Hripsime Aghakaryan
Pianist
Biography
Born in 1984 in Yerevan. Studied composition with L. Chaushyan and flute with Y. Noninyan at Yerevan State Conservatory. In 2003 moved to Switzerland, where he has studied composition with M. Jarrell and electro-acoustic music with R. Boesch at HEM de Genève (Master in Arts, 2008).
Received international awards as Pre-Art competition’s First Prize (2005), Kiefer Hablitzer Prize (2011), Fluchtwege competition’s First Prize (2011) etc. Commissions from Collegium Novum Zurich, ensembles Paul Klee Bern, Aequatuor, XX Jahrhundert Wien, Pre-Art and others. Hovhannisyan’s music has been performed at international festivals as WNMD 2004, Lucerne Festival (2004/2007), SonemusFest (2007/2011), Musikfestival Bern (2011/2013) Dilijan Chamber Music Series (2011/2015) etc.
Board member at Cultural.am NGO. Co-founder and artistic director of Tsakhkadzor Art Summer Academy. Lecturer at AGBU’s "Musical Armenia" summer courses.
Aram Hovhannisyan is the co-founder of of "QuarterTone". Since 2017 he has been the artistic director of "Crossroads" contemporary music festival in Armenia and Ensemble Assonance. In 2018 A. Hovhannisyan returned to Armenia and became a vice-rector on academic affairs at Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory.
Received international awards as Pre-Art competition’s First Prize (2005), Kiefer Hablitzer Prize (2011), Fluchtwege competition’s First Prize (2011) etc. Commissions from Collegium Novum Zurich, ensembles Paul Klee Bern, Aequatuor, XX Jahrhundert Wien, Pre-Art and others. Hovhannisyan’s music has been performed at international festivals as WNMD 2004, Lucerne Festival (2004/2007), SonemusFest (2007/2011), Musikfestival Bern (2011/2013) Dilijan Chamber Music Series (2011/2015) etc.
Board member at Cultural.am NGO. Co-founder and artistic director of Tsakhkadzor Art Summer Academy. Lecturer at AGBU’s "Musical Armenia" summer courses.
Aram Hovhannisyan is the co-founder of of "QuarterTone". Since 2017 he has been the artistic director of "Crossroads" contemporary music festival in Armenia and Ensemble Assonance. In 2018 A. Hovhannisyan returned to Armenia and became a vice-rector on academic affairs at Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory.
