Teaching Resources on Khachaturian 🌍
Materials and performances that support introducing Khachaturian to piano students.
Aram Khachaturian Biography (Britannica)
Concise, authoritative biography useful for presenting contextual background to students.
🔗 https://www.britannica.com/biography/Aram-Khachaturian
Sabre Dance – Berliner Philharmoniker / Simon Rattle (YouTube)
Professional performance of Khachaturian’s most famous piano-transcribed piece, inspiring for student listening.
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzEEz1bAt8g
Violin Concerto in D minor – David Oistrakh, cond. Khachaturian (YouTube)
Historic performance showing composer as conductor, useful to illustrate performance practice and interpretation.
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeKZAbFj83I
Piano Concerto in D-flat major – Nikolai Petrov (YouTube)
Classic piano concerto recording, valuable for students studying 20th-century concerto repertoire.
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-BjY6mpCyg