Alexander Kaloian

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Alexander Kaloian (Armenian: Ալեքսանդր Կալոյան: Russian: Александр Калоян) (born 1962) is an Armenian composer. He was born in the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic of the USSR and lives in the United States.

Kaloian is a composer of highly nationalistic music for various instruments, chamber ensembles, wind and military band and orchestra. His overt musical nationalism arises from a long lineage of music tradition that can be traced to the Romantic era and beyond. Kaloian is known for the strong nationalistic musical language in his works, which include marches, tone poems, and symphonies, which are immediately recognizable as "Armenian" in their colour. The tremendous scale of his orchestrations utilise expanded winds and brass instrumentation; of note is the requirement for 8 Horns, 2 Tenor and 2 Bass Wagner tubas in his Symphony No. 1 and Symphony No. 2.

He is a substantially linked-to composer on the Internet globally, with over 50 references to his name and musical content.

Alexander Kaloian is one of the few representatives Armenian composers of serious concert music. Notable figures in the artistic world with whom Kaloian has had personal artistic relationships include artist Lucienne Bloch, Danish composer/pianist Gunnar Johansen, American composer/flautist John Heiss, American composer/arranger Tom Knox, and various conductors and ensembles such as the U.S. Marine Band which have performed his works.

A catalogue of works can be found at the composer's section of the firstedition.com website http://www.firstedition.com/kaloian - The site also contains several musical recordings of the composer's work in mp3 and streaming format.

US Marine Band rehearsing "Marche Funèbre" by Kaloian - Sousa Hall, Marine Barracks, Washington DC, 1985 (photo: USMC Staff)
US Marine Band rehearsing "Marche Funèbre" by Kaloian - Sousa Hall, Marine Barracks, Washington DC, 1985 (photo: USMC Staff)

Contents

[edit] Selected Works

[edit] Orchestral

  • (1994) Meditation II
  • (1996) Procession of the Prince
  • (1996) Shoukah!
  • (1996) In Scotland
  • (1996) Overture "italia"
  • (1997) Symphony in d-minor
  • (1997) Suite for Strings
  • (1997) Introduction to a Drama
  • (1999) Pavane
  • (2000) Symphony No. 2 in F
  • (2002) Seven Veil Dance
  • (2002) Symphonic Dances for Double String Orchestra and Harp
  • (2002) Suite for Strings No. 2
  • (2002) Overture "Rule Britannia"
  • (2003) Sunrise Processional


[edit] Chamber Music

  • (2002) String Quartet

[edit] Wind Ensemble - Military Band

[edit] Marches, Armenian

  • (1985) Marche Funèbre
  • (1987) Royal Marines
  • (1989) Mer Hayastan
  • (2002) Lés Arméniens

[edit] Marches, Russian

  • (1997) Chasov

[edit] Wind Ensemble

  • (1996) Wind Suite - 4 movements
  • (2002) Humoresque

[edit] Solo Organ

Various Works

[edit] Solo Pianoforte

Various Works

[edit] Pianoforte 4 Hands

  • (2004) Three Marches

[edit] External links

[edit] Sites about or linking to the composer

Alexander Kaloian is a highly linked-to composer on the global Internet. A sampling of the numerous sites linking to the composer and his music include:

[edit] Sites of interest related to the composer