SARKISIAN-CHINKEZIAN

MARI

Pianist and composer

Member of the Composers Union of Armenia since 2021

Born on 16/01/1962 in Yerevan

BIOGRAPHY

Composition department at the Tchaikovsky Music School (prof. Ed. Baghdasaryan)

1981-1985 – composition department at the Yerevan State Conservatory after Komitas (YSCK) (prof. G. Yeghiazaryan)

“Highlander’s Dance” for piano

Prelude No. 1 for Piano

Fugue No. 1 for Piano

Prelude No. 2 for Piano

Fugue No. 2 for Piano

“Joke”, a piece for piano

Poem for violin and piano

Trio for flute, violin and piano

“Tagh ar Ayntap” for voice and piano (by V. Kajyan).

“Stop, morning!” a ballad for voice and piano (by V. Davtyan)

A series of wedding choruses:

“Hail the King”, “Kissing your hand, mom”, “Hop Gula Yars”

“I Remember” for voice and piano (lyrics by the author)

“God is everywhere” for voice and piano (lyrics by the author)

1990, 1998, 1999 – Armenian Allied Arts composition competition – 1st and 2nd prizes for the following works:

“Wedding Series” for chorus, “Ayntap Dance” for piano, “I Remember” for voice and piano

Member of the “American Piano Teachers Guild”

Member of the National Songwriters Association

2007 – “I See the Sea” (high appreciation by Paramount Group), released on the Catch a Rising Star CD

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