Shiko Aranov was born on April 23, 1905 in Tatarbunary, Akkerman uyezd, Bessarabia Governorate, Russian Empire [now Odessa Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a composer, known for Melodii moldovenesti (1955), Lyana (1955) and Horeograficheskie miniatjury (1960). He died on November 28, 1969 in Kishinyov, Moldavian SSR, USSR [now Chisinau, Moldova].
