Petrosovsepyan : Petros Ovsepyan - composer

Petros Ovsepyan - composer

A native of Baku, Azerbaijan, Petros Ovsepyan immigrated to the United States in 1979. Mr. Ovsepyan holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Manhatten School of Music and Masters and Doctorate degrees from Indiana University. His teachers have included Claude Baker, Giampaolo Bracali, Brian Ferneyhough, Klaus Huber, Eugene O'Brien, and Harvey Sollberger. Petros Ovsepyan is a recipient of several international awards and distinctions, including BMI (1992) and ASCAP (1992). In 1995 he was awarded the Fulbright Fellowship to study with Theo Loevendie at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He has been a composer-in-residence and participant of numerous international festivals including Gaudeamus Muziektheater Festival (2004), Musica Nova (2001), Fondation Royaumont (2000), Virginia Waterfront International Arts Festival (2000), MATA (2000), American Music Week (1999), Gaudeamus Muziekweek (1996, 1998), Time of Music (1998), and 'Words and Music' Latin-American Festival (1994). He has also received fellowships from Bogliasco Foundation (2005), Rockefeller Foundation (2002), Netherland-America Foundation (2002), Soros Foundation (1999), 'International Ferienkurse fur neue Musik' Darmstadt (1998), Fondation Royaumont (1996,1997), Norfolk Chamber Music Festival (1995), and Latin-American Music Festival, Bloomington, Indiana (1994). His works have been performed by ensembles such as l'Instant Donne, Nieuw Ensemble, Klangforum Wien, Nouvelle Ensemble Moderne, l'Itenereire, Aquarius, Doelen, Het Amsterdams Kwintet, Kairos Quartett, Amstel Saxofoon Kwartet and Insomnio.