Music, movement, and national memory unfold through a composition shaped by Armenia’s cultural renaissance after independence.

Design & Symbolism

Obverse

Dominating the obverse is the portrait of composer Aram Khachaturian, rendered in soft engraved detail beside the Yerevan Opera Theatre. The composition balances artistic authority with architectural formality, where layered pink and violet tones create a restrained theatrical atmosphere. Fine linear structures and geometric ornamentation frame the portrait with precision, while the opera building introduces a civic dimension tied to Armenia’s modern cultural identity.

Reverse

In contrast, the reverse transforms the note into a scene of performance, where ballet dancers from Gayaneh move across a field of musical notation beneath Mount Ararat. The composition becomes lighter and more fluid, allowing motion, choreography, and sound to shape the visual rhythm of the banknote. The integration of ballet, musical score, and landscape creates a rare synthesis of national culture and artistic expression within Armenian paper money design.

Collector’s Insight

For collectors, this issue stands out as one of the most culturally focused banknotes of the early Armenian dram series, centered entirely around music, ballet, and national artistic heritage rather than political symbolism. The combination of Aram Khachaturian, Gayaneh ballet imagery, and Mount Ararat gives the note a distinctive curatorial identity within post-Soviet banknote design.

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