Nikoghayos Tigranian
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Nikoghayos Tigranian was an Armenia
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...

n composer, ethnomusicologist and pianist. People's Artist of Armenia (1933). Hero of Labour (1936). For the first time Braille System was implemented in Armenia in 1921 by composer Nikoghos Tigranyan, in Gyumri school founded by him.http://www.armregions.am/en/2011/06/27/news-1309195702

Blind from the age of 9, he studied at the Vienna Institute for the Blind (1873-80) and Saint Petersburg Conservatory
Saint Petersburg Conservatory
The N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory is a music school in Saint Petersburg. In 2004, the conservatory had around 275 faculty members and 1,400 students.-History:...

 (with Rimsky-Korsakov). He collected Armenian folk music, which he used in arrangements (many for piano) and original works. Tigranian was the first composer to translate such music into orchestral terms.

The Gyumri
Gyumri
Gyumri is the capital and largest city of the Shirak Province in northwest Armenia. It is located about 120 km from the capital Yerevan, and, with a population of 168,918 , is the second-largest city in Armenia.The name of the city has been changed many times in history...

 Art School is named after him.

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