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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 "utterly moving... well-crafted, thoughtful, and engaging from beginning to end" - I Care if You Listen "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 + EVENTS
Alex Ross writes about the NY Philharmonic Biennial presentation of Become Who I Am in The New Yorker Commission by Music of Remembrance to be performed by members of the Seattle Symphony Recipient of MAP Fund support for a new work with the Brooklyn Youth Chorus 10/02/16 | Bombs of Beirut; Kronos Quartet; School of Arts and Communication presents at Austin Auditorium, The LaSells Stewart Center; Corvallis, OR; tickets 10/09/16 | The Heaviness of Air; Periapsis Music & Dance; Steps Performance Lab presents at Steps on Broadway; 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. |
