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Dikran Tchouhadjian
1898Mar, 11

Dikran Tchouhadjian

Dikran Tchouhadjian, Armenian composer and conductor (b. 1837)
Tigran Gevorki Chukhajian (Armenian: Տիգրան Չուխաճեան, Turkish: Dikran Çuhacıyan; 1837 – March 11, 1898) was an Ottoman Armenian composer and conductor, and the founder of the first opera institution in the Ottoman Empire. He is considered the first opera composer in Turkish history.

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