Tigran Mansurian composer Teryan 56, apt. 14, 9, [email protected]

Curriculum Vitae 1956 -1960 Yerevan Romanos Melikian College of Music (Yerevan, Armenia), Composition (class of E. Baghdasarian) 1960-1965 Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory (Yerevan, Armenia), Composition, MA Studies (class of Gh. Saryan) 1964 -1995 Hay -Film Studios, Music for Movies 1972-1984 G. Sundukyan, State Academic Theater, Music for Plays 1965-1967 Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory (Yerevan, Armenia), Composition, Doctorate Studies (class of Gh. Saryan) 1967-1987 Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory (Yerevan, Armenia), Lecturer, Theory of Modern Music 1992-1995 Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory (Yerevan, Armenia), Rector 1998 Ravenna International Music Festival (Italy) 1999 Armenian Night, Bergen International Music Festival (Norway) 2004 March Other Minds Festival (San Francisco, USA) 2005 Oct – "Culturescapes" Festival (Basel, Switzerland ), Composer in R esidence Nov 2006 Feb "Icebreaker III: The Caucasus" Festival and International Symposium (Seattle, USA), Composer in Residence 2006 April Bergamo Festival, Bergamo, Italy 2007 April Mansurian Triptych (Los Angeles, USA) 2007 Nostalghia Festival, Poznan, Poland October 2008 July Marlboro Music School and Festival (Marlboro, USA), Composer in Residence

CDs  "Tovem" in "Soloists Ensemble of the Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra" (2 CD), Vox, 1994  "Nostalghia" in "Pourquoi je suis si sentimental?", Bis, 1995  "Tigran Manssurjan", Orfeo, 1997  "An Introduction to Tigran Mansurian", Megadisc, 1999  "Nostalghia" in "Der Bote", ECM, 2002  "Hayren: Music of Komitas and Tigran Mansurian", ECM, 2003  "Three Pieces" in "Fractured Surfaces", Solyd Records, 2003  "Five Bagatelles" in "Armenian Piano Trios", Et'Cetera, 2004  "Monodia", ECM, 2004  "String Quartets", ECM, 2005  "Ars Poetica", ECM, 2006  "Five Bagatelles" in "Dreams and Thoughts", Albany Records, 2007

Published Works  The Shadow of the Sash, M.P. Belaieff  N3, M.P. Belaieff  Nostalghia, M.P. Belaieff  Lachrymae, M.P. Belaieff  Piano trio, M.P. Belaieff  Lamento (for violin), M.P. Belaieff  Lamento (for viola), M.P. Belaieff  String Quartet N1, M.P. Belaieff  Autumn Fantasy (Fantasy II), M.P. Belaieff (Material on hire)  Fantasie, M.P. Belaieff (Material on hire)  Postludium, M.P. Belaieff (Material on hire)  Serenade, M.P. Belaieff (Material on hire)  Tovem, M.P. Belaieff (Material on hire)  "And Then I Was In Time Again", M.P. Belaieff (Material on hire)  Four Serious Songs, M.P. Belaeiff (Material on hire)  Two Piano Sonatas by Young Soviet Composers, G. Schirmer  Sonata N2 for Cello and Piano, Sikorski  Cappriccio, Sikorski  The Orator, Sikorski  Tombeau, United Music Publishers  Nachtmusic, Ricordi  Partita, Soviet Composer  Four Hayrens , Soviet Composer  Sonata 2 for Violin and Piano, Soviet Composer  Sonata 1 for Cello and Piano, Soviet Composer  Tovem, Soviet Composer  Preludes (for symphonic orchestra), Soviet Composer  Concerto 1 for Cello and Symphonic Orchestra, Soviet Composer  String Quartet 1, Soviet Composer  Allegro Barbaro (in cello pieces by Armenian composers), Soviet Composer  Sonata for Viola and Piano, Soviet Composer  Five Bagatelles (in Piano Trios by Armenian Composers), Armenian Composer  Little Suite, Armenian Composer  Sonatina for piano, Armenian Composer  String Concertos, Armenian Composer  Allegro Barbaro, Armenian Composer  Sonata N1 for Violin and Piano (in violin sonatas by Armenian Composers), Armenian Composer  Three Pieces for Piano, Armenian Composer  Piano Sonata, Armenian Composer  Songs of Springs, Drazark  Ars Poetica, Drazark  Vocal Pieces, Yerevan

Prizes, Awards, Nominations  First prize in All-Union (USSR) Composition Competition for "Partita", 1966  First prize in All-Union (USSR) Composition Competition for "Four Hayren s", 1968  People's Artist of Armenia  Order of  Order of Mesrop-Mashtots  Honorary citizen of Giumri, Armenia, 2004  Grammy Nomination in the category of Best Contemporary Classical Composition for ...And Then I Was in Time Again (concerto for viola and chamber orchestra), 2005  Vahan Tekeyan prize for composition, 2006  Honorary citizen of Yerevan, Armenia, 2007

Memberships  MP Belaieff Fund  Union of Composers and Musicologists of Armenia  Union of Armenian Cinematographers