Geghuni Chitchyan or Chitchian (Armenian: Գեղունի Հովհաննեսի Չթչյան; Russian: Гегуни Оганесовна Читчян; born 30 August 1929) is an Armenian composer, pianist, and pedagogue.[1] Her parents were veteran teachers; her brother, Henrikh, an established violinist.
Geghuni Chitchyan
Geghuni Chitchyan in 2006
Background information
Birth name
Geghuni Chitchyan
Born
(1929-08-30) August 30, 1929 (age93) Leninakan
Genres
Classical music
Occupation(s)
Composer, pianist, educator
Musical artist
Armenian composer
Biography
Chitchyan was born on 30 August 1929 in Leninakan (now Gyumri). While attending the Tigranian Elementary School of Music, she began composing. At the age of ten she had already a published song. In 1940, she entered the Tchaikovsky Music School in Yerevan to study piano and composition. She continued her studies in composition with Grigor Yeghiazaryan from 1947 to 1953 at the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory.[2]
After graduating, Chitchyan became the founding director of the composition department at the Konstantin Sarajev Music School in Yerevan. In 1971 she joined the faculty of the Yerevan Conservatory. In 1982 she was appointed assistant professor, and in 1990 she became a tenured professor.
Chitchyan has been active in various musical and social organizations. She joined the Armenian Composers Union in 1955; was an associate of the Women's Council of Armenia; and a member of the Artistic Forum of State Radio.[3] She is the author of training manuals for music institutes and the co-author of a music textbook for school children.
Chitchyan's compositions have been performed in the United States, Canada, Russia, various Republics of the Soviet Union, England, France, Switzerland, Latvia, Poland, Bulgaria, Lebanon, and Syria.[4] There have been retrospective concerts of her music in Moscow, Yerevan, San Francisco, and Vilnius.[5]
Geghuni Chitchyan is the laureate in more than 30 international and national competitions.
Compositions
Chitchyan's music is characterized by lyricism, immediacy, and vividness. She composes for orchestra, chamber ensembles, various solo instruments, voice, and choral groups,[6] some of which are published by international companies.[7] She has written music for the theatre and children as well.[8]
Selected works
«Անդանտե և Ֆուգա» (Andante and Fugue for string quartet), 1949
«Սոնատ» (Sonata for cello and piano), 1951
«Հինգ ռոմանսներ» (Five Art Songs, text by Hovhannes Shiraz), 1954
«Մանկական սյուիտ» (Children’s Suite for orchestra), 1955
«Բալետային սյուիտ» (Choreographic Suite for orchestra), 1956
«Կվինտետ չորս ֆլեյտա և ալտ ֆլեյտաի համար (Quintet for four flutes and alto flute), 1988
«Թեքվել է սարը» ռոմանսների շարք (The Mountain Bent Down, a cycle of art songs, text by Hamo Sahyan), 1990
«Մանկական ալբոմ» (Children's Album for piano), 1990
«Սոնատ ուտի և դաշնամուրի համար» (Sonata for oud and piano), 1990
«Անձրևը տեղաց» (The Rain Has Poured Down, vocal cycle, text by Samvel Safaryan), 1993
«Սուրբ հոգի» (The Sacred Soul, text by Abp. Nerses Pozapalian), 1995
«Երեք աղօթք» (Three Prayers for a cappella chorus, text by Moushegh Ishkhan), 2000
«Հայկական ուրվանկար» (Armenian Sketch for trumpet and piano), 2001
«Սոնատ» (Sonata for clarinet and piano), 2006
«Նովելետ», «Բուրլեսկ» Ֆագոտի և դաշնամուրի համար (Noveletta, Burlesque for bassoon and piano), 2007
«Ժանեակներ» (Laces for flute and piano), 2008
«Մթնաձորում», «Ու՞ր ես» (In the Dark Valley, Where Are You?, for a cappella chorus, text by Yeghishe Charents), 2010
«Էստամպներ» (Estampes for piano, violin and cello), 2012
«Էպիտաֆիա» դաշնամուրի համար (Epitaph 'In Memory of my brothers' for piano), 2018
Awards
Merited Art Worker of the Armenian SSR in 1980
Movses Khorenatsi medal in 2009
Honored Artist of Armenia in 2011
References
Khudabashyan, Karine (1980). "Չթչյան, Գեղունի [Chitchyan, Geghuni]". Հայկական սովետական համայնագիտարան [Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia]. Vol.9. Yerevan: Armenian Encyclopedia. p.978.
Hixon, Donald L.; Hennessee, Don A. (1993). Women in music: an encyclopedic biobibliography: Volume 1.
Grigoryan, Anahit (1982). Հայկական կամիրային-վոկալ երաժշտութիւն [Armenian Chamber-Vocal Music]. Yerevan: Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR. pp.210–219.
Musikyan, L (2000). Գեղունի Չթչյան — մատենագրություն [Geghuni Chitchyan – Bibliography] (in Armenian). Ministry of Culture of Armenia & National Children's Library.
Համառոտ հայկական հանրագիտարան [Brief Armenian Encyclopedia]. Vol.4. Yerevan: Armenian Encyclopedia. 2003. p.12.
Amatuni, Susanna (2003). Жизнь и творчество Гегуни Читчян [Life and Work of Geghuni Chitchyan] (in Russian). Archesh.
Saryan, Araksya (2009). "Գեղունի Չթչյանի էմոցիոնալ և ռացիոնալ աշխարհը [The Emotional and Rational World of Geghuni Chitcyan]". Art and Time. 3–4: 6–9.
Hovsepyan, Maria (2013). "Բարտոկից մինչև Չթչյան («Երիտասարդականի» կատարմամբ) [From Bartók to Chitchyan: Performed by Youth Orchestra]". Orakarg. No.26.
Grigoryan, L. (2014). "Կը հնչի Գեղունի Չթչյանի դյութիչ երաժշտութիւնը [Enchanting Music of Geghuni Chitchyan Sounds]". Eter. No.46.
Gomtsyan, Natalya (2015). "Но есть в душе особая струна [But There Is a Special String in the Soul]". Golos Armenii. No.94.
Ter-Gevorgyan, Karine (2018). "Հայուհի կին կիմպոզիտորները [Armenian Women Composers]". Hay geen.
Հայկական երաժշտական հանրագիտարան [Armenian Music Encyclopedia]. Yerevan: Armenian Encyclopedia. 2019. p.526.
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