Vahram Sargsyan

Vahram Sargsyan
Born (1981-05-28) May 28, 1981
Yerevan, Armenia.
Occupation Composer, Choral Conductor
Years active 1998–present

Vahram Sargsyan (alternate transliterations include Sargissian, Sarkissian or Sargsian, Armenian: Վահրամ Սարգսյան; born 28 May 1981, Yerevan, Armenia) is an Armenian composer and choral conductor currently living in Montreal, Canada.

Biography

Vahram Sargsyan studied at the P. Tchaikovsky Musical College, at the Music Theory Faculty. He then studied composition with Ashot Zohrabyan at the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory from 1998–2003, where he also studied conducting with Tigran Hekekyan from 2000–06 and where he has had post-graduate studies in composition again with Ashot Zohrabyan from 2005-2007. Currently he is working towards his Master's degree in composition at Schulich School of Music, McGill University with Philippe Leroux.

Sargsyan's music has been performed in Armenia, UK, Germany, Austria, Belarus, Sweden, Lithuania, Latvia, Belgium, Russia, Greece, Poland, Italy, Japan, Canada, as well as in the USA. His composition Luis Zvart was performed at the 6th World Symposium on Choral Music (Minneapolis, Minnesota 2002). His arrangement of Khorurd Metz[1] (Great Mystery) is included in the Oxford University Press anthology World Carols for Choirs[2] (2005)[3] and has been recorded by BBC Singers. It has been broadcast[4] by BBC Radio 3.

He has had commissions from Oxford University Press (UK), A.R.CO.VA.(Italy), Boston Choral Ensemble (USA), Norddeutscher Rundfunk (Germany),[5] AGBU Foundation (USA), CBC Radio and others. Sargsyan's work Hunting the Hunter was premiered[6] under his own baton in 2012 at Carnegie Hall.

Vahram Sargsyan's name has appeared in Who is Who in Choral Music[7] since 2007. He is a member of Union of Composers and Musicologists of Armenia. He served as a music consultant[8] for European Choral Association - Europa Cantat from 2010 to 2012.

Awards

Selected works

Orchestral

Chamber Music

Choral

Piano

Arrangements

References

  1. ↑ Khorurd Metz Mp3 Sample on the website of Oxford University Press: http://fdslive.oup.com/www.oup.com/academic/mp3/music/WCFC_Armenia.mp3
  2. ↑ World Carols for Choirs http://www3.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/World_Carols_for_Choirs
  3. ↑ B. Chilcott & S. Knight: World Carols for Choirs; Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-353231-X
  4. ↑ BBC Radio 3 Playlist 12 December 2005, 10.38: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/latejunction/pip/dp97o/
  5. ↑ http://www.ensembleoktoplus.de/repertoire/
  6. ↑ http://agbu.org/news-item/fifth-annual-agbu-nysec-performing-artists-in-concert-raises-over-50000-to-support-students-and-music-programs-worldwide/
  7. ↑ G.Lazri & S. Simon, Who is Who in Choral Music ISBN 978-3-00-022159-0
  8. ↑ Music Consultants of the European Choral Association – Europa Cantat until the end of 2012: http://www.europeanchoralassociation.org/about-us/music-commission/
  9. ↑ Socan Foundation - Annual Young Composers Awards https://www.socan.ca/news/socan-foundation-announces-recipients-annual-young-composers-awards
  10. ↑ BCE Commission Competition Winners: http://bostonchoral.org/commission-competition/winners/
  11. ↑ Kompositionswettbewerb für neue Werke für Frauen- oder Männerstimmen, Preisgewinner: http://www.choralcroatia.com/germany/petrinja.aspx
  12. ↑ Europa Cantat: European Seminar for Young Composers: http://www.imc-cim.org/index.php?option=com_events&task=view_detail&agid=11&year=2008&month=07&day=13&Itemid=203

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