Catalogue
Solo
Overcoming Trakart, for cello – 12 min (1996)
Premiere: Alexis Descharmes, Paris
La lutte ardente du vert et de l’or, for piano (Editions Gravis, Berlin) – 9 min (2001/2014)
French premiere: Pascal Godart, Salon d’honneur of the Musée des Invalides, Paris, 2001
American premiere (revised version): Andrew Tyson, Carnegie Hall, New York, 2015
Hong Kong premiere: Andrew Tyson, Hong Kong City Concert Hall, 2015
German premiere: Andrew Tyson, Mainz, 2016
Ukrainian premiere: Dina Pissarenko, Donetsk, 2014
Manuela with the broken finger, for clarinet (Editions Gravis, Berlin) – 4 min (2001)
Premiere: Matthieu Fèvre, Paris
Stilleven, for solo violin (Editions Gravis, Berlin) – 6 min (2021), commissioned by the Tibor Varga International Violin Competition, Sion, Switzerland
Swiss premiere by 25 candidates in the first round of the competition, Award for best interpretation of the piece – Lorenz Karls (Sweden).
L’Ange Dardaïl, for solo cello (Editions Gravis, Berlin) – 6 min (2022), excerpt from the ballet Sept, les Anges de Sinjar, commissioned by the Festival Printemps des Arts in Monte Carlo.
Monaco premiere: Valérie Dulac (Ensemble Orchestral Contemporain)
Winner of the Grand Prix Lycéen des Compositeurs 2023
Duo
En Ein Anéin, for soprano and recorders. Text by Grégoire de Narek – 7 min (1999)
Premiere: Masumi Aiko, soprano, Tosya Suzuki, recorders, Royaumont Foundation
Timkat song, for clarinet and piano – 10 min (2016)
American premiere (and CD): Guy Yehuda & Deborah Moriarty, University of Michigan
Comme un feu dévorant… for tenor and cello – 6 min (2016)
French premiere: Yu Shao, tenor, Xavier Phillips, cello, Eglise Saint-Etienne du Mont, Paris
L’Ange Chémnaïl, for English horn and violin (Edition Gravis, Berlin) – 5 min (2022), excerpt from the ballet Sept, les Anges de Sinjar, commissioned by the Festival Printemps des Arts in Monte Carlo.
Monaco premiere: François Salès and Gaël Rassaert (Ensemble Orchestral Contemporain)
Bishapour, for sopranino saxophone and electric guitar – 4 min (2022)
Premiere: Christophe Monniot, saxophone and Marc Ducret, guitar
CD Dernier Tango, Jazzdor Series
Trio
A fiery flame, a flaming fire for violin, cello, and piano – 10 min (2016)
American premiere: Zipper Hall, Los Angeles, 2017
Belgian premiere: Trio Métral, Chapelle Reine Elisabeth, 2018
French premiere: Trio Métral, Petit Palais, 2019
Armenian premiere: Ensemble Assonance, Komitas Chamber Music Hall, 2020
Esquisse pour la ziggourat de Tchogha Zanbil for flute, cello, and piano – 7 min (2016)
Vaghe stelle, for flute, cello, and piano – 3 min (2015)
Italian premiere: Ensemble Nuovo, La Fenice, Venice
Quartet
Bac +, for flute, clarinet, guitar, and viola – 4 min (2000)
Premiere: Ensemble Cairn, Paris
Liber Secretorum Henoch, for string quartet – 8 min (2019)
American premiere: Andrew McIntosh, violin, Movses Pogossian, violin, Che-Yen Chen, viola, Coleman Itzkoff, cello, Zipper Hall, Los Angeles
Armenian premiere: Assonance Ensemble, Yerevan, Arno Babadjanian Concert Hall
Ensemble
Feu pale, for 6 instruments (fl/pic, cl/p. cl. in Mib, gtr, a, vc, p) – 5 min 30 (1998)
Premiere: Ensemble Cairn, Paris
Autel des parfums, for 8 musicians (fl, cl, perc, p, 2 vl, a, vc) (Editions Gravis, Berlin) – 15 min (1999)
French premiere: Ensemble Instant donné, Royaumont Foundation
Canadian premiere: Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, Montreal
