Hripsime Aghakaryan
Pianist
Biography
Nina Grigoryan is an Armenian composer, teacher of composition, music theory, solfeggio, piano and music history. She began writing music at the age of four.
During her childhood, she participated in several competitions for young composers and won the first prize in the Aram Khachaturian musical competition with her play "Milky Way".
In 1995 she entered Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory, Department of composition, under the guidance of Lazar Saryan and Eduard Mirzoyan. At the same Conservatory, she completed a doctorate and began working as a teacher of music theory and solfeggio.
Being a student, she won the second prize in a competition organized by the Yerevan Conservatory with her symphony work "Perception", and then the first prize with the musical novel based on the verses of the Armenian writer Kutchak.
She has also participated in numerous international composition competitions, including the International Music Festival of Besançon, AGBU’s Sayat-Nova Competition, Maurício Kagel Composition Competition, and Bologna Composition Competition and Competition of New Composers of the Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra.
Between 2002 and 2003 she did an internship in musical composition at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory under the guidance of Professor Karen Khachaturian.
She has lived in Portugal since 2006, and in addition to composing, she also organizes concerts and workshops dedicated to Armenian music.
In 2016 she helped to organize the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation‘s “Summer Garden” cultural event. She also led two of the Summer Garden’s musical workshops entitled “Drawing music”, while her classical music compositions for the trio “Prayer” received enthusiastic praise from both professional musicians and the general public.
In 2017 her musical piece “Zartonq” was performed by the trio “Aeternus” at the Gulbenkian Foundation. In 2019 again with the same trio “Aeternus”, Nina Grigoryan released her first CD dedicated to the 150th Anniversary of Komitas, which also included works of A. Babajanyan and Komitas.
During her childhood, she participated in several competitions for young composers and won the first prize in the Aram Khachaturian musical competition with her play "Milky Way".
In 1995 she entered Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory, Department of composition, under the guidance of Lazar Saryan and Eduard Mirzoyan. At the same Conservatory, she completed a doctorate and began working as a teacher of music theory and solfeggio.
Being a student, she won the second prize in a competition organized by the Yerevan Conservatory with her symphony work "Perception", and then the first prize with the musical novel based on the verses of the Armenian writer Kutchak.
She has also participated in numerous international composition competitions, including the International Music Festival of Besançon, AGBU’s Sayat-Nova Competition, Maurício Kagel Composition Competition, and Bologna Composition Competition and Competition of New Composers of the Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra.
Between 2002 and 2003 she did an internship in musical composition at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory under the guidance of Professor Karen Khachaturian.
She has lived in Portugal since 2006, and in addition to composing, she also organizes concerts and workshops dedicated to Armenian music.
In 2016 she helped to organize the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation‘s “Summer Garden” cultural event. She also led two of the Summer Garden’s musical workshops entitled “Drawing music”, while her classical music compositions for the trio “Prayer” received enthusiastic praise from both professional musicians and the general public.
In 2017 her musical piece “Zartonq” was performed by the trio “Aeternus” at the Gulbenkian Foundation. In 2019 again with the same trio “Aeternus”, Nina Grigoryan released her first CD dedicated to the 150th Anniversary of Komitas, which also included works of A. Babajanyan and Komitas.
