Tigran mansurian biography definition

Tigran Mansurian ((Armenian: Տիգրան Մանսուրյան, sometimes translated Tigran Mansourian) born 27 January 1939 in Beirut) is a notable Armenianmusician and composer.^[1]

Biography

In 1947 Mansurian's family moved to Armenia, finally settling in the capital Yerevan in 1956.

Mansurian studied at the Yerevan Music Academy with Edvard Bagdasaryan and completed his PhD with Lazar Saryan at the Yerevan State Musical Conservatory where he later taught contemporary music analysis.

In a short time he became one of Armenia's leading composers, establishing strong creative relationships with international performers and composers such as Valentin Silvestrov, Arvo Pärt, Alfred Schnittke, Sofia Gubaidulina, André Volkonsky and Edison Denisov as well as Kim Kashkashian, Jan Garbarek, and the Hilliard Ensemble.

Mansurian was the director of the Komitas Conserv