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MARY KOUYOUMDJIAN
is a composer with projects ranging from concert works to multimedia collaborations and film scores. As a first generation Armenian-American and having come from a family directly affected by the Lebanese Civil War and Armenian Genocide, she uses a sonic palette that draws on her heritage, interest in music as documentary, and background in experimental composition to progressively blend the old with the new. [read more] |
WORDS ON HER MUSIC
"eloquently scripted" and "emotionally wracking" - The New York Times "the most harrowing moments on stage at any New York performance" - New York Music Daily "What attracted me to Mary Kouyoumdjian's music was the sound pallette, the personal aspect, and I think it was a sense of her desire to bring her life and her family's experience into music. For me, Bombs of Beirut is one of the really amazing pieces that's ever been written for Kronos." - David Harrington of the Kronos Quartet |
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NEWS + UPCOMING EVENTS
Kouyoumdjian and Alarm Will Sound awarded MAP Fund grant for upcoming evening-length musical documentary Paper Pianos. Read about the project here Thomas May of The Seattle Times previews to open myself, to scream Alex Ross writes about the NY Philharmonic Biennial presentation of Become Who I Am in The New Yorker 06/23/17 | Children of Conflict: "A Boy and a Makeshift Toy"; Michael Hall; UMKC Summer Composition Workshop presents at UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance; Kansas City, MO; tickets 07/23/17 | "Everlastingness" and "Where Once" from Gorky; Ad Astra Music Festival; Ad Astra Music Festival presents at Deines Cultural Center; Russell, KS; tickets |
FEATURED
Selections from Kouyoumdjian's Roulette/Jerome Foundation Artist Residency "Silent Cranes" concert, for the centennial of the Armenian Genocide, featuring: Silent Cranes performed by Kronos Quartet with projection art by Laurie Olinder; Everlastingness, from opera-in-progress Gorky, with lyrics by Royce Vavrek; Dzov Yerku Kooynov [Sea of Two Colors]; and This Should Feel Like Home performed by Hotel Elefant. |
