Alexander Melik-Pashayev was born on October 23, 1905 in Tiflis, Russian Empire [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia] as Alexander Shamil'yevich Melik-Pashayev. He is known for his work on Bolshoy kontsert (1951) and Pierlequin (2001). He died on June 18, 1964 in Moscow, USSR [now Russia].