Konstantin Solomovich Saradzev (Derbent October 8, 1877 - Yerevan July 22, 1954) was a Russian / Armenian conductor.
Initially, he studied violin at the Moscow Conservatory under I. Grhzimali (1898), later in Prague. From 1900 he was a concertmaster at the then private Russian Opera. However, from 1904 to 1906 he studied at Leipzig with Arthur Nikisch, a renowned conductor. Once again he went to Moscow and Moscow. It was time for the Russian Revolution, so he could still promote modern and Western new music. In 1911 his first premiere for Nikolaj Mjaskovski followed; Silent, a work for orchestra. Later, Saradzhiev would baptize multiple works of Maskovsky.
From 1914 to 1917, Saradzev came with the Red Army, and began to teach the Moscow Conservatory only in 1922; He held that job until 1935. During that time he (again together with Mjaskovski) was part of the music circle around Pavel Lamm. He was a member of the Association of Contemporary Music in the Soviet Union and gave many premiers. His function at the Conservatory prevented him from wearing other functions in the music world:
In 1935, Saradzhiev moved to Yerevan, Armenia; became musical director and conductor of the Yerevan Opera and Ballet Theater, later he also became conductor of the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra, which gave him premieres of works of contemporary Armenian composers. From 1939 he joined the Armenian Conservatory as conductor and professor and received a Prize of the People (1945).
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Konstantin Saradzev (1900-1943) was also the name of the carillonist of the cloisters of Saint Daniel in Moscow,
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