Artur Avanesov
Artur Avanesov is an Armenian composer of chamber, choral, vocal, and piano works that have been performed in Armenia and abroad.
Career
Avanesov studied piano at various music schools in Baku, Kapan and Yerevan as a child, and studied music theory at the Alexander Spendiaryan Specialised Music School in Yerevan from 1994 to 1997. He studied composition with Stepan Rostomyan and piano with Elena Abajyan at the Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan from 2000 to 2002 and earned his doctorate in musicology in 2005.As a pianist, he has performed with musicians such as Rohan de Saram, Kim Kashkashian, Anja Lechner, Tony Arnold, and many others. His compositions have been performed in many countries including Europe, CIS countries, United States, Japan, Taiwan, Canada, Brazil, and the Middle East.
Among his honours are co-First Prize in the Benjamin Britten competition in Yerevan and co-First Prize in the Ghazaros Saryan competition for vocal music in Yerevan.
Avanesov has taught composition at the Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan since 2005.
His writings have appeared in many journals in Armenia and he has served as co-editor of the magazine Musical Armenia since 2002, where he has published articles on the music of Stockhausen and several contemporary Armenian composers. He is also the co-founder of the AUS Contemporary Music Ensemble, which performs works of young and established composers from Armenia and abroad.
Major works
Chamber music
Four Pieces, string quartet, 1996Namu-''Amida-Butsu, flute, piano, 2001- ...
Choral
Et resurrexit, 12 mixed voices, 1999Kyrie eleison, male chorus, 2000Christe eleison, soprano, male chorus, 2001Te decet hymnus, mixed chorus, 2001Requiem æternam, tenor, mixed chorus, 2 flutes ad libitum, 2 oboes ad libitum, piano, timpani, 42 strings, 2002Kyrie II, male chorus, 2002Lungi da te cor mio, mixed chorus, 2004Miserere, mixed chorus, 2007Vocal
Cinq Haïkaï, female voice, piano, 1996Two Gazelles of Yeghishe Charents, female voice, flute, oboe, French horn, violin, cello, piano, 2 percussion, 1997- ...and the moon is like shadow under your feet..., female voice, piano, 1998 Les douze couleurs d
'Alleluja, alto, 2002 - ...i have tried to write paradise..., mezzo-soprano/countertenor, string quartet, 2003Garun a, mezzo-soprano, piano, 2003Wieder, male voice, piano, 2005Im Luys – My Light, soprano, violin, 2005A Handful of Fire, soprano, piano, 2006
- ...zij lijkt op een vreemde bloem..., mezzo-soprano, cello, piano, 2007