets) and street musicians, which later became the "second conservatoire" for his compositions. aram kachaturian