Sept, les Anges de Sinjar, ballet for 12 musicians (Editions Gravis, Berlin) – 30 min (2022)
Detailed instrumentation:
fl (also pic.), htb (also c.a.), cl. in B♭ (also p. cl. in E♭), bsn, - c, tpt – hp, perc – v, a, vc, cb
Monaco premiere: Salle des Etoiles, Monte Carlo, Ensemble Orchestral Contemporain, conducted by Léo Margue
Solo Voice
Le miroir et le masque, three melodies for voice and instrumental ensemble – 17 min (1997)
- Huitan text by Pernette Du Guillet
- Rose sombre text by Rainer Maria Rilke (Editions Gravis, Berlin)
- Lysanxia text by René Char
Invisible bells, for soprano and piano. Text by Vahan Terian (in Armenian) – 4 min (2017)
Latens Deitas, for soprano, countertenor, and instrumental ensemble (cl/cl.b, vl, a, p) Texts: Thomas Aquinas (Latin) & Olivier-Thomas Venard (English) – 30 min (2019)
Premiere: Notre Dame University, Indiana, USA, Arwen Myers, soprano Josh Boggs, countertenor, Ensemble Concerpt /21, conducted by Carmen H. Tellez
Paris-Aubaine, cycle of six melodies for bass-baritone and piano on the poems of Michael Edwards (Editions Gravis, Berlin) – 16 min (2022) - Rapaces, Jour et nuit, La lune du jour, Les marronniers du Luxembourg, Celui-là, Il neige
Premiere: L’Ancienne Nonciature, Brussels, Jean-Manuel Candenot, voice, Mathias Lecomte, piano
To sange af Emil Aarestrup, for tenor and piano, texts by Emil Aarestrup (Danish) – 7 min (2022)
Premiere: Odense and the French Embassy in Denmark, Copenhagen, by Mads Ehlung-Jensen and Gad Kadosh
Choral Voice
Horae quidem cedunt… for vocal ensemble of 12 mixed voices. Texts by Virgil, Philippe Mahaud, Bible – 28 min (2015)
French premiere: Ensemble Musicatreize, Festival d’Aix en Provence
American premiere: Ensemble Musicatreize, New York
Amours sidoniennes, for 16 male voices, 2 altos, 2 cellos, 1 double bass, and 4 horns – 25 min (2016, State Commission)
Premiere: Ensemble Musicatreize, Grand Théâtre de Provence
Chanter l’icône, for 12 solo voices and two Ethiopian sistra – 15 min (2018), Commissioned by the Petit Palais for the inauguration of the new Sisley d’Ornano Foundation Hall.
Premiere: Ensemble Musicatreize, Casa Musicale, Pigna (Corsica) and the Auditorium of the Petit Palais, Paris
Le Chant d’Archak, opera-oratorio for twelve solo voices, children's choir, and instrumental ensemble (sax. bar, duduk – p, org. – gtr bass – perc – appeaux), original libretto by Laurent Gaudé – 1h 05 min (2018)
Armenian premiere: Ensemble Musicatreize and Maîtrise de Radio France, Tatev Children's Choir, Tatev Monastery, Roland Hayrabédian and Morgan Jourdain, conducted
French premiere: Auditorium of the Maison de la Radio
Orchestra
Iris lunaire, for choir, orchestra, and traditional instruments from Limousin – 20 min (1998)
Premiere: Choir, orchestra, and traditional music department of the Conservatoire de Limoges, Auditorium of the Conservatoire
Château du double de Ptah, for three orchestral groups – 18 min (2000)
Premiere: NEIC, Conservatoire de Paris, conducted by Alain Louvier
Epiphaneia, for six singers and orchestra – 21 min 30 (1999)
Premiere: Guildhall School vocal ensemble, NEIC, Conservatoire de Paris, conducted by Guy Reibel
Sur la surface de l’abîme, for string orchestra (19 soloists) – 10 min (2014)
Ciel à vif, for trio of soloists (violin, cello, piano), choir, and orchestra – 32 min (2015)
Detailed instrumentation:
2 fl (2nd also pic.), 2 htb, 2 cl (2nd also cl. b.), 2 bsn (2nd also cbsn.)
