Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Stage (all unstaged unless otherwise stated): Ltrange (op, 2, A. Babaian and V.
Babaian, after A. Camus), 1970; Pygmalion (ballet, 1, A. Babaian, after Gk. legend),
1975; Die Briefe von Beethoven (chbr op, after letters by L. van Beethoven), 1977;
Pan (ballet, 2, A. Babaian, after K. Hamsun), 1977; Hamlet (op, 3, V. Babaian, after
W. Shakespeare), 1990; Into the Light (ballet, R. Kharatian), staged Baltimore,
Peabody Institute, 7 Dec 1995
9 syms.: no.1, 1964; no.2, 1968; no.3 (A. Isahakian: Abu-Lala-Mahari), chorus, orch,
1972; no.4 Katharsis, 1977; Chbr Sym. no.1, 1979; Chbr Sym. no.2, 1981; no.5,
1981; no.6, 1985; no.7, 1988
Other orch: Pf Conc. [no.1], 1965; Org Conc., 1967; Antuni, sym. poem, 1969; Pf
Conc. [no.2], 1969; Utrenniye kokokola [Morning Bells], sym. poem, 1969;
Pentimento, chbr orch, 1975; Conc., str qt, orch, 1978; Gishere Garnium [A Night in
Garni], sym. poem, 1978; Conc., vn, vc, chbr orch, 1981; Conc., sax qt, orch, 1982;
Conc., fl, ob, chbr orch, 1983; Requiem, str orch, 1983; Pf Conc. [no.3], 1984; Vc
Conc., 1992; Db Conc., 1997
Vocal: 4 zhyoltye ballad [4 Yellow Ballads] (F. Garca Lorca), S, pf, 1968; Sonata
(Garca Lorca), S, pf, 1969; Poeti tznunde [The Birth of the Poet] (E. Charents), S,
B, pf, 1977; Ashnanain yerger [Autumn Songs] (Jap. poems), S, pf, 1979; Serenada
no.1 (A. Babaian), S, 2 fl, vn, vc, pf, 1985; Ashune Kiso lernerum [Autumn in the
Kiso Mountains] (M. Basho), S, pf, 1987; Sym.-Requiem Armenii skorbyashchey
[For a Grieving Armenia] (V. Batashov), chorus, 1989; Jsus parle (orat, C. Pguy),
S, B, chorus, orch, 1992; Serenada no.2, vocalise, S, vn, vc, pf, 1992; From the Life
of Christ (orat, Armenian spiritual texts), 4 solo vv, chorus, orch, 1995; Komitasiana
suite (trad.), S, Bar, chorus, orch, 1995; Tikhiye pesni [Quiet Songs] (aphorisms by
Confucius), S, fl, ob, hn, perc, pf, 1996
Chbr and solo inst: Sonata, vn, vc, 1967; Str Qt [no.1], 1968; Str Qt [no.2], 1969; 6
Fugues, pf, 1970; Sonata, 2 pf, 1970; Sonata, pf, kettle drums, 1970; Str Qt [no.3],
1970; Collages, 2 pf, perc, 1971; Pf Sonata [no.1], 1972; Sonata no.1, vn, pf, 1972;
Pf Sonata [no.2], 1973; 2 Pieces, vc, pf, 1973; Sonata no.1, vn, 1975; Sonata no.1,
vc, 1975; Pf Sonata [no.3], 1976; 3 Retrospective Pieces, vn, pf, 1977; Pf Sonata
[no.4], 1978; Sonata no.2, vn, 1978; Sonata no.2, vc, 1978; Pf Sonata [no.5], 1979;
Sonata, ob, pf, 1979; Sonata no.2, vn, pf, 1980; Str Qt [no.4], 1981; Org Sonata,
1982; Sonata, fl, pf, 1982; Mantra, sax, pf, 1983; Str Qt [no.5], 1984; Pf Sonata
[no.6], 1985; Sonata, va, pf, 1985; Sonata, cl, pf, 1986; Wind Qnt, 1986; Conc., fl, cl,
vn, vc, pf, 1988; 3 Introspective Pieces, vn, pf, 1992; Monada, fl, ob, pf, 1995;
Sonata, vn, pf, 1995; Pro et contra, pf, 1996
BIBLIOGRAPHY
S. Sarkisian: O tvorchestve molodkh kompozitorov Armenii [On
the work of the young composers of Armenia], Muzkal'naya
kul'tura bratskikh respublik SSSR, ed. G. Kon'kova (Kiev, 1982),
15460
V. Babaian: A Synthesis of New and Old Elements, Sovetakan
arvest (1985), no.9, pp.45
L. Berger: Hasunutyun [Maturity], Sovetakan arvest (1988),
no.7, pp.368
G. Tigranov: Armyanskiy muzkal'ny teatr [The Armenian
musical theatre], iv (1988), 1049
SVETLANA SARKISYAN