When I was much younger and more stunning, I would often wear a hat like this. A hat like this was my hat of choice. But now that I have grown old, it no longer suits my countenance. Perhaps the nature and gravity of my experience have altered the shape of my face.

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Contact: davbal@yandex.ru
Composer and pianist David Balasanyan was born in 1983 in Yerevan. He graduated from Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory in 2005, Department of Composition (with Professor Ashot Zohrabyan) and completed his post graduate studies in 2008. In 2009-2013 he worked as an assistant at the same department. David Balasanyan has been a member of the Armenian Union of Composers since 2006. He is an author of chamber, piano, vocal, choral and orchestral works which have been performed in Armenia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Russia, Switzerland, and the USA. Some of Balasanyan’s compositions were published by Swiss ‘’Sordino’’ and Japanese ՛՛Da Vinci Edition՛՛ musical publishing houses. His ‘’The Pillow Тagh’’ composition was performed in Hannover in 2014 which was specially written for the ‘’Octoplus’’ Ensemble, commissioned by NDR Radiophilharmonie. Balasanyan has been a member of the Contemporary Sound Orchestra Ensemble since 2017. He is a laureate of a number of national and international competitions: 3rd Prize at The 6th Sichuan Conservatory of Music Students Compositions Competition (2010, China), Naregatsi Young Composers Award (2006, Armenia), 2nd Prize at Benjamin Britten Competition (2003, Armenia), 1st prize at Competition for piano free improvisation at Naregatsi Art Institute (2016, Armenia/Yerevan) and three prizes in the piano composition competition Fidelio Online in Madrid: Second Prize, jazz category; Third Prize, contemporary atonal category (both 2019) and First Prize, Minimalist-Experimental-New Age category (2021).  He was invited to represent Armenia at the European Composers Congress in Vienna in 2006. David Balasanyan participated in the Youth Cultural Forum of the CIS member states in 2018 in Tula, Russia. David Balasanyan was also a member/vocalist of different choruses: ‘’Vardanank’’, ‘’Armenian Chamber Voices’’, ‘’Hover’’. Being also engaged in jazz performing, David Balasanyan especially prefers to present his own piano free improvisations in different styles (Jazz, Classical, Folk, Meditative, Minimalism). He cooperates with various musicians and uses a variety of electronic equipment. David Balasanyan is an author of several musicological articles, gives private piano lessons and has students who have been awarded prizes. Poetry is among his interests and many of his poems can be found in his book ‘’Arahetner’’ published in 2001.

Here can listen to his music:
CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL WORKS:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUrLyou76Idr9Hy4aPSkFaaZyeBHvGGtD
PIANO FREE IMPROVISATIONS:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUrLyou76IdpdmZhdO40WNmNCHhyD-2oh

Paranormal est un trio réunissant le chant,  la percussion et des cordes pincées

My name is Paul Amlehn. I am an artist working in the mediums of literature, music, visual art, theater, opera, dance, performance art, and film.

My poetry, prose, and texts for theater and opera have been published in literary journals in 23 countries, including Exquisite Corpse, the California Quarterly, Poetry Salzburg Review, and Evergreen Review.

My paintings, photographs, music, and video art works have been exhibited throughout the world, including at Artist's Space, Luhring Augustine, the Chelsea Art Museum, and Tate Liverpool, and at festivals which include Art 42 Basel (with the Serpentine Gallery - curated by Julia Peyton-Jones and Hans Ulrich Obrist), documenta 14, and the 51st, 55th, 56th, 57th, 58th, and 60th Venice Biennales.

On my music projects I have collaborated with Robert Fripp (King Crimson), Ulrich Krieger (Lou Reed), Chuck Hammer (David Bowie), Jamie Saft (Iggy Pop), Susan Stenger (John Cale), Leo Abrahams (Brian Eno), Michael Blair (Tom Waits), David Van Tieghem (Laurie Anderson), Michael Johnson (Joy Division), Mick Harvey (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds), Joe Gore (PJ Harvey), Terry Edwards (Tindersticks), Mick Rossi (Leonard Cohen), Jem Finer (The Pogues), Mark Egan (Arcadia), Dieter Moebius (Cluster), Jess Stewart (Psychic TV), Eberhard Kranemann (Kraftwerk), Thomas Stern (Einsturzende Neubauten), Stephen Mallinder (Cabaret Voltaire), Susan Alcorn, Suzanne Ciani, Keiron Melling (The Fall), Julia Kent (Antony and the Johnsons), Laurent Petitgand (Wim Wenders), Jen Baker (Werner Herzog), John King (Merce Cunningham Dance Company), Robert Black (Bang on a Can All-Stars), Frank Cassara (Steve Reich and Musicians), Andy Findon (Michael Nyman Group), Mick Rossi (Philip Glass Ensemble), David Crowell (Philip Glass Ensemble), Melanie Russell (Philip Glass Ensemble), Eleanor Sandresky (Philip Glass Ensemble), Frank Cassara (Philip Glass Ensemble), Andrew Sterman (Philip Glass Ensemble), Joan Jeanrenaud (Kronos Quartet), and many others.

On my film and video art projects I have collaborated with actors, actresses, singers, and dancers, including Philippe Nahon (Gaspar Noe), Artur Barciś (Krzysztof Kieślowski), Anne Louise Hassing (Lars von Trier), Kate Moran (Peter Greenaway), Kate Fisher (Robert Wilson), Elisa Lasowski (David Cronenberg), Pamela Flores (Alejandro Jodorowsky), Stefania Casini (Andy Warhol), and many others.

I am currently working on an album of music which has texts and vocals by William S. Burroughs, in cooperation with the Burroughs Estate. I am also presently working on an album of music which reimagines the work of John Cage, in cooperation with the John Cage Trust.

Cover art for my albums has been provided by painter Gerhard Richter and artist, musician, and filmmaker David Lynch.

At the end of 2024, I worked on several re-creation compositions which utilzed sonic elements from pre-existing songs by Brian Eno and David Byrne, Nine Inch Nails, and Grimes, from their albums "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts," Ghosts I-IV," and "Miss Anthropocene, combined with new music by myself and other musicians.

Earlier this year, I collaborated with painter Gottfried Helnwein on a short film called: Epigenetic Trauma Painting No. 1.

I'm presently working on a new music recording project. Musicians who have contributed to this project thus far are: Stan Harrison (Radiohead), Bill Gilonis (The Work), Jeroen Visser (Trio Kazanchis +1), Nicholas Currie (Momus), RK Faulhaber (Nurse With Wound), Peter Hess (Philip Glass Ensemble), Hans Peter Kuhn (Robert Wilson), Audrey Chen, Max Eastley, Conrad Harris (String Noise), Pauline Kim Harris (String Noise), Jeff Zeigler (Kronos Quartet), William Klugh Connor III (The Centre for Transgressive Behaviours), Alan Splet, Ann Kroeber, and David Lynch.

Soli Deo gloria.

Faire bon manège.
Faire le manège.
Faire manège à trois.
Faire un singe de manège.
Mettre la chèvre et le chou sur un manège.

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