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Ruben Antonyan (born 2 September 1988, Yerevan, Armenian SSR, USSR) is an Armenian composer.

Biography
Ruben Antonyan was born in Yerevan on 2 September 1988.

In 2014, Antonyan graduated from the composition department (class of professor Aram Satyan) of Yerevan State Conservatory. Afterward, he relocated to Germany, where he pursued composition studies at the Hamburg High School of Music and Theater under the tutelage of Manfred Stahnke. Additionally, he delved into soundscape under the guidance of Georg Hajdu and explored music theory and analysis under Sasha Lino Lemke’s instruction.

In 2015, Antonyan participated in the 3rd Summer Art Academy held in Tsakhkadzor, where he achieved success by winning the “Best Musical Piece” category.

In 2018, Antonyan completed his studies in the composition department of Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan, earning a Master's degree. During the same year, he took part in a contemporary music festival hosted at Queens University of Charlotte in Charlotte, North Carolina. At the festival, he attended master classes conducted by composer Dorothy Hindman and composer-visual artist Kyong Mee Choi.

Between 2015 and 2018, Ruben Antonyan served as a board member for the youth branch of the Union of Composers of Armenia, which is now known as the Youth Forum. From 2018 to 2021, he held the position of the head of the Youth Forum.

Ruben Antonyan is the founding president of the “Quarter Tone” cultural non-governmental organization and the founding director of Ensemble Assonance.

His music has been featured in various international festivals, such as “Music in Touch” in Cagliari, “Crossroads: Contemporary Music Days in Armenia” in Armenia, “Risuounanze” in Udine, “Opus 3” in Yerevan/Munich, “Loop” in Brussels, etc. His “'М'Spiration” for solo viola was selected to be featured in the “Monteverdi and Contemporary Music” concert held in Milan. The concert was dedicated to celebrating the 450th anniversary of the renowned Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi. The piece was performed by the esteemed viola player Maurizio Barbetti.

From 2019 to 2021, Antonyan took part in a school lab called “Theater Lines” held in Nizhni Novgorod, Russia. The lab was under the artistic direction of Victor Ryzhakov, an honored artist of Russia. During this school-lab, he attended lectures delivered by several esteemed professionals, including Dmitriy Kurlyandskiy, Vladimir Gorlinsky, Arman Ghushchyan, Sergei Rannev, and others.

Starting from 2021, he has been conducting his PhD research under the scientific guidance of professor Lilit Yernjakyan at the RA National Academy of Sciences.

Since 2021, Ruben has been teaching musical informatics at Yerevan State Conservatory, and since 2022, he has been instructing modern arrangement technologies there as well. He has served as a lecturer for the “Erasmus+” program since 2022.

Pieces
Ruben Antonyan is the author of chamber, vocal, and symphonic music.

Academic Works


 * 1) “Poem” for solo cello (2010)
 * 2) “Little Piece” for hobo and piano (2011)
 * 3) “Romance” for soprano and piano (lyrics by Hovhannes Tumanyan) (2012)
 * 4) Piano trio (2012)
 * 5) “Somnoque” for piano (2013)
 * 6) “Romance” mezzo soprano, cello and piano (lyrics by Vahagn Davtyan) (2013)
 * 7) “Nictation” for flute and piano (2013)
 * 8) “Fugue (3 voices)” for piano (2013)
 * 9) “Penetration” for orchestra (2014)
 * 10) “Motion” clarinet, violin and cello (2014)
 * 11) “Three Piano Pieces after Robert Motherwell Paintings” for piano (2015)
 * 12) “4.5 Situation(s)” for solo flute (2016)
 * 13) “IV Chromatic Pieces” for piano (2016)
 * 14) “anticipation” for piano (2016)
 * 15) “Extension” for string trio (2016)
 * 16) “[Not] in usual mood[e]” for Armenian viola (2017)
 * 17) “[in Spring] something green is growing / three little pieces” for piano (2017)
 * 18) “'M'Spiration” for solo viola (2017)
 * 19) “Piano Work (u n i n t e r r u p t e d  i l l u m i n a t i o n)” for solo piano (2017)
 * 20) “[layer] per [layer]” for ensemble (2018)
 * 21) “Transposition” for orchestra (2018)
 * 22) “Mechanical (S.)” for saxophone quartet (2018)
 * 23) “almost could be...” for violin and viola (2018)
 * 24) “{re}-receiving-{set}” for string quartet (2019)
 * 25) “'B'Spiration” for ensemble (2020)
 * 26) “ex[-]position after Robert Motherwell painting” for solo flute (2020)
 * 27) “Piano Work II (m i c r o  p a t t e r n s)” for solo piano (2021)
 * 28) “Sonata for Solo Cello (Act of Auscultation)” for solo cello (2022)
 * 29) “{re}-receiving-{set}” for II string quartet (2023)

Songs
 * 1) Revery (2021)
 * 2) Silent Eyes (2021)
 * 3) Caught Up (2023)

Other projects, electronic music

“Persephone. Before” electronic music for performance (2023)

Career
Talks

Education
Masterclasses Private Courses