Tigranyan, Nikogaios
(1856–1951)
Tigranyan [Teegranyán] (Tigranov), Nikogaios (Nikoghayos Fadeyi; Nikolay Faddeyevich) (8–19/31–1856, Aleksandropol [now Leninakan]; 2–17–1951, Yerevan). Armenian pianist, folklorist, and comp. Blind from the age of nine, he studied pf and comp. at the Institute for the Blind in Vienna (1873–80) and did advanced work with N. Rimsky-Korsakov and N. Solov'yov at the P. Cons. (1893). In 1922 organized and taught at a school for the blind in Aleksandropol; also concertized and presented lectures…