Hripsime Aghakaryan
Pianist
Biography
Mikhail Kokzhaev was born in 1946 in Baku. He graduated from the Baku Conservatoire named after Hajibeyov in 1971. A prominent Armenian composer, the author of five symphonies, a number of instrumental concerts with an orchestra, orchestral pieces, four string quartets, chamber–ensemble, choral, vocal, and piano pieces. One of the most significant of his works is the Requiem (Lux Aeterna) for Symphony Orchestra and Choir on canonical Latin texts, in memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide of 1915. Professor of the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory (since 1998), teaches at the Composition and Music Theory departments. His academic activity is aimed at studying the fundamental laws of the musical space, as well as at developing methods of informal analysis of musical works.
Mikhail Kokzhaev is the author of a number of books and scientific works, including Topology of musical space, Alexander Harutyunyan: Peculiarities of the composer’s style. He was awarded the First Prize at the Aram Khachaturian competition for the best cello Concerto (1993).
Mikhail Kokzhaev’s works were performed in Yerevan, Tbilisi, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Murmansk, Odessa, Chisinau, Riga, Vilnius, Baku, in cities of France, Holland, Germany, South Korea and published in Armenia, Russia, Switzerland, Germany, USA.
Mikhail Kokzhaev is the author of a number of books and scientific works, including Topology of musical space, Alexander Harutyunyan: Peculiarities of the composer’s style. He was awarded the First Prize at the Aram Khachaturian competition for the best cello Concerto (1993).
Mikhail Kokzhaev’s works were performed in Yerevan, Tbilisi, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Murmansk, Odessa, Chisinau, Riga, Vilnius, Baku, in cities of France, Holland, Germany, South Korea and published in Armenia, Russia, Switzerland, Germany, USA.
