p, *1939 LB, Beirut
Composer of Classical
A.k.a. Տիգրան Մանսուրյան
Tigran Mansurian was born in January 27, 1939 in Beirut. After early study at the Yerevan Music Academy, he completed the PhD at the Komitas State Conservatory. He's one of Armenia's leading composers, establishing strong creative relationships with international performers and composers such as Silvestrov, Pärt, Schnittke, Gubaidulina, Volkonsky, Denisov, and with performers such as N. Gutman, O. Kagan, K. Georgian, and later with Kim Kashkashian and Eduard Brunner. Mansurjan’s work includes orchestral works, seven concertos for string instruments and orchestra, sonatas for violoncello and piano, three string quartets, choral music, chamber music, and works for solo instruments. In the course of time he developed an increasingly simple and almost liturgical kind of style. He attained to a terse and economical mode of expression which combines ancient and modern elements. Mansurjan’s music reflects the heritage of the ancient traditional roots music of Armenia, which dates back more than a thousand years and ranges from the melodies of mediaeval ecclesiastical chant to specific scalar systems and musical forms. Mansurjan’s music is quite lyrical. And the lyrical images of his music possess a suggestive power which nevertheless makes it sound emotional. Armenian name characters: Տիգրան Մանսուրյան [armenian] Name also transcripted as: Tigran Mansourian [French fonetic transcription] Tigran Mansurjan [German fonetic transcription] Prof. Tigran Mansurian, 56 Teryan St., Apt. 14, 375009 Yerevan, Armenia
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Songs And Instrumental Music | Tigran Mansurian, Mariam Sarkissian, Julian Milkis, Anton Martynov, Daria Ulantseva, Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Alexander Rudin | 2017 | Album |
Requiem | Tigran Mansurian | 2017 | Album |
Untitled | Diana Gabrielyan – Igor Stravinsky / Dmitri Shostakovich / Арно Бабаджанян / Tigran Mansurian | 2014 | Album |
Quasi Parlando | Tigran Mansurian | 2014 | Album |
Ars Poetica | Tigran Mansurian | 2006 | Album |
String Quartets | Tigran Mansurian, Rosamunde Quartett | 2005 | Album |
Monodia | Tigran Mansurian - Kim Kashkashian | 2004 | Album |
Armenian Piano Trios | Арно Бабаджанян Arno Babadjanian Tigran Mansurian, Gayaneh Tchebodarian, Krikor Hakhinian | 2003 | Album |
Fractured Surfaces Soviet Avant-Garde 1957-1970 | Alexei Lubimov - Arvo Pärt, André Volkonsky, Виталий Годзяцкий, Kuldar Sink, Valentin Silvestrov, Tigran Mansurian, Edison Denisov | 2003 | Album |
The Spirit Of Russia | Alfred Schnittke / Edison Denisov / Sofia Gubaidulina / Tigran Mansurian | 1989 | Compil. |
Дирижирует Давид Ханджян | Давид Ханджян, Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra - Richard Wagner / Сергей Слонимский / Avet Terteryan / Tigran Mansurian | 1983 | Album |
The Sun Of Incas / Three Madrigals / Concordanza / Tovem | Edison Denisov / Alfred Schnittke / Sofia Gubaidulina / Tigran Mansurian - Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra Soloists Ensemble, Alexander Lazarev | 1983 | Album |
Симфония № 1 / Концертино Для Флейты / Концерт Для Виолончели | Levon Arami Astvatsatrian / Мартин Вартазарян / Tigran Mansurian | 1978 | Album |
Trečiasis Vilniaus Vargonų Muzikos Festivalis | Vytautas Barkauskas / Georg Friedrich Händel / Marģeris Zariņš / Tigran Mansurian | 1975 | Album |
Trente Ans De Musique Soviétique 1953-1983 - | Vyacheslav Artyomov, Ervand Erkanyan, Tigran Mansurian, Lucian Progojine | Album |