Coriún Aharonián
Coriún Aharonián (4 August 1940 – 8 October 2017; born in Montevideo) was an Uruguayan composer and musicologist of Armenian ethnicity. He was a pupil of Luigi Nono, Héctor Tosar, Lauro Ayestarán, Gerardo Gandini, Vinko Globokar, György Ligeti, Gordon Mumma, Folke Rabe, Fernando von Reichenbach, Christian Wolff, and Iannis Xenakis. In 2004 he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship.
Also recorded as Coriun Aharonian
Coriún Aharonián
- Born
- 1940. · Montevideo.
- Died
- 2017. · Montevideo.
- Nationality
- Uruguay.
- Occupation
- composer, musicologist and music educator.
- Education
- Centro Latinoamericano de Altos Estudios Musicales.
- Teachers
- Kurt Pahlen, Lauro Ayestarán, Robert Shaw and Gerardo Gandini.
- Honours
- Guggenheim Fellowship.
- Languages
- Spanish.
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Coriún Aharonián (4 August 1940 – 8 October 2017; born in Montevideo) was an Uruguayan composer and musicologist of Armenian ethnicity. He was a pupil of Luigi Nono, Héctor Tosar, Lauro Ayestarán, Gerardo Gandini, Vinko Globokar, György Ligeti, Gordon Mumma, Folke Rabe, Fernando von Reichenbach, Christian Wolff, and Iannis Xenakis. In 2004 he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship.
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Books
• Introducción a la música (Tacuabé, Montevideo, 2002. Reeditado en 2008 y 2012) • Músicas populares del Uruguay (Universidad de la República, Montevideo, 2007. Reeditado por Tacuabé, Montevideo, 2010 y 2014) • Educación, arte, música (Tacuabé, Montevideo, 2004. Reeditado en 2013) • Conversaciones sobre música, cultura e identidad (Ombú, Montevideo, 1992. Reeditado por Tacuabé en 2000, 2005 y 2012) • Hacer música en América Latina (Tacuabé, Montevideo, 2012. Reeditado en 2014) • Héctor Tosar, compositor uruguayo (Trilce, Montevideo, 1991)
Students
He was married to musicologist Graciela Paraskevaídis.
Coriún Aharonián studied at Centro Latinoamericano de Altos Estudios Musicales. Training under Kurt Pahlen, Lauro Ayestarán and Robert Shaw is recorded. The recorded working language is Spanish. Employment is recorded with International Society for Contemporary Music. Distinctions recorded are Guggenheim Fellowship.
Among the students of Coriún Aharonián were musicians such as Jorge Drexler, Jaime Roos, Rubén Olivera, Leo Masliah, Jorge Lazaroff, Luis Trochón, Mauricio Ubal, Gonzalo Varela, and Carlos da Silveira.
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scholarly publication
- Aharonián, Coriún (1940--), Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1133000: Coriún Aharonián
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- “Coriún Aharonián”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.Falleció Coriún Aharonián, destacado compositor y musicólogo uruguayo.
- 2.Breve historia institucional.
- 3.la historia núcleo música nueva de montevideo.
- 4.Aharonián será montevideano ilustre.
- 5.In-Sonora.
- 6.Acerca de Coriún - En Perspectiva.
- 7.Coriún Aharonián (1940-2017) CDM.
- 8.Historia institucional CDM.
- 9.Murió Coriún Aharonián.
- 10.¿Cuánta información cabe en un apartamento?.
- 11.Coriún Aharonián y las músicas populares del Uruguay (entrevista).
- 12.Homenaje a la flecha clavada en el pecho de Don Juan Díaz de Solís.
- 13.Coriún Aharonián.
- 14.Gran tiempo - Ediciones AYUÍ/TACUABÉ.
- 15.Los cadadías - Ediciones AYUÍ/TACUABÉ.
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