| Tigran Mansuryan | | Birth name | Tigran Mansuryan | | Born | March 1, 1939(1939-03-01)
Beirut, Lebanon | | Occupations | Composer | Tigran Mansuryan (Armenian: Տիգրան Մանսուրյան; Russian: Тигран Мансурян,) (January 27, 1937 ) is a Lebanese-born Armenian composer Armenian composer famous for his orchestral, chamber, choral, and vocal works, as well as a number of movie soundtracks. [edit] Biography Tigran Mansuryan was born in Beirut, Lebanon, but later moved to Armenia in 1947, settling in Yerevan in 1956. He studied composition with Edvard Bagdasaryan at the Romanos Melikian College of Music in Yerevan from 1956 to 1960 and with Lazarus Saryan at the Yerevan State Musical Conservatory from 1960 to 1965, with whom he also had post-graduate studies there from 1965 to 1967. Tigran Mansuryan taught modern music theory at the Yerevan State Musical Conservatory from 1967 to 1986, composition since 1987 and from 1992 to 1995 he was the director of the same conservatory. Recently he left the teaching career and now concentrates on composition. [edit] List of works STAGE - The Ice Queen (2 act ballet, scenario by Vilen Galstyan, after Hans Christian Andersen), 1989
ORCHESTRAL - Concerto, organ, small orchestra, 1964
- Partita, large orchestra, 1965
- Music for Twelve Strings, 1966
- Preludes, large orchestra, 1975
- To the Memory of Dmitry Shostakovich (concerto no. 1), cello, large orchestra, 1976
- Canonical Ode, 4 harps, organ, 2 string orchestras, 1977
- Concerto No. 2, cello, string orchestra, 1978
- Double Concerto, violin, cello, string orchestra, 1978
- Tovem, small orchestra (15 players), 1979
- Nachtmusik, large orchestra, 1980
- Because I Do Not Hope (in memoriam Igor Stravinsky), small orchestra (15 players), 1981
- Concerto, violin, string orchestra, 1981
- Concerto No. 3, cello, small orchestra (2 flutes, oboe, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, bassoon, contrabassoon, 2 French horns, trumpet, trombone), 1983
- Postludio Concerto, clarinet, cello, string orchestra, 1993 (version of chamber work)
- Concerto, viola, 18 strings, 1995; Fantasy, piano, string orchestra, 2003
CHAMBER MUSIC - Sonata, viola, piano, 1962
- Sonata, flute, piano, 1963
- Sonata No. 1, violin, piano, 1964
- Allegro barbaro, cello, 1964
- Sonata No. 2, violin, piano, 1965
- Piano Trio, violin, cello, piano, 1965
- Psalm, 2 flutes, violin, 1966
- Interior, string quartet, 1972
- Silhouette of a Bird, harpsichord, percussion, 1971-73
- Sonata No. 1, cello, piano, 1973
- Sonata No. 2, cello, piano, 1974
- Wind Quintet, flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, bassoon, 1974
- The Rhetorician, flute, violin, double bass, harpsichord, 1978
- Capriccio, cello, 1981
- String Quartet No. 1, 1983-84
- String Quartet No. 2, 1984
- Five Bagatelles, violin, cello, piano, 1985; Tombeau, cello, percussion, 1988; Postludio, clarinet, cello, 1991-92 (also version as Postludio Concerto)
- String Quartet No. 3, 1993
- Concerto, English horn, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, 1995
- Hommage à Anna Akhmatova, bass clarinet, qanun (zither), viola, marimba, 1997
- Duo, viola, percussion, 1998
- Dance, viola, percussion, 1998
- Lacrimae, soprano saxophone, viola, 1999
- Lamento, violin, 2002 (also version for viola, 2002)
- Three Medieval Taghs, viola, percussion, 1998-2004
CHORAL - Three Poems (text by Kostan Zaryan), mixed chorus, 1969
- Spring Songs (text by Hovhannis Tumanyan), mixed chorus, 1996
- Confessing with Faith (text by St. Nerses Shnorhali), 4 male voices, viola, 1998
- Ars Poetica (concerto, text by Yeghishe Charents), mixed chorus, 1996-2000
- Motet (text by Grigor Narekatsi), 2 mixed choruses, 2000
- On the Shores of Eternity (text by Avetik Isahakyan), mixed chorus, 2003
VOCAL - Three Romances (text by Federico García Lorca [translated by Hamo Sahyan]), mezzo-soprano, piano, 1966
- Four Hayrens (text by Nahapet Kuchak), mezzo-soprano, piano, 1967
- Intermezzo (text by Vladimir Holan), soprano, ensemble, 1972-73 (lost)
- I am Giving You a Rose (text by Matevos Sarifyan), soprano, flute, cello, piano, 1974
- Three Nairian Songs (text by Vahan Teryan), baritone, large orchestra, 1975-76
- Three Madrigals (text by Razmik Davoyan), soprano, flute, cello, piano, 1974-81
- Sunset Songs (song-cycle, text by Hamo Sahyan), soprano, piano, 1984-85
- The Land of Nairi (song-cycle, text by Vahan Teryan), soprano, piano, 1986
- Miserere (texts by St. Mesrop Mashtots, the Bible [Armenian translation]), soprano, string orchestra, 1989
- Madrigal IV (text by Alicia Kirakosyan), soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, tubular bells, 1991
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) [edit] External links |
