
Tigran Mansurian
Country of origin:
Armenia
Birthday:
January 27, 1939
About Tigran Mansurian
Tigran Mansurian, the son of Armenian parents, was born on 27 January 1939 in Beirut (Lebanon), where he attended the French Catholic School. In 1947 he and his family returned to their homeland. After having attended a special music school, Mansurian studied composition at the Yerevan Conservatory, where he subsequently taught music analysis with special emphasis on New Music.
Within the space of only a few years he advanced to become one of Armenia’s leading composers. As time went on he developed friendly artistic relationships with composers such as A. Volkonsky, E. Denisov, A. Schnittke, S. Gubaidulina and A. Pärt, and with performers such as N. Gutman, O. Kagan, K. Georgian, and later with Kim Kashkashian and Eduard Brunner. At the beginning of the 1990s Mansurian was appointed director of the Yerevan Conservatory. In recent years he has devoted himself exclusively to composition.
Mansurian’s work includes orchestral works, seven concertos for string instruments and orchestra, sonatas for violoncello and piano, three string quartets, choral music, chamber music, and works for solo instruments. Mansurian has said that his models were the Armenian composer Komitas and Claude Debussy. Early in his career he became acquainted with the music of Pierre Boulez, and was soon able to make deft use of complicated modern compositional techniques.
In the course of time he developed an increasingly simple and almost liturgical kind of style. He attained to a terse and economical mode of expression which in a mystical kind of way combines ancient and modern elements. Mansurian’s music reflects the heritage of the venerable musical tradition of Armenia, which dates back more than a thousand years and ranges from the melodies of mediaeval ecclesiastical chant to specific scalar systems and musical forms. The composer’s sensitivity and his understanding of the spirit of the age find expression in his attempt to rebuild the musical bridges that were destroyed in the final years of the twentieth century.
Mansurian’s music is lyrical. And the lyrical images of his music possess a suggestive power which, despite its reductionist slant, none the less makes it sound emotional.
Within the space of only a few years he advanced to become one of Armenia’s leading composers. As time went on he developed friendly artistic relationships with composers such as A. Volkonsky, E. Denisov, A. Schnittke, S. Gubaidulina and A. Pärt, and with performers such as N. Gutman, O. Kagan, K. Georgian, and later with Kim Kashkashian and Eduard Brunner. At the beginning of the 1990s Mansurian was appointed director of the Yerevan Conservatory. In recent years he has devoted himself exclusively to composition.
Mansurian’s work includes orchestral works, seven concertos for string instruments and orchestra, sonatas for violoncello and piano, three string quartets, choral music, chamber music, and works for solo instruments. Mansurian has said that his models were the Armenian composer Komitas and Claude Debussy. Early in his career he became acquainted with the music of Pierre Boulez, and was soon able to make deft use of complicated modern compositional techniques.
In the course of time he developed an increasingly simple and almost liturgical kind of style. He attained to a terse and economical mode of expression which in a mystical kind of way combines ancient and modern elements. Mansurian’s music reflects the heritage of the venerable musical tradition of Armenia, which dates back more than a thousand years and ranges from the melodies of mediaeval ecclesiastical chant to specific scalar systems and musical forms. The composer’s sensitivity and his understanding of the spirit of the age find expression in his attempt to rebuild the musical bridges that were destroyed in the final years of the twentieth century.
Mansurian’s music is lyrical. And the lyrical images of his music possess a suggestive power which, despite its reductionist slant, none the less makes it sound emotional.
