Vahram Sargsyan

Vahram Sargsyan studied at the P. Tchaikovsky Musical College, at the Music Theory Faculty. He then studied composition with Ashot Zohrabyan at the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory from 1998–2003, where he also studied conducting with Tigran Hekekyan from 2000–06 and where he has had post-graduate studies in composition again with Ashot Zohrabyan from 2005-2007. Currently he is working towards his master's degree in composition at Schulich School of Music, McGill University with Philippe Leroux.

Sargsyan's music has been performed in Armenia, UK, Germany, Austria, Belarus, Sweden, Lithuania, Latvia, Belgium, Russia, Greece, Poland, Italy, Japan, Canada, as well as in the United States. His composition Luis Zvart was performed at the 6th World Symposium on Choral Music (Minneapolis, Minnesota 2002). His arrangement of Khorurd Metz[1] (Great Mystery) is included in the Oxford University Press anthology World Carols for Choirs[2] (2005)[3] and has been recorded by BBC Singers. It has been broadcast[4] by BBC Radio 3.

He has had commissions from Oxford University Press (UK), A.R.CO.VA.(Italy), Boston Choral Ensemble (USA), Norddeutscher Rundfunk (Germany),[5] AGBU Foundation (USA), CBC Radio and others. Sargsyan's work Hunting the Hunter was premiered[6] under his own baton in 2012 at Carnegie Hall.

Vahram Sargsyan's name has appeared in Who is Who in Choral Music[7] since 2007. He is a member of Union of Composers and Musicologists of Armenia. He served as a music consultant[8] for European Choral Association - Europa Cantat from 2010 to 2012.

• The winner award in the POLYPHONOS 2017 Commission Competition[9] (Seattle, USA 2016)
• Third prize in the Godfrey Ridout Awards from the Socan Foundation[10] (2012, for Tribulationes);
• The winner award in the 3rd BCE Commission Competition[11] (Boston, USA 2010, for Tribulationes)
• 1st prize in the International Contest for New Choral Compositions[12] (Petrinja, Croatia 2009, for Anegh Bnutiun);
• An award from the World Armenian Congress “for creative achievements” (2009, for Mythis);
• Co-winner award at the European Seminar for Young Composers[13] (Aosta, Italy 2008, for Laudate Dominum);
• An award in the Choral Composition Competition in Yerevan, Armenia (2006, for Tantum ergo).

• http://bostonchoral.org/commission-competition/winners/#0.1_sargsyan
• http://blog.bostonchoral.org/2010/03/24/3rd-annual-commission-competition-comes-to-fruition/
• http://mincult.am/news-1-85-page-73.html

• Vahram Sargsyan's Homepage
• Vahram Sargsyan's Biography at Composers21 Website
• Vahram Sargsyan's official MySpace page
• Joyful Light by Little Singers of Armenia, cond. Tigran Hekekyan
• Tribulationes by Boston Choral Ensemble, cond. Miguel Felipe