Ованнисян Арташес

Ованнисян Арташес

Hovhannisyan Artashes

Hovhannisyan, Artashes Ованнисян Арташес (b. October 9, 1974, Yerevan). Armenian composer of orchestral, chamber and piano works; he is also active as a violinist.

Mr. Hovhannisyan first studied violin in Yerevan from 1982-89 and earned a certificate of excellence. He then studied composition with Edvard Mirzoyan at the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory from 1991-96 and from 1996-98 as a post-graduate student. Since 2002, after obtaining the French Government Scholarship, he has had post-graduate studies in composition with Rainer Boesch at the Académie Internationale Supérieure de Musique de Gaillard in Annemasse (France).

He taught at the Spendiarov Yerevan Music School in 1994-95, coordinated the Department of International Relations at the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory from 1997-2001 and has been an assistant to the choral professor at the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory since 2000.

Since 2001, he has been a member of the Armenian Composers Union.

CONTACT INFORMATION

E-mail address: arthov@yahoo.com

Street address: Mr. Artashes Hovhannisyan, 1 Hr. Nersisyan St., Apt. 78, Yerevan 375014, Armenia

Telephone: + 374 128 3781 Fax: + 374 122 6235

COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS

ORCHESTRAL: Symphonie 1, 1995-96; Symphonie 2, 2000-02

CHAMBER MUSIC: String Quartet, 1991; Poem, cello, piano, 1993; Continuo, piano, harpsichord, 2 synthesizers, 7 percussion, tape, 1997-98; Sous le regard de serpent, flute, cello, piano, 2002

PIANO: Partite, 1995

ARRANGEMENT: Akunk (folk songs, spirituals), mixed chorus, 1994

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