Worklist
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für Viola und StreichorchesterComposer: Tigran MansurianMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: viola and string orchestraHire/performance materialHire/performance material
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Works for Viola and PercussionComposer: Tigran MansurianEdition: Performing score, 2 copies requiredInstrumentation: viola and percussion (1 player: marimba, vibraphone, Woodblock, Thai gong, marimba, Tamtam, suspended cymbal)Product number: BEL 677Product TypeIn stockAs low as €18.99Incl. Tax
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Konzert für 9 BläserComposer: Tigran MansurianMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: wind instrumentsHire/performance materialHire/performance material
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Konzert für Violoncello und OrchesterComposer: Tigran MansurianMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: cello and orchestraHire/performance materialHire/performance material
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for piano trioComposer: Tigran MansurianEdition: Score and partsInstrumentation: violin, cello and pianoProduct number: BEL 671Product TypeIn stockAs low as €19.99Incl. Tax
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for clarinet in B, violin, cello and pianoComposer: Tigran MansurianEdition: Score and partsInstrumentation: violin, clarinet (in Bb), cello and pianoProduct number: BEL 741Product TypeIn stockAs low as €19.99Incl. Tax
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for viola and 4 male voicesComposer: Tigran MansurianEdition: Score and partInstrumentation: voice and pianoProduct number: BEL 423Product TypeIn stockAs low as €21.99Incl. Tax
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für Flöte, Violine, Kontrabass und CembaloMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Set of partsInstrumentation: Flöte, Violine, Kontrabass, CembaloProduct number: SIK2289Print editionPrint editionIn stock€18.00Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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für Klavier und StreichorchesterComposer: Tigran MansurianMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: piano and string orchestraHire/performance materialHire/performance material
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for viola and pianoProduct TypeIn stockAs low as €9.99Incl. Tax
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Concerto No. 2Composer: Tigran MansurianMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: violin and string orchestraHire/performance materialHire/performance material
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für Klavier und StreichorchesterComposer: Tigran MansurianMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: piano and string orchestraHire/performance materialHire/performance material
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Version for soprano saxophone and tenor saxophoneComposer: Tigran MansurianEdition: Performing scoreInstrumentation: 2 saxophones (S/T)Product number: BEL 617Product TypeIn stockAs low as €6.99Incl. Tax
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for soprano saxophone and violaComposer: Tigran MansurianMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Performing score, 2 copiesInstrumentation: soprano saxophone and violaProduct number: BEL 614Print editionPrint editionIn stock€8.50Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Product TypeIn stockAs low as €7.99Incl. Tax
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für OrchesterMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Study scoreInstrumentation: OrchesterProduct number: SIK6802Print editionPrint editionIn stock€27.50Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Print editionPrint editionIn stock€5.50Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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for Viola soloProduct TypeIn stockAs low as €7.99Incl. Tax
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for clarinet soloProduct TypeIn stockAs low as €7.99Incl. Tax
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Composer: Tigran MansurianMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Performing score, and set of partsInstrumentation: piano trioProduct number: BEL 661Print editionPrint editionIn stock€30.50Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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für Klarinette- und Violoncello-Solo und StreicherComposer: Tigran MansurianMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: clarinet- and cello-solo and stringsHire/performance materialHire/performance material
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for Cello and String OrchestraComposer: Tigran MansurianMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: cello and string orchestraHire/performance materialHire/performance material
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für Sopran, Bariton, gemischten Chor und StreichorchesterComposer: Tigran MansurianMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: soprano, baritone, mixed choir and string orchestraLanguage: LatinHire/performance materialHire/performance material
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for Violin and String OrchestraComposer: Tigran MansurianMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: violin and string orchestraHire/performance materialHire/performance material
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für StreichorchesterComposer: Tigran MansurianMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: string orchestraHire/performance materialHire/performance material
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für Violoncello und KlavierMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Performing scoreInstrumentation: Violoncello, KlavierProduct number: SIK2245Print editionPrint editionIn stock€29.50Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Composer: Tigran MansurianEdition: Score and partsInstrumentation: string quartetProduct number: BEL 714Product TypeIn stockAs low as €25.99Incl. Tax
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Composer: Tigran MansurianEdition: Score and partsInstrumentation: string quartetProduct number: BEL 672Product TypeIn stockAs low as €26.99Incl. Tax
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Composer: Tigran MansurianMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Study scoreInstrumentation: string quartetProduct number: BEL 557-10Print editionPrint editionIn stock€22.50Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Composer: Tigran MansurianMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Set of partsInstrumentation: string quartetProduct number: BEL 557Print editionPrint editionIn stock€28.50Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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for violin, viola and celloComposer: Tigran MansurianEdition: Score and partsInstrumentation: violin, viola and celloProduct number: BEL 664Product TypeIn stockAs low as €17.99Incl. Tax
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Composer: Alexander Knaifel | Tigran Mansurian | Alfred Schnittke | Pēteris Vasks | Alexander WustinMedia Type: Sheet musicSeries: exempla nova, 189
Instrumentation: celloProduct number: SIK1889Print editionPrint editionIn stock€27.50Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping -
Composer: Tigran MansurianEdition: Score and partsInstrumentation: string quartetProduct number: BEL 670Product TypeIn stockAs low as €9.99Incl. Tax
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(Der Schatten des Fensters)Composer: Tigran MansurianMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: ScoreSeries: "The Shadow of The Sash"
Instrumentation: 9 wind instrumentsProduct number: BEL 584Print editionPrint editionIn stock€18.50Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping -
Sung Out The Window Facing Mount AraratComposer: Tigran MansurianMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: viola and orchestraHire/performance materialHire/performance material
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für 15 InstrumenteComposer: Tigran MansurianMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: 15 instrumentsHire/performance materialHire/performance material