ANTONYAN
RUBEN
RUBEN
Composer
Member of the Composers Union of Armenia since 2018
Born on 02/09/1988 in Yerevan
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