Tigran Mansurian
Armenian: Տիգրան Մանսուրյան
Mansurian in San Francisco, 2015
Background information
Birth nameTigran Yeghiayi Mansurian
Born (1939-01-27) January 27, 1939 (age 85)
Beirut, Greater Lebanon
OriginArmenian SSR
Genresclassical music
Occupation(s)Composer, teacher
Instrument(s)Piano
Websitetigranmansurian.com

Tigran Yeghiayi Mansurian (Armenian: Տիգրան Եղիայի Մանսուրյան; born January 27, 1939) is a leading Armenian composer of classical and film music, People's Artist of the Armenian SSR (1990), and Honored Art Worker of the Armenian SSR (1984). He is the author of orchestral, chamber, choir, and vocal works which have been played across the world.[1][2]

Biography

Mansurian was born in Beirut, Greater Lebanon on January 27, 1939. His family moved to the Armenian SSR in 1947 and settled in Yerevan in 1956, where he continued his education.[3] He studied first at the Romanos Melikian Music School under the Armenian composer Edvard Baghdasaryan and later at the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory.[4][5] During his years of study, he wrote different works of varied genres and was awarded for some of them.

He taught modern music theory at the Conservatory from 1967 to 1986. He was the Rector of the Conservatory from 1992 to 1995.

An ECM album of Mansurian's music, Monodia, was nominated for the 2004 Grammy Award for "Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)" and "Best Classical Contemporary Composition".[citation needed] In 2017, ECM's recording of Mansurian's Requiem was nominated for two Grammys.[6] The Requiem received the Presidential Award of Armenia for its commemoration of the victims of the Armenian Genocide.

On January 27, 2024, a concert of the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra commemorating Mansurian's 85th birthday occurred at Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall in Yerevan.[7] Included was his viola concerto, "...and then I was in time again", played by Sergey Poltavsky. The program concluded with excerpts of Mansurian's film music.[8]

Recordings

Works

Mansurian in 2014

Mansurian's compositions range from large scale orchestral works to individual art songs. He also composed several film scores between 1968 and 1980.[9] In 2017, a recording of Mansurian's Requiem, dedicated to the victims of the Armenian Genocide, was released by ECM.[10] Mansurian's film music is melody, lyricism, and greatly contributes to the completion of the film's artistic description.[clarification needed]

Stage

Orchestral

Chamber music

Piano

Choral

Vocal

Film scores

References

  1. ^ "Tigran Mansurian". ECM Records. Retrieved March 17, 2014. In only a few years he became one of Armenia's leading composers.
  2. ^ Swed, Mark (January 19, 2009). "Review: The Dilijan series premieres a new Tigran Mansurian work". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
  3. ^ "Los Angeles Times published article dedicated toTigran Mansurian". Armenpress. January 10, 2014. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
  4. ^ Schott Music, Tigran Mansurian
  5. ^ Pasles, Chris, What stirs deep inside , Los Angeles Times, April 20, 2007
  6. ^ "Artist: Tigran Mansurian". Recording Academy Grammy Awards. Archived from the original on February 9, 2024. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
  7. ^ "Тиграну Мансуряну 85 лет" [Tigran Mansurian is 85] (in Russian). am.mir24.tv. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
  8. ^ "Тигран Мансурян" [Tigran Mansurian] (in Russian). panorama. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
  9. ^ Works list compiled from The Living Composers Project, Mansurian, Tigran
  10. ^ Whitehouse, Richard (September 8, 2019). "Mansurian: Requiem". www.gramophone.co.uk. Retrieved July 17, 2019.

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