Artin Poturlyan

Artin Poturlyan or Potourlian (Bulgarian: Артин Потурлян) (born May 4, 1943 in Harmanli, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian composer and pedagogue. He graduated Theoretical Faculty from the State Academy of Music, Sofia in 1967 with speciality in Musical Pedagogy and studied composition under Professor Pencho Stoyanov and Professor Pancho Vladigerov. From 1969 to 1974 Poturlyan studied composition at the "Komitas" State Conservatoire in Yerevan, Armenia under Professor Lazar Sarian. He worked as a music editor at the Bulgarian National Television /1967 - 69/ and lecturer at the National Music School "Lyubomir Pipkov" in Sofia /1974 - 77/. Since 1990 he has been teaching Polyphony at the National Academy of Music "Professor Pancho Vladigerov"; in 2005 he was promoted professor. He was awarded the prize of Union of Bulgarian Composers in 1983 and 1989. In 1985 he won First prize at the Winter Music Evenings Competition in Pazardzhik. His works were performed in Armenia, Russia, Georgia, Austria, France, Germany, Slovakia, Italy, as well at the Bulgarian Music Festivals New Bulgarian Music, Varna Summer, Musica Nova, Holland-Bulgarian Music Festival, Festival of American and Bulgarian Music etc.

Works

*The Cry,one act opera, after Ray Bradbury /1979/.
*The Infinite for mezzo soprano, baritone, mixed chorus and symphony orchestra; lyrics by Giacomo Leopardi /1998/.
*Symphonies №1 /1973/; №2 /1977/.
*Music in Memory of Evariste Galois /1984/;
*Mosaics /1988/;
*Elegia /2002/;
*Bagatelles /2006/.
*Poem for organ, symph. orch. and tape /1980/;
*Violin Concerto /1983/;
*Fantasia for piano and symph. orch. /1990/.
*Violoncello Concerto /1999/.
*Music for three flutes, two grand pianos, tam-tam and strings /1978/;
*Chamber Concerto for piano and strings /1980/;
*Concerto Grosso for harpsichord and strings /2000/;
*Monumentum /2005/.
*Divertimento for wind quintet, harp, harpsichord and percussion 1994/;
*Piano Quintet /1989/;
*String Quartet /1993/;
*Piano Quartet /2001/;
*Piano Trio /1995/;
*Epitaphios in memory of Lazar Nikolov for piano trio /2007/;
*Sphynx for string trio /2005/;
*Prelude and Fugue for flute, clarinet and bassoon /2005/;
*Sonatas for violin and piano №1 /1972/, №2 /2006/;
*Sonata for violoncello and piano /2007/;
*Improvisations for clarinet and piano /1992/;
*A Rose for Emily for violoncello and piano /2001/;
*Prelude, Allegro and Largo for two violins /2003/;
*Epigraphe, Epistrophes, Epilogue for violin and viola /2004/;
*A Handful of Ash from Your Ashes for harp /2000/;
*Voices and Steps for solo violoncello /2002/;
*Melomonologos for solo viola /2003/.
*For two pianos: Fantasy "Wanderer" /1983/; Fantasy "Worlds" /1985/.
*For piano: Sonatina /1970/; Segments /1979/; Spirals /1980/; Arabesques /1982/; Confessions /1986/; Anagram Labirinth /1996/; The Temple of Kaissa I /1998/, II /2000/.
*For organ: Sonata /1972/; Four Spiritual Songs on Themes by Nerses Shnorhali /1988/.
*A Sojourn of the Spirit for soprano, flute, violoncello, piano and tape after poems by John Gracen Brown /2001/;
*Three Songs after Armenian Poets /Daniel Varuzhan 1, 2; Vahakn Davtian 3/ for soprano and piano; Whispering Alone, lyrics by Peyo Yavorov for soprano and piano /1994/;
*Russian Romances for soprano and piano, lyrics by Valery Bryusov, Konstantin Bal'mont, Avetik Isahakian, Vahan Terian, Alexander Blok /2000/;
*Three songs after poems by Radoy Ralin /2000/.
*Evening for mixed chorus and organ in Memory of Radoy Ralin after poems by Atanas Dalchev /2005/;
*Two Sonnets for mixed chorus after poems by Pablo Neruda /1975/;
*Ballad for Levski for two mixed chorus after poems by Hristo Bankovski /1987/;
*Rain for mixed chorus after poems by Atanas Dalchev /2002/.

Writings:

*Lazar Nikolov /1983/.
*A Place under the Sun /1989/.
*Metrorythmic-Tempo Modulation /1992/.
*Geometric Transformations of the Plane and the Spase and Invention Polyphony /1999/.
*Reflexive Counterpoint. Sofia,2004.
*Theoretic Problems in the Canon cancrizans from Musikalisches Opfer by Johan Sebastian Bach /2005/.

References

* Encyclopaedia of Bulgarian Composers, Sofia, 2003.
*The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musiciens, 2001, 20. 29 V.1 Grove, Macmillan Publishers Limited, 2001, USA.
*Svetlana Nejceva: Poturljan, Artin (Bedros) in Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Zweite, neubearbeitete Ausgabe, Personenteil 13. Baerenreiter Kassel Basel London New York Prag; Metzler Stuttgart Weimar
*Lydia Dohnalova: Sofia v znameni novej tvorby, Hudobny zivot, 9/1989, p.12, Bratislava
*Jan Grossmann: Za hudbou pod Vitosou, Kulturni mesicnik, 6/1989, p.45, Ostrava
*Lutz Lesle: Sehnsucht nach der verlorenen Harmonie, Neue Zeitschrift fuer Musik, 5/1996, p.60

External links

* [http://www.ubc-bg.com/ Union of Bulgarian Composers Database]
* [http://www.dolmetsch.com/cdefsp.htm Dolmetsch Online]