What is Konstantin Orbelyan?
[[File:Korbelian.jpg|thumb|Orbelyan in January 2008.]] '''Konstantin Aghaparoni Orbelyan''' ({{Lang-hy|Կոնստանտին Աղապարոնի Օրբելյան}}, {{Lang-ru|Орбелян, Константин Агапаронович}}; 29 July 1928 &ndash; 24 April 2014) was an [[Armenia]]n-[[Americans|American]] [[pianist]], [[Conductor (music)|conductor]] and [[composer]]. He was Head of the [[State Estrada Orchestra of Armenia]]. He was born in [[Armavir, Russia|Armavir]], [[Russia]] (then [[Soviet Union]]). Orbelyan died on 29 April 2014 in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]] of the [[United States]]. He was 85.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tert.am/en/news/2014/04/24/orbelian/|title=Armenian musician Konstantin Orbelyan dies at 85|work=[[tert.am]]|date=24 April 2014|accessdate=25 April 2014|archive-date=24 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424204005/http://www.tert.am/en/news/2014/04/24/orbelian/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://armjazzband.am/about/konstantin-orbelyan/ Konstantin Orbelyan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140504172638/http://armjazzband.am/ |date=2014-05-04 }} at the [http://armjazzband.am/ Armenian State Jazz Band website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140504172638/http://armjazzband.am/ |date=2014-05-04 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Orbelyan, Konstantin}} [[Category:1928 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:American composers]] [[Category:American conductors]] [[Category:American jazz musicians]] [[Category:American pianists]] [[Category:Armenian composers]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in Los Angeles]] [[Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States]] {{US-biography-stub}}