BALASANYAN

DAVID

Composer

Member of the Composers Union of Armenia since 2006

Born on 10/10/1983 in Yerevan

BIOGRAPHY

1991-1998 – piano classes at the “Mkhitar Sebastatsi” educational complex in Yerevan (teacher: A. Ghazaryan)

1998-2000 – piano department at the State music college after Romanos Melikyan (prof. A. Pivazyan)

2005 – graduated from the composition department at the Yerevan State Conservatory after Komitas (YSCK) (Prof. A. Zohrabyan)

2008 – Post-graduate course of YSCK (Prof. A. Zohrabyan)

1991-2007 – “Vardanank”, “Chamber Voices of Armenia” and “Hover” choirs (vocalist)

2002 – “Kentron” TV (S. Danielyan’s “Pshalar” program as a pianist)

2002-2009 – Festival of Composers Union of Armenia (organizer/assistant)

2009-2013 – assistant at the composition department of the YSCK

2018 – member of the RA official delegation in the youth cultural forum of the CIS member states in Tula, Russia

2000 – Variations on a folk theme

2000 – Vocal series for soprano and piano, (by D. Balasanyan)

2001 – Sonatine for flute and piano

2001 – Vocal series “Landscapes” for soprano and piano (by V. Davtyan, V. Teryan and H. Tumanyan)

2001 – “Herald of Love” for mixed choir (by V. Teryan)

2002 – Duo for flute and viola (to flutist A. Hovhannisyan)

2002-2003 – String trio for violin, viola and cello

2002-2003 – “Composition” for woodwind quintet

2003-2004 – “Postlude in memoriam…” for violin and piano

2005 – “Metamorphoses of a Ritual” for symphony orchestra

2006 – “Flower Garden in Darkness” for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano

2006 – Monologue-fantasy for solo clarinet dedicated (to M. Ulikhanyan)

2007-2008 – Piano Trio for violin, cello and piano (to the Arcadia Di Roma Trio)

2012 – Arabesque for piano dedicated (to A. Avanesov)

2013 – ” The Pillow Tagh” for clarinet, violin, viola and double bass (by order of the “Octoplus” ensemble (NDR Radiophilharmonie) performed in Hanover)

2015 – Microludes for piano

2015 – Songs by Komitas for soprano and piano

2015 – “Monument” for piano and recording (to Komitas)

2016 – “Tweet” for solo performance (in memory of Tatevik Baghdasaryan)

2001 – “Paths” collection of poems, “Mitk” publishing house

2002 – Duo for flute and viola, Sordino Ediziuns Musicalas

2018 – Monologue-fantasia for solo clarinet, Da Vinci Edition

2003 – Benjamin Britten’s 90th anniversary competition (2nd prize for the “Composition” for woodwind quintet)

2006 – “Narekatsi” award ceremony of young composers, in the “Contemporary classical music” category (main prize for the composition “Postlude in memoriam…”).

2010 – 6th creative competition of the Conservatory of Sichuan (China) (3rd prize for the work “Flower Garden in Darkness”)

2016 – Free improvisation competition organized by the Narekatsi Art Union and the Composers Union of Armenia (1st prize)

2019 – 10th Piano Composition Competition Fidelio Online, jazz category (2nd prize) (Spain, Madrid)

2019 – 10th Piano Composition Competition Fidelio Online, atonal music category (3nd prize) (Spain, Madrid)

2020 – The composition “Mister of uncertainty” was recognized as one of the best within the framework of the Creative Armenia Self-Quarantine Challenge and presented along with the works of a number of other authors on the selfquarexperiment.com website.

2021 – 12th Piano Composition Competition Fidelio Online, minimal/experimental/new age category (1st prize) (Spain, Madrid)

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