Haig Vartan
editHaig Vartan is a Swiss composer of Armenian origin. He studied composition and piano in Basel, Budapest, Paris, Sofia and Venice.
In 1995, he received the UNESCO prize in Paris for his opera Prométhée XII – Dramma per musica that was presented in 1994 at Teatro Goldoni in Venice.
Works
editHaig Vartan composed many works including symphonias and operas:
- 2018: VI. Symphonia Hungarahay[1]
- 2017: V. Symphonia King Lear[2]
- 2015: Gomidas Quartet
- 2015: IV. Symphonia Shakespearean[3]
- 2013-2014: III. Symphonia Requiescat 1915[4] - soprano, baryton and orchestra
- 2012-2013: II. Symphonia Concertante[5] - violin, cello and orchestra
- 2010: EpitaphE[6] - for orchestra
- 2008: Phantasia - piano 4 hands
- 2007: Perpertuum Mobile Streichquartett III
- 2006: Symphonia Tenebrae - after the poem by Paul Celan
- 2005: Les Chants Grenats[7] - anti-war rituals, musical show, poem by Gérald Chevrolet
- 2000-2004: Mister Money - opera buffa, text by Gérald Chevrolet. Inspired of «Honorable Beggars» (1887) the satirical novel of Hagop Baronian
- 2003: Aram - cello, solo
- 2001: 3 Lieder - for the theatre « L’oint d’Algérie »
- 2000: Symphonia Tenebrae - Teil I, Cadenza, Accordéon, voix, cello, 2 percussions
- 1999: Liebesträume - harp and percussion
- 1999: Cellissimo-Suite - 4 cellos
- 1998: L’Infinito – Oratorio chœur et orchestre after the poem of Giacomo Leopardi
- 1997: La Fenice[8] - sonata for piano
- 1992: 2 Bagatellen - clarinet and piano
- 1991: Bewegungen - synthesizer
- 1990-1994: Prométhée XII[11] - dramma per musica, opera
- 1988-1989: Modus - mezzo-soprano and ordinateur
- 1987: Elegia - violin solo
- 1986: 8 Variationen, soprano solo
- 1985: Sonate - violin solo
- 1984: Momente - piano and violin
- 1982: Fini, c’est fini - chanteur and orchestra
- 1981: Unser Weg - quatuor à cordes, percussion, piano
- 1981: Sonata für “M” - piano
- 1980: Streichquartett II “Lamento”
- 1980: Kyrie eleison und Sanctus - chœur a capella
- 1979: 7 Kinderstücke und Postlüd - piano
- 1978, 1982, 1993: 3 Lieder - soprano and piano
- 1978: Elegia - cello solo
- 1978: Streichquartett I
- 1975: 3 Miniatüren - piano
References
edit- ^ VI. Symphonia Hungarahay of Haig Vartan, performed by Souvenirs ensemble in 2018 at the Benczur Zeneszalon in Budapest, Hungary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIoO_cPJzMU
- ^ V. Symphonia King Lear of Haig Vartan, performed in 2017 at Teatro Olimpico di Vicenza, Italy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21D1fjj9Y7U
- ^ IV. Symphonia Shakespearean of Haig Vartan, performed by Philharmonic Bohemia in 2015 at The Salvator Church in Prague, Czech Republic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10gf54FX7TE
- ^ III. Symphonia Requiescat 1915 of Haig Vartan, performed by Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Orchestra in 2015 at Church of Saints Simon and Jude in Prague, Czech Republic: https://www.azatutyun.am/a/26864351.html
- ^ II. Symphonia Concertante of Haig Vartan, performed by Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Orchestra in 2015 at Church of Saints Simon and Jude in Prague, Czech Republic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVAelFFrQz0
- ^ EpitaphE of Haig Vartan, performed in 2010 at Minoritenkirche in Linz, Austria: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmXwpAOsx5I&t=6s
- ^ Les Chants Grenats of Haig Vartan, performed in 2017 at Studio d'Agostini in Geneva, Switzerland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWiesvIBtYg
- ^ La Fenice, Sonata of Haig Vartan, piano by Brenno Ambrosini: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLTcZfV1jSY
- ^ Requiem of Haig Vartan, performed by Czech Radio Choir in 2001 at St. Peter's Cathedral in Geneva, Switzerland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDFj0S9Cw0Y
- ^ Sykes, Julian (26 April 2001) "A travers son «Requiem», Haig Vartan dialogue avec Mozart à Genève". LeTemps
- ^ Prométhée XII of Haig Vartan, performed by the orchestra and the choir of Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan in 1995 at Opera Studio of YSC in Yerevan, Armenia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p62mj_QTgl8