- Alexander Kaloian
Alexander Kaloian ( _hy. Ալեքսանդր Կալոյան: _ru. Александр Калоян) (born 1962) is an Armenian composer. He was born in the
Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic of theUSSR and lives in theUnited States .Kaloian is a composer of highly nationalistic music for various instruments, chamber ensembles, wind and military band and orchestra. His overt musical nationalism arises from a long lineage of music tradition that can be traced to the Romantic era and beyond. Kaloian is known for the strong nationalistic musical language in his works, which include marches, tone poems, and symphonies, which are immediately recognizable as "Armenian" in their colour. The tremendous scale of his orchestrations utilise expanded winds and brass instrumentation; of note is the requirement for 8 Horns, 2 Tenor and 2 Bass
Wagner tuba s in his Symphony No. 1 and Symphony No. 2.He is a substantially linked-to composer on the Internet globally, with over 50 references to his name and musical content.
Alexander Kaloian is one of the few representatives Armenian composers of serious concert music. Notable figures in the artistic world with whom Kaloian has had personal artistic relationships include artist
Lucienne Bloch , Danish composer/pianistGunnar Johansen , American composer/flautist John Heiss, American composer/arranger Tom Knox, and various conductors and ensembles such as theU.S. Marine Band which have performed his works.A catalogue of works can be found at the composer's section of the firstedition.com website http://www.firstedition.com/kaloian - The site also contains several musical recordings of the composer's work in mp3 and streaming format.
Selected Works
Orchestral
* (1994) "Meditation II"
* (1996) "Procession of the Prince"
* (1996) "Shoukah!"
* (1996) "In Scotland"
* (1996) "Overture "italia"
* (1997) "Symphony in d-minor"
* (1997) "Suite for Strings"
* (1997) "Introduction to a Drama"
* (1999) "Pavane"
* (2000) "Symphony No. 2 in F"
* (2002) "Seven Veil Dance"
* (2002) "Symphonic Dances for Double String Orchestra and Harp"
* (2002) "Suite for Strings No. 2"
* (2002) "Overture "Rule Britannia"
* (2003) "Sunrise Processional"Chamber Music
* (2002) "String Quartet"
Wind Ensemble - Military Band
Marches, Armenian
* (1985) "Marche Funèbre"
* (1987) "Royal Marines"
* (1989) "Mer Hayastan"
* (2002) "Lés Arméniens"Marches, Russian
* (1997) "Chasov"
Wind Ensemble
* (1996) "Wind Suite" - 4 movements
* (2002) "Humoresque"Solo Organ
Various Works
Solo Pianoforte
Various Works
Pianoforte 4 Hands
* (2004) "Three Marches"
External links
Sites about or linking to the composer
Alexander Kaloian is a highly linked-to composer on the global Internet. A sampling of the numerous sites linking to the composer and his music include:
* [http://www.firstedition.com/kaloian/ firstedition.com]
* Wiki Neoromanticism (music)
* Wiki Wagner Tuba
* [http://www.musictrader.com/composers.html Composers at musictrader.com]
* [http://www.dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Composition/Composers/Contemporary/K/ Composers at the Open Directory]
* [http://www.musicalonline.com/musicians/Composer/index.htm Composers at musicalonline.com]
* [http://musicmoz.org/Composition/Composers/Contemporary/K/Links/ Composers at musicmoz.org]
* [http://www.google.com/Top/Arts/Music/Composition/Composers/Contemporary/K/ Composers at the the Google Arts Directory]
* [http://directory.google.com/Top/Business/Arts_and_Entertainment/Music/Labels/Specialty/Classical/E/ the Google Directory, Alternate]
* [http://www.englishhorizon.com/publishers.htm englishhorizon.com]
* [http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Shopping_and_Services/Publishers/Music/?o=a&skw=alexander+kaloian the Yahoo Directory]
* [http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Shopping_and_Services/Publishers/Fiction_and_Literature/ the Yahoo Directory, Alternate]
* [http://ca.dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Shopping_and_Services/Publishers/Music the Yahoo Canada Directory]
* [http://ca.dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Shopping_and_Services/Publishers/Fiction_and_Literature/ the Yahoo Canada Directory, alternate]
* [http://in.dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Shopping_and_Services/Publishers/Arts the Yahoo India Directory]
* [http://in.dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Shopping_and_Services/Publishers/Fiction_and_Literature/ the Yahoo India Directory, Alternate]
* [http://sg.dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Shopping_and_Services/Publishers/Fiction_and_Literature/ the Yahoo Singapore Directory]
* [http://asia.dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Shopping_and_Services/Publishers/Fiction_and_Literature/ the Yahoo Asia Directory]
* [http://uk.dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Shopping_and_Services/Publishers/Arts/ the Yahoo UK and Ireland Directory]
* [http://uk.dir.yahoo.com/business_and_economy/shopping_and_services/publishers/fiction_and_literature/ the Yahoo UK and Ireland Directory, Alternate]
* [http://www.centerofweb.com/music/classical.htm webshed.com]
* [http://members.tripod.com/~Cavalierp/ContactPR.html the Music Complex]
* [http://milkrecords.com/artist/promo/lists/publishers.html milkrecords.com Directory]
* [http://www.pedsters-planet.co.uk/directory/index.php?cat=2904&start=100&t=sub_pages&link_order_c=link_name&link_sort_c=asc Pedsters Planet Directory]
* [http://www.iranianyellowpages.com/art/music/Alamo/composer.html Alamo Trade Composers]
* [http://www.lilea.com/dmoz/Top/Arts/Music/Composition/Composers/Contemporary/K/ Composers at lilea.com]
* [http://www.openhere.com/music/composition/composers/ Composers at openhere.com]
* [http://music.philosophers.org/Musicians.html Composers at philosophers.org]
* [http://music.philosophers.org/Musicians.html Album 18 Top 77]
* [http://www.torontorecordingstudio.com/music/sites/251/ torontorecordingstudio.com]
* [http://www.delta-sounds.de/SoundDirectory/Top/Arts/Music/Composition/Composers/Contemporary/K/ delta-sounds.de]
* [http://www.ntnu.edu.tw/fna/arthistory/c_link_f_pub.htm University of Taiwan (Chinese)]
* [http://directory.tiscali.dk/Top/Arts/Music/Composition/Composers/Contemporary/K Composers at tiscali.dk]
* [http://www.angelfire.com/az/scottzone/publishing.html/ angelfire.com]
* [http://mywebpage.netscape.com/gznwtnxb/forthcoming.htm netscape.com]
* mp3search.com - http://www.01-mp3search.com/Alexander-Kaloian-top66-0001.html
* audiosmastermind.com - http://www.audiomastermind.com/search.php?cat=357201&keyword=Alexander+kaloian&opt=0&Submit3=Search
* [http://www.buyit.ws/Fiction-and-Literature-5408-SD.html buyit.ws]* yahoo.com Australia and New Zealand -http://au.dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Shopping_and_Services/Publishers/Arts/
Sites of interest related to the composer
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