Years active 1998–present Name Vahram Sargsyan | Role Composer | |
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Born 28 May 1981 Yerevan, Armenia. Occupation Composer, Choral Conductor | ||
Vahram sargsyan epitaph for string quartet 2015 world premiere performance
Vahram Sargsyan (alternate transliterations include Sarkissian or Sargissian, Armenian: Վահրամ Սարգսյան; born 28 May 1981, Yerevan, Armenia) is an Armenian Canadian composer, choral conductor and experimental vocalist currently living in Montreal, Canada.
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- Vahram sargsyan epitaph for string quartet 2015 world premiere performance
- Vahram sargsyan joyful light
- Biography
- Awards
- Orchestral
- Chamber Music
- Choral
- Piano
- Arrangements
- References
Vahram sargsyan joyful light
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 United States. His composition Luis Zvart was performed at the 6th World Symposium on Choral Music (Minneapolis, Minnesota 2002). His arrangement of Khorurd Metz (Great Mystery) is included in the Oxford University Press anthology World Carols for Choirs (2005) and has been recorded by BBC Singers. It has been broadcast 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), AGBU Foundation (USA), CBC Radio and others. Sargsyan's work Hunting the Hunter was premiered under his own baton in 2012 at Carnegie Hall.
Vahram Sargsyan's name has appeared in Who is Who in Choral Music since 2007. He is a member of Union of Composers and Musicologists of Armenia. He served as a music consultant for European Choral Association - Europa Cantat from 2010 to 2012.