3 c, 2 tpt, 3 tbn – 2 perc – Ch I (SATB, 16 singers), Ch II (SATB, 12 singers), Ch III (SATB, 12 singers) – vl I, vl II, a, vc, cb
Premiere: Théâtre du Châtelet, conducted by Alain Altinoglu, international satellite broadcast, France 2, Medici TV
Concertante Music
In the Wake of Ea, for piano and orchestra (Editions Gravis, Berlin) – 16 min (2012)
Detailed instrumentation:
2 fl (2nd also pic.), 2 htb (2nd also c.a.), 1 cl in A, 1 cl in B♭ (also cl. b.), 2 bsn (2nd also cbsn.) – 2 c. in F, 1 tpt., 1 trbn. – cel., hp. – 2 prc. (I: mar, glock, cl, timb, cymb. cloutée, 2 mrcs, 3 w-bl; II vibr, crot, timb, 3 bng, cymb, tam-tam, mrcs) – p. solo – strings (12, 10, 8, 6, 4)
Winner of the Grand Prix International of the Queen Elisabeth Competition
Premiere: Twelve performances by the twelve finalists of the Queen Elisabeth Piano Competition, National Orchestra of Belgium, conducted by Marin Alsop, Bozar, Brussels
Concertino for clarinet and orchestra – 10 min (2016)
Detailed instrumentation:
2.2.2.2. – 2.1.1.1. – hp, pn – 2 perc. – cl. solo – strings
Premiere for the film "Bravo, virtuoso!" by Philippe Berrod and the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra
Japanese premiere: Philippe Berrod & Nozomi Matsumoto, Tokyo
8.4 concerto for cello and orchestra (19 soloists) – 12 min (2022)
Detailed instrumentation:
2.2.2 (2nd also cl. b.) 2 – 4.1.1.0. – hp, pn – xyl, vibr – vc. solo – vl I (8-10), vl II (6-8), a (4-6), vc (2-4)
Film Music
Lacaneau-Océan, short film, Juliette Henock, 2001
Bravo, virtuoso! Lévon Minassian, 2016 (Concertino for clarinet and orchestra) – 10 min
Gloria Mundi, Robert Guédiguian, 2019 (Volpi Cup for Best Interpretation at the Venice Film Festival, Swann d’Or Best Film, Cabourg Film Festival 2020) – 12 min
Et la fête continue! Robert Guédiguian (released November 2023) – 35 min
Detailed instrumentation:
4 fl (3rd also pic.), 4 htb (3rd also c.a.), 4 cl, 2 bsn, 1 cbsn. – 4 c. 4 tpt, 4 tbn, 1 tb – gtr steel strings & 12-string gtr – soprano – 2 hp – p/cel – 3 prc – strings
Recorded by the Orchestre National d’Île de France, conducted by Léo Margue
En fanfare, Emmanuel Courcol (released May 2024) – 10 min
Orchestral music for the "original work" of composer and conductor Thibaut Désormaux (Benjamin Lavernhe), Scoring Orchestra, conducted by Léo Margue
Detailed instrumentation:
2.2.2.2. – 2 sax a. – 2.2.3.1. – p. – 2 perc. – strings (10, 8, 6, 4, 2)
Discography
In the Wake of Ea, concerto for piano and orchestra by Boris Giltburg, Grand Prix Piano winner of the Queen Elisabeth Competition, and the National Orchestra of Belgium, conducted by Marin Alsop. Queen Elisabeth Piano Competition Box Set, 2013
Timkat Song, for clarinet and piano, in Rhapsodies around the world, Guy Yehuda, clarinet, Deborah Moriarty, piano, Blue Griffin Recordings, USA, 2017
A fiery flame, a flaming fire for violin, cello, and piano, in Modulation Necklace, Los Angeles. Evelyn and Mo Ostin Music Center of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, 2019
Sept, les Anges de Sinjar ballet, Ensemble Orchestral Contemporain, conducted by Bruno Mantovani. Printemps des Arts Monte Carlo, 2022
Horae quidem cedunt.., Chanter l’icône, Amours sidoniennes in Trois amours, monographic CD of vocal music, Ensemble Musicatreize, conducted by Roland Hayrabédian, Empreinte digitale, 2022
Bishapour for sopranino saxophone and electric guitar, in Dernier Tango, Christophe Monniot and Marc Ducret, Jazzdor Series, 2022
4 concerto for cello and orchestra, in Armenian Cello Concertos, Alexander Chaushian, cello, National Philharmonic Orchestra of Armenia, conducted by Eduard Topchjan, BIS records, 2023