Arno Harutyuni Babajanian (Armenian: Առնո Բաբաջանյան; Russian: Арно Арутюнович Бабаджанян; January 22, 1921 -- November 11, 1983) was a Soviet Armenian composer and pianist, People's Artist of the Armenian SSR (1956) and Soviet Union (1971). He was awarded the State Prizes of USSR (1951, 1953) and Armenian SSR (1967, 1983).