Name Rita Kassabian Website www.ritakassabian.com | Years active –present Instruments Piano Role Composer | |
Genres classical music21st century music Occupation(s) Pianist , composer for orchestral, chamber and solo music works | ||
Rita Kassabian is an Armenian composer born in Lebanon.
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She is fascinated by the piano since an early age: from 1996 till 1997, she follows regularly the advices of her mentor and internationally well knowned late pianist Walid Akl who encourages her to excel in music. She studies with piano, harmony and analysis then is admitted at Schola Cantorum de Paris (France) in the composition / orchestration class of Patrice Sciortino, in September 2001.
Member of the French Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique, she is also the chairwoman of the music associations ARKOncerts and A.R.K., which promote young talents.
Awards ( Paris )
2004
2005
2006
2007
Compositions
Impromptu for 2 flutes, cello, 4 timpanies and 1 harp (composition prize 2005)
Divertimento for tenor solo saxophone, edited by L'Harmattan editions - Paris (composition prize 2006)
Waltz for flute and strings
Evasions for solo contrabassa
Trio for flute, tenor saxophone and cello
Suite for strings (La Madeleine church Paris)
Concerto for flute, string orchestra, french horn, harp, timpanies and percussions (La Madeleine, Paris)
Fantasia for flute ensemble (Saint Germain des Prés Auditorium, Paris)
Concerto for tenor saxophone, oboe, strings and percussions (Paris)
Concerto for tenor saxophone, saxophones band and percussions (new version of the concerto created on December 2009 (Paris)