Tigran Mansurian

Tigran Mansurian (Armenian: Տիգրան Մանսուրյան, sometimes translated Tigran Mansourian) (born 27 January 1939) is an Armenian composer of classical music and film scores. He was born in Beirut and educated in Yerevan, Armenia, where his family had moved in 1947. He studied first at the Romanos Melikian Music College under the Armenian composer Edvard Baghdasaryan and later at the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory.^[1]^[2]

1 Recordings
2 Works
3 References
4 External links

Recordings

Tigran Mansurian: "…and then I was in time again", Lachrymae, Confessing with Faith – Kim Kashkashian, viola; Jan Garbarek, soprano saxophone; The Hilliard Ensemble; Christoph Poppen, conductor; Münchener Kammerorchester. (CD ECM 1850/51)
Tigran Mansurian: Havik, Duet for viola and percussion – Kim Kashkashian, viola; Robyn Schulkowsky, percussion; Tigran Mansurian, piano, voice. (CD ECM 1754)

Works

Mansurian's compositions range from large scale orchestral works to individual art songs. He also composed several film scores between 1968 and 1980.^[3]

Stage

The Snow Queen (ballet in two acts with a scenario by Vilen Galstyan, after the story by Hans Christian Andersen), 1989

Orchestral

Concerto, for organ and small orchestra, 1964
Partita, for large orchestra, 1965
Music for Twelve Strings, 1966
Preludes, for large orchestra, 1975
To the Memory of Dmitry Shostakovich, for cello and large orchestra, 1976
Canonical Ode, for harp, organ and 2 string orchestras, 1977
Concerto No. 2, for cello and string orchestra, 1978
Double Concerto, for violin, cello and string orchestra, 1978
Tovem, for small orchestra, 1979
Nachtmusik, for large orchestra, 1980
Because I Do Not Hope (in memory of Igor Stravinsky), for small orchestra, 1981
Concerto, for violin and string orchestra, 1981
Concerto No. 3, for cello and small orchestra, 1983
Postludio Concerto, for clarinet, cello, string orchestra, 1993
Concerto, for viola, and string orchesta, 1995
Fantasy, for piano, string orchestra, 2003

Chamber music

Sonata, for viola and piano, 1962
Sonata, for flute and piano, 1963
Sonata No. 1, for violin, piano, 1964
Allegro barbaro, for solo cello, 1964
Sonata No. 2, for violin and piano, 1965
Piano Trio, for violin, cello, and piano, 1965
Psalm, for two flutes and violin, 1966
Interior, for string quartet, 1972
Silhouette of a Bird, for harpsichord and percussion, 1971–73
Sonata No. 1, for cello and piano, 1973
Sonata No. 2, for cello and piano, 1974
Wind Quintet, for flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, and bassoon, 1974
The Rhetorician, for flute, violin, double bass, and harpsichord, 1978
Capriccio, for solo cello, 1981
String Quartet No. 1, 1983–84
String Quartet No. 2, 1984
Five Bagatelles, for violin, cello, and piano, 1985
Tombeau, for cello and percussion, 1988
Postludio, for clarinet and cello, 1991-92 (also has a concerto version)
String Quartet No. 3, 1993
Concerto, for English horn, clarinets, bassoons, trumpets, and trombones, 1995
Hommage à Anna Akhmatova, for bass clarinet, qanun (zither), viola, and marimba, 1997
Duo, for viola and percussion, 1998
Dance, for viola and percussion, 1998
Lacrimae, for soprano saxophone and viola, 1999;
Lamento, for violin, 2002 (also has version for viola)
Three Medieval Taghs, for viola and percussion, 1998–2004
Testament, for string quartet, 2004

Piano

Sonatina No. 1, 1963
Petite Suite, 1963
Sonata No. 1, 1967
Miniatures, 1969
Three Pieces, 1970–71
Nostalgia, 1976
Three Pieces for the Low Keys, 1979
Sonatina No. 2, 1987

Choral

Three Poems, for mixed chorus, 1969 (text by Kostan Zaryan)
Spring Songs, for mixed chorus, 1996 (text by Hovhannes Tumanyan),
Confessing with Faith, for four male voices and viola, 1998 (text by Nerses Shnorhali)
Ars Poetica concerto for mixed chorus, 1996–2000 (text by Yeghishe Charents)
Motet, two mixed choruses, 2000 (text by Grigor Narekatsi),
On the Shores of Eternity, for mixed chorus, 2003 (text by Avetik Isahakyan)

Vocal

Three Romances, for mezzo-soprano and piano, 1966 (text by Federico García Lorca, translated into Armenian by Hamo Sahyan)
Four Hayrens for mezzo-soprano and piano, 1967 (text by Nahapet Kuchak)
Intermezzo, for soprano and ensemble, 1972-73 (text by Vladimir Holan), score lost)
I am Giving You a Rose, for soprano, flute, cello, and piano, 1974 (text by Matevos Sarifyan)
Three Nairian Songs, for baritone and large orchestra, 1975–76 (text by Vahan Teryan)
Three Madrigals, for soprano, flute, cello, piano, 1974–81 (text by Razmik Davoyan),
Sunset Songs, for soprano and piano, 1984–85 (a song-cycle to text by Hamo Sahyan)
The Land of Nairi for soprano and piano, 1986 (a song-cycle to text by Vahan Teryan),
Miserere, for soprano and string orchestra, 1989 (texts by Saint Mesrob based on the Bible in Armenian translation)
Madrigal IV, for soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and tubular bells, 1991 (text by Alicia Kirakosyan)

Film scores

The Color of Pomegranates, 1968 (directed by Sergei Parajanov)
The Color of Armenian Land, 1968 (directed by Mikhail Vartanov)
Autumn Pastoral, 1971 (directed by Mikhail Vartanov)
And So Every Day, 1972 (directed by Mikhail Vartanov)
We and Our Mountains, 1969 (directed by Henrik Malyan)
Osenneye solntse (Autumn Sun), 1979 (directed by Bagrat Oganesyan)
Legend of the Clown, 1979 (directed by Levon Asatryan)
Ktor me Yerkinq, 1980 (directed by Henrik Malyan)

References

^ Schott Music, Tigran Mansurian
^ Pasles, Chris, What stirs deep inside , Los Angeles Times, 20 April 2007
^ Works list compiled from The Living Composers Project, Mansurian, Tigran

External links

Tigran Mansurian on Other Minds Festival website
Tigran Mansurian-Confessing With Music Documentary Film

Persondata
Name	Mansurian, Tigran
Alternative names
Short description	Composer
Date of birth	27 January 1939
Place of birth	Beirut, Lebanon
Date of death
Place of death