Haig Mardirosian
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Haig Mardirosian Haig Mardirosian is Dean of the College of Arts and Letters at the University of Tampa
, a concert organist, composer, and conductor. He has performed in many of the most important concert venues throughout North America and Europe. He has over a dozen commercial recordings to his credit including well known and respected performances of the organ works of Bach
, Brahms, Liszt
, Petr Eben
, and Jean Langlais
.
. In 1989, he was one of two Americans performing in the first (and only) Soviet-American Organ Music Festival. In 1999, he was awarded a Swiss-American Cultural Exchange Partner Grant in collaboration with Ensemble Corund, the only professional choir in German-speaking Switzerland, a grant that resulted in a study and performing tour of Switzerland. In sum, he has performed well over 500 solo recitals in some of the most important venues of his profession and under the sponsorship of the most importing presenting organizations including the American Guild of Organists and the Royal Canadian College of Organists.
As composer, conductor, and organist, Mardirosian has been heard on WDR, the BBC
, Belgian Radio, the Voice of America
, ABC
, National Public Radio, and American Public Media
. This broadcast work includes important broadcasts from the famed Busch-Reisinger Museum at Harvard University
. His new Requiem for choir, strings, and percussion was premiered in November, 2007 in Washington, DC.
, the leading recording review journal in the United States, and for 26 years he has written reviews of recordings, scores, books, and New Media for The American Organist for which publication he continues to write his monthly editorial column, Vox Humana. He has also contributed articles to The Diapason and The Journal of American Organbuilding. In 1993, he traveled to Stockholm
, Sweden
, under the auspices of a grant from the Swedish Institute, to research and write about the music of Otto Olsson
. In sum, he has produced more than 1900 articles. He is also active as a consultant on the design and construction of pipe organs.
for the second time in his career.
Haig Mardirosian formerly served as Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Music at American University
in Washington, DC and as Organist and Choirmaster at the Church of the Ascension and Saint Agnes (Washington D.C.), where he conducted the professional choir well known for its sophisticated and idiomatic interpretations of masterpieces of liturgical repertoire.
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University of Tampa
The University of Tampa , is a private, co-educational university in Downtown Tampa, Florida, United States. It is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. In 2006, the University celebrated its 75th anniversary...
, a concert organist, composer, and conductor. He has performed in many of the most important concert venues throughout North America and Europe. He has over a dozen commercial recordings to his credit including well known and respected performances of the organ works of Bach
Bạch
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, Brahms, Liszt
Liszt
Liszt is a Hungarian surname. Notable persons with that surname include:* Franz Liszt , Hungarian composer and pianist* Adam Liszt , father of Franz Liszt* Anna Liszt , mother of Franz Liszt...
, Petr Eben
Petr Eben
Petr Eben was a Czech composer of modern and contemporary classical music.-His life:Born in Žamberk in northeastern Bohemia, Eben spent his youth in Český Krumlov in southern Bohemia. There he studied piano, and later cello and organ...
, and Jean Langlais
Jean Langlais
Jean Langlais was a French composer of modern classical music, organist, and improviser.- Biography :Jean Langlais was born in La Fontenelle , a small village near Mont St Michel, France...
.
Performing career
In 1977, Haig Mardirosian was invited to be the first American to perform in the International Organ Week in Bonn, GermanyGermany
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. In 1989, he was one of two Americans performing in the first (and only) Soviet-American Organ Music Festival. In 1999, he was awarded a Swiss-American Cultural Exchange Partner Grant in collaboration with Ensemble Corund, the only professional choir in German-speaking Switzerland, a grant that resulted in a study and performing tour of Switzerland. In sum, he has performed well over 500 solo recitals in some of the most important venues of his profession and under the sponsorship of the most importing presenting organizations including the American Guild of Organists and the Royal Canadian College of Organists.
As composer, conductor, and organist, Mardirosian has been heard on WDR, the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
, Belgian Radio, the Voice of America
Voice of America
Voice of America is the official external broadcast institution of the United States federal government. It is one of five civilian U.S. international broadcasters working under the umbrella of the Broadcasting Board of Governors . VOA provides a wide range of programming for broadcast on radio...
, ABC
American Broadcasting Company
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, National Public Radio, and American Public Media
American Public Media
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. This broadcast work includes important broadcasts from the famed Busch-Reisinger Museum at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
. His new Requiem for choir, strings, and percussion was premiered in November, 2007 in Washington, DC.
Writer
For 25 years, Mardirosian served as a critic for Fanfare MagazineFanfare Magazine
Fanfare is a magazine devoted to reviewing classical music performance and recordings.Fanfare's contributors have a range of expertise from the medieval to contemporary work...
, the leading recording review journal in the United States, and for 26 years he has written reviews of recordings, scores, books, and New Media for The American Organist for which publication he continues to write his monthly editorial column, Vox Humana. He has also contributed articles to The Diapason and The Journal of American Organbuilding. In 1993, he traveled to Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
, under the auspices of a grant from the Swedish Institute, to research and write about the music of Otto Olsson
Otto Olsson
Otto Olsson was a Swedish composer of classical music.Otto Olsson was one of the greatest organ virtuosos of his time. He studied organ with Lagergren and composition with Dente at the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, and then joined the faculty there, where he taught harmony and then organ...
. In sum, he has produced more than 1900 articles. He is also active as a consultant on the design and construction of pipe organs.
Recording artist
Haig Mardirosian records for Centaur Records. His releases include two masses of Orlande de Lassus with the source motets, in which he conducts the Choir of the Church of the Ascension and Saint Agnes, Washington, DC. He has also recorded a collection of organ suites, music of the late Czech composer, Petr Eben, and the Bach, Clavierübung, Part III. In fall, 2008, he recorded the organ works of Johannes BrahmsJohannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms was a German composer and pianist, and one of the leading musicians of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria, where he was a leader of the musical scene...
for the second time in his career.
Haig Mardirosian formerly served as Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Music at American University
American University
American University is a private, Methodist, liberal arts, and research university in Washington, D.C. The university was chartered by an Act of Congress on December 5, 1892 as "The American University", which was approved by President Benjamin Harrison on February 24, 1893...
in Washington, DC and as Organist and Choirmaster at the Church of the Ascension and Saint Agnes (Washington D.C.), where he conducted the professional choir well known for its sophisticated and idiomatic interpretations of masterpieces of liturgical repertoire.
Discography
- Mors et Ressurectio, Chant Requiem and Mass for Easter, Centaur Records CRC 3028
- Brahms, Complete Organ Works, Centaur Records CRC 2996
- Lo in the Time Appointed, A&StA 0601
- Bach, Clavierübung III, Centaur Records CRC 2667
- Choral Works of Orlande de Lassus, Centaur Records CRC 2477
- The Washington Organ Book, Gothic Records CD 49059
- Organ Suites, Centaur Records CRC 2368
- Eben and Langlais Organ Works, Centaur Records CRC 2048
- Mozart, Vespers and Mass, Centaur Records CRC 2074
- Works of Mendelssohn, Schroder, Organophon Records E 90018
- Organ Music of Liszt, Mitra Records, M 16182
- 20th Century English Organ Music, Musical Heritage Society MHS 3265
- English Organ Voluntaries of the 18th Century, Musical Heritage Society, MHS 1854
- Organ Works of Johannes Brahms, Musical Heritage Society, MHS 1751
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Category:Musicians from Washington, D.C.
Category:American classical organists
Category:American musicians of Armenian descent
Category:American people of Armenian descent
Category:University of Tampa faculty
Category:1947 births
Category:Living people