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Sargsyan, Alisa (b. 1981, Yerevan). Armenian composer of mostly chamber, vocal and piano works that have been performed in Europe; she is also active as a pianist.
Ms. Sargsyan is the daughter of the composer Ruben Sargsyan (b. 1945). She studied piano with Zemfira Barsegyan at the Tchaikovsky School of Music in Yerevan from 1988-98, where she also studied composition with Melik Mavisakalyan from 1991-98. She studied composition with her father and piano with Rose Tandilyan at the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory from 1998-2003 and has had post-graduate studies there with the same teachers since 2003.
Among her honors are First Prize in the Juniors Assembly of the Arts competition in Moscow and the Special Prize of the Moscow News (both 1992, both for Two Romances) and First Prize and Gold Medal in the Amadeus competition (1996, for Konzertstücke). Most recently, she received co-Third Prize and Bronze Medal in the Benjamin Britten competition in Yerevan (2003, for Nachtgeister ins Kobeir). Her music has been performed in Armenia, Italy, Russia, Switzerland, and Ukraine, including at the Moscow Autumn festival (2003).
As a pianist, she has performed in Armenia, Italy, Russia, and Ukraine and plays her own works alongside music from all eras and also performs improvisations.
She has lectured on music history and piano at the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory since 2003.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: alisa_sarg@yahoo.com
Street address: Ms. Alisa Sargsyan, Koryun St. 1, Apt. 13, 375025 Yerevan, Armenia
Telephone: + 374 152 1839
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
STAGE: The Swineherd (2 act opera, libretto by Irina Zolotova, after Hans Christian Andersen), 1994
ORCHESTRAL: Concerto, piano, large orchestra, 1995; Konzertstücke, violin, small orchestra, 1996
CHAMBER MUSIC: Trio, violin, cello, piano, 1997; Sonata, viola, piano, 2000; Nachtgeister ins Kobeir, flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, cornet, 2001 (also version for flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, cornet, percussion, 2002); Contrasts, violin, cello, piano/prepared piano, 2002; Autumn Song, flute, 2002
CHORAL: Lullaby (vocalise), mixed chorus, small orchestra, 1999
VOCAL: Two Romances (texts by Anna Akhmatova, Konstantin Balmont), voice, piano, 1991; The Rose (text by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe), mezzo-soprano, piano, 1992; Vision of Belshazzar (text by Lord Byron), bass, small orchestra, 1996; Airens (song-cycle, text by Nahapet Kuchak), soprano, piano, 2000; Modigliani (text by Ruben Angaladyan), bass, duduk (Armenian oboe), bass clarinet, piano, 2002; Fire in the Heart (monodrama, text by Vladimir Mayakovsky), bass, orchestra, 2003
PIANO: My Favorite Tales, 1993; Poème, 1998; Seven Variations on an Original Theme, 1999; The Mask, 2001
(Last updated on November 29, 2003)
