ANTONYAN

RUBEN

Composer

Member of the Composers Union of Armenia since 2018

Born on 02/09/1988 in Yerevan

BIOGRAPHY

2008-2011 – piano lessons (lecturer of the Yerevan State Conservatory after Komitas (YSCK) (prof: N. Abrahamyan)

2010-2011 – composition lessons (lecturer of the YSCK A. Satyan)

2011-2014 – composition department at the YSCK (prof.: A. Satyan), bachelor in “Musical Art”

2014-2016 – Hamburg University of Music and Theater, (prof.: M. Stanke (soundscape), prof.: G. Heidu, prof.: S. L. Lemke (music theory and analysis)

2016-2018 – composition department at the (prof.: A. Satyan) master in “Musical Art”

2018 – participated in the Contemporary Music Festival in Charlotte, North Carolina at Royal University of Charlotte, receiving masterclasses from compoer Dorothy Hyndman and composer and visual artist Kyong Mi Choi

Since 2021 – postgraduate studies at the Art Institute of the RA National Academy of Sciences

2015-2018 – Member of the Council of the Youth Branch of the Union of Composers of Armenia (now the Youth Forum).

2019-2021 – Head of the Youth Forum of the Union of Composers of Armenia

2016-2020 – founder, vice-president of “Quarter Tone” public organization (since 2020 – president)

Since 2018 – Founder of “Asonance” ensemble (art director since 2021)

Music was performed at a number of international festivals. Music in Touch (Cagliari, Italy)

Crossroads (Yerevan, Armenia)

Risuonanze (Udine, Italy)

Opus 3 (Munich, Germany)

Loop (Brussels, Belgium)

and others.

Composition ‘М’Spiration’ – “Monteverdi and Modern Music” in Milan. The concert dedicated to the 450th anniversary of the famous Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi. The work was performed by the famous Italian violist Maurizio Barbetti.

2010 – Poem for solo cello

2011 – “Little Piece” for oboe and piano

2012 – Romance for soprano and piano by H. Tumanyan

2012 – Piano trio

2013 – “Somnoque” for piano

2013 – Romance for mezzo-soprano, cello and piano by V. Davtyan

2013 – “Nictation” for flute and piano

2013 – Fugue (3 voices) for piano

2014 – “Penetration” for orchestra

2014 – “Motion” for clarinet, violin and cello

2015 – 3 Piano Pieces after Robert Motherwell paintings for piano

2016 – “4.5Situation(s)” for solo flute

2016 – IV Chromatic Pieces for piano

2016 – “Anticipation” for piano

2016 – “Extension” for string trio

2017 – “[Not] in usual mood[e]” for Armenian viola

2017 – “[in Spring] something green is growing” – 3 small pieces for piano

2017 – “‘M’Spiration” for solo viola

2017 – Piano Work (u n i n t e r r u p t e d i l l u m i n a t i o n ) for solo piano

2018 – For the ensemble “[layer] per [layer]”

2018 – “Transposition” for orchestra

2018 – “Mechanical (S.)” for saxophone quartet

2018 – “Almost could be …” for violin and viola

2019 – “{re}-receiving-{set}” for string quartet

2020 – For the “‘B’Spiration” ensemble

2020 – “ex[-]position” after Robert Motherwell painting for solo flute

2021 – Piano Work II (m i c r o p a t t e r n s) for solo piano

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