Sirvart Karamanuk

Sirvart Karamanuk
(Sirvart Kalpakian)
Composer

Ms. Karamanuk was born on December 1, 1912 in Constantinople (modern Istanbul). She began studying the piano at age five under the tutelage of her older sister Asmine'. She attended the Dadian and Esayan Schools at the Municipal Conservatory, where she took classes in piano, theory, music, history and related subjects; she graduated in 1939. Impressed by her superior musical gifts, her teachers-who included Stepan Papelyan, Liko Amar and in particular, Ferdi Statzer.

Ms. Karamanuk's first compositions, written in the 1940s, were for piano. She gradually broadened her musical interests, composing numerous art songs, choral works, large-scale compositions for chorus and orchestra (Akhtamar and The Song of Bedros Turian), pieces of string quartet, a children's operetta (Tomorrow's Artists), children's songs, and arrangements of liturgical chants.

Ms. Karamanuk's compositions have been recorded by well known performers as well as by choral groups. In 1999, the Aram Khachaturian Musuem in Yerevan organized a concert featuring her works; a year later a similar concert took place in the main auditorium of the performing arts center in Armenia's capital. Her works have been published by organizations such as the State Museum Literature and Arts of Armenia and the Armenian General Benevolent Union of America.

Ms. Karamanuk's biography is included in the International Who's Who of Women and several editions of the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. She has received an encyclical and the St. Sahag - St. Mesrob medal from the late Catholicos of Armenians, His Holiness Vazken I. The symphonic poem 'Akhtamar', for soprano, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra-based on a poetic legend by Hovhannes Toumanian, testifies to Sirvart Karamanuk's disposition toward Armenian traditions and European music of the early 20th century.

Ms. Karamanuk's records are available worldwide and are distributed through Albany Records. For internet users on line: amazon.com, bn.com and search Karamanuk under "music."


Sirvart Karamanuk (Sirvart Kalpakian) Composer Ms. Karamanuk was born on December 1, 1912 in Constantinople (modern Istanbul). She began studying the piano at age five under the tutelage of her older sister Asmine'. She attended the Dadian and Esayan Schools at the Municipal Conservatory, where she took classes in piano, theory, music, history and related subjects; she graduated in 1939. Impressed by her superior musical gifts, her teachers-who included Stepan Papelyan, Liko Amar and in particular, Ferdi Statzer. Ms. Karamanuk's first compositions, written in the 1940s, were for piano. She gradually broadened her musical interests, composing numerous art songs, choral works, large-scale compositions for chorus and orchestra (Akhtamar and The Song of Bedros Turian), pieces of string quartet, a children's operetta (Tomorrow's Artists), children's songs, and arrangements of liturgical chants. Ms. Karamanuk's compositions have been recorded by well known performers as well as by choral groups. In 1999, the Aram Khachaturian Musuem in Yerevan organized a concert featuring her works; a year later a similar concert took place in the main auditorium of the performing arts center in Armenia's capital. Her works have been published by organizations such as the State Museum Literature and Arts of Armenia and the Armenian General Benevolent Union of America. Ms. Karamanuk's biography is included in the International Who's Who of Women and several editions of the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. She has received an encyclical and the St. Sahag - St. Mesrob medal from the late Catholicos of Armenians, His Holiness Vazken I. The symphonic poem 'Akhtamar', for soprano, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra-based on a poetic legend by Hovhannes Toumanian, testifies to Sirvart Karamanuk's disposition toward Armenian traditions and European music of the early 20th century. Ms. Karamanuk's records are available worldwide and are distributed through Albany Records. For internet users on line: amazon.com, bn.com and search Karamanuk under "music."
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