Petros Ovsepyan

Petros Ovsepyan (born June 4, 1966 in Baku , Azerbaijani SSR ) is an Armenian composer of classical music.

Life, career and meaning

He received most of his musical training in the United States at the Manhattan School of Music and Indiana University. He studied with Gianporolo Bracali, Harvey Sollberger, Eugene O'Brien, Claude Barer and in Amsterdam with Theo Loevendie . Petros Ovsepyan has won several awards including BMI (1992) and ASCAR (1992). He currently lives in Germany. In 1995 he was a Fulbright scholar at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam.

Petros Ovsepyan is looking for his own language, which consists of sound, silence, its expansion and an interactive space. He is also interested in B. Avet Terterjan for the feeling of a common ritual, of closeness.

Works

• Faces (orchestra, 1988)
• Trio (flute, cello and harp, 1988)
• Sonata da Chiesa (flute and violin, 1989)
• Morning Song (orchestra, 1990)
• Piano Quintet (2 violins, viola, cello and piano, 1990)
• The C of Love (piccolo / flute, marimba, guitar and cello, 1991)
• Of White (violin solo, 1992)
• Two Haikus (soprano, flute and harp, 1992)
• Trio (flute, horn and piano, 1993)
• Dove sta amore (soprano, flute, oboe, two trombones, three violins, two violas, two cellos and double bass, 1994)
• Now the shadow of the pillar ... (Part I; guitar solo, 1995)
• Now the shadow of the pillar ... (Part II; violin, viola, cello and double bass, 1995)
• Now the shadow of the pillar ... (Part III; bass flute and sixteen voices, 1996)
• Now the shadow of the pillar ... (Part IV; violoncello and harp, 1996)
• Now the shadow of the pillar ... (Part V; oboe, clarinet, trumpet, horn, trombone, viola and cello, 1997)
• Now the shadow of the pillar ... (Part VII; Renaissance tenor recorders, two violins, viola and cello, 1998)
• Now the shadow of the pillar ... (Part VIII; alto flute, mandolin, guitar and harp, 1998)
• Of Gold (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn, 1997)
• Of Gold 2 (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn and tape, 1998)
• Of Sepia (clarinet / bass clarinet, vibraphone, guitar, harp and violin, 1998)
• Now the shadow of the pillar ... (Part VI; piano solo, 1999)
• Four Etudes in Illusion (harp solo, 1999)
• I (piccolo / bass flute, bass clarinet and piano, 1999)
• II (piano solo, 1999)
• III (sextet, 2000)
• IV (flute, clarinet and trumpet, 2000)
• Moon study (soprano, violin, guitar and optical slide projector, 2004)
• Encryption (commissioned work for the Kairos Quartet on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the Armenian genocide, 2005)

Web links

• Homepage of Petros Ovsepyan