Who We Are

Hovhannisyan Artashes, the founder and director of The Euterpe School of Music Creation (Toronto, Canada), composer of orchestral, chamber and piano works, teacher of all levels of theory, member of Armenian Composers Union since 2001

Mr. Hovhannisyan studied composition with Edvard Mirzoyan at the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory from 1991-96 and from 1996-98 as a post-graduate student. From 2002 to 2003, after obtaining the French Government Scholarship, he did post-graduate studies in composition with Yoshihisa Taira at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris Alfred Cortot where he earned the Higher Diploma in Composition. From 2003 to 2005, Artashes did Master Degree studies in Ethnomusicology at the University Paris IV – Sorbonne (France), under the direction of Mr. François Picard.

Artashes’s teaching career began at the Spendiarov Yerevan Music School in 1994, where he taught harmony and composition, successfully preparing students for auditions and examinations for the Yerevan State Conservatory. Later, from 1998 to 2000, he was an assistant professor in the Choral composing techniques at the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory. In France, along with studies, Artashes continued his career of a teacher and taught harmony, music theory and composition. Soon after moving to Canada, Artashes started promoting his main dream– establishing his own school of music. In 2007, after obtaining the Canadian Federal Government’s financial grant, his dream became true and the Euterpe School of Music Creation was created as a nurturing ground for music instruction, in which students discover, develop, realize and explore their creativity both in performance and composition.

SELECTED AWARDS, PRIZES AND ORDERS:
Feb., 2007 Canadian Federal Government’s grant for founding The Euterpe School of Music Creation
2002 – 2003 French Government’s Scholarship for studies at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris Alfred Cortot (Paris – France)
July – Sept., 2000 Order of music for the Advertising Campaign for Baskers Ltd – Project held by the International Centre for Human Development (Yerevan – Armenia)
1998 Order from the “Aparek” Ensemble for Percussions and the Embassy of France in Armenia (Yerevan – Armenia)
1995 Finalist of Edvard Grieg Memorial Competition for Composers (Oslo – Norway)
1994 The Third Prize at the Komitas International Competition for Folk and Spiritual Music (Yerevan – Armenia)

SELECTED WORKS:
ORCHESTRAL: Symphonie 1, 1995-96; Symphonie 2 “Rosée d’amour”, 2000-04
CHAMBER MUSIC: String Quartet, 1991; Poem, cello, piano, 1993; Continuo, piano, harpsichord, 2 synthesizers, 7 percussion, tape, 1997-98; Sous le regard de serpent, flute, cello, piano, 2001-2002 etc.
PIANO: Partite, 1995.
ARRANGEMENT: Akunk (folk songs, spirituals), mixed chorus, 1994.

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