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Tigran Mansurian was born in January 27, 1939 in Beirut.
In 1956, Mansurian studied at the Yerevan Music Academy and completed his PhD at the Komitas State Conservatory. The Lebanese-born Armenian composer of mostly orchestral, chamber, choral, and vocal works that have been performed throughout the world.
He taught modern music theory at the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory from 1967-86. Mansurian was the director of the Komitas Conservatory in the 1990s. In a short time he became one of Armenia's leading composers, establishing strong creative relationships with international performers and composers such as Valentin Silvestrov, Arvo Prt, Alfred Schnittke, Sofia Gubaidulina, Andr Volkonsky and many more.
His honors include two First prizes in the All-Union competition in Moscow. In 1966, for Partita; and in 1968, for Four Hayrens
SELECT LIST OF WORKS
PIANO Sonatina No. 1, 1963; Petite Suite, 1963; Sonata No. 1, 1967; Miniatures, 1969; Three Pieces, 1970-71; Nostalgia, 1976; Three Pieces for the Low Keys, 1979; Sonatina No. 2, 1987
FILM SCORES (DIRECTOR) The Color of Pomegranate, 1968 (Sergey Parajanov); We and Our Mountains, 1969 (Henrik Malyan); Osenneye solntse Autumn Sun, 1979 (Bagrat Oganesyan); Legend of the Clown, 1979 (Levon Asatryan)
VOCAL: Three Romances (text by Federico Garca Lorca [translated by Hamo Sahyan]), Four Hayrens (text by Nahapet Kuchak), Intermezzo (text by Vladimir Holan), I am Giving You a Rose (text by Matevos Sarifyan), Three Nairian Songs (text by Vahan Teryan), baritone Three Madrigals (text by Razmik Davoyan), Sunset Songs (song-cycle, text by Hamo Sahyan), The Land of Nairi (song-cycle, text by Vahan Teryan), Miserere (texts by St. Mesrop Mashtots, the Bible [Armenian translation]), Madrigal IV (text by Alicia Kirakosyan).
STAGE The Ice Queen (2 act ballet, scenario by Vilen Galstyan, after Hans Christian Andersen), 1989
CHORAL Three Poems (text by Kostan Zaryan), Spring Songs (text by Hovhannis Tumanyan), Confessing with Faith (text by St. Nerses Shnorhali), Ars Poetica (concerto, text by Yeghishe Charents), Motet (text by Grigor Narekatsi), On the Shores of Eternity (text by Avetik Isahakyan),
ORCHESTRALConcerto 1964; Partita1965; Music for Twelve Strings, 1966; Preludes, 1975; To the Memory of Dmitry Shostakovich (concerto no. 1) 1976; Canonical Ode 1977; Concerto No. 2, 1978; Double Concerto, 1978; Tovem 1979; Nachtmusik, 1980; Because I Do Not Hope (in memoriam Igor Stravinsky), 1981; Concerto, 1981; Concerto No. 3, 1983; Postludio Concerto, 1993; Concerto, 1995; Fantasy in 2003
Contact Tigran Mansuryan
Street address: Prof. Tigran Mansurian, 56 Teryan St., Apt. 14, 375009 Yerevan, Armenia
Telephone/fax: + 374 156 2525
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