Aleksandr Melik-Pashayev

Aleksandr Shamilyevich Melik-Pashayev (Russian: Александр Шамильевич Мелик-Пашаев; Armenian: Ալեքսանդր Մելիք-Փաշայան, romanized: Alek’sandr Melik’-P’ashayan; 23 October 1905, Tbilisi – 18 June 1964, Moscow) was a Soviet Armenian conductor, composer, pianist and pedagogue.

He made numerous highly regarded recordings with Melodiya from the 1940s to the 1960s, including memorable versions of Boris Godunov, War and Peace and The Queen of Spades.

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