عشق | Passion
Music & Original Artwork by Vladimir Kurumilian © 2015

عشق | Passion (DEMO)

Ether, the element believed in ancient and medieval civilizations to fill all space above the sphere of the moon and to compose all stars and planets.

Music & Original Artwork by Vladimir Kurumilian © 2016

أثير | Ether

IMPROVISATION 28.02.2016

Yeraneli Maloyan ft. Rita Kouroumilian

Jamming Session
Vladimir Kurumilian // Hadi Zeidan
Studio +30, Paris
March 9th, 2017

Vladimir Kurumilian // Hadi Zeidan

improvisation sound & light performance by vladimir kurumilian & alaa minawi
théâtre monnot, beirut - lebanon 

"i could not sleep that night
swirling in the bed
a sound came out from the pillow
a sound is coming out ! ...
there is a piano in my pillow

and there is not much difference
between a [pillow] and a [cloud]"

a small extract of the first performance on march 10, 2012

[a piano in my pillow] extract [day 1]

06 Talisman

05 Full Moon Is Rising

04 Lilac Sky

03 Bitter Wind

02 Hokis

01 Prelude

03 Hang On

02 Echoes (Improvisation)

01 A Rainy Monday In Beirut

Lebanese-Armenian interior architect, pianist, and composer Vladimir Kurumilian earned his reputation locally and internationally through his integration of contemporary, folk, and electronic music within his work. Vladimir’s early introduction to music throughout his childhood, eventual immersion into contemporary art, and experimentation with improvisation allowed him to forge his own, personalized artistic path.

In 2009, Vladimir organized his first improvisation concert “Quand Le Rythme Devient Obsessionnel” in Théâtre Monnot after which he released his first EP What Was Supposed to be a Grendizer Affair. Vladimir later dived headfirst into the local music scene in 2010 collaborating with many artists including Serge Yared, Liliane Chlela, and Adonis. He went on to create the OST for director Jocelyn Saab’s experimental film What’s Going On? along with his second EP Crepuscule. In 2012, Vladimir returned to Théâtre Monnot alongside light designer Alaa Minawi with the sound and light collaboration project “A Piano in My Pillow.”

2017 saw Vladimir come back with “Ana Bahlam Bik,” an improvised piano interpretation of Warda’s “Batwanness Bik” that he performed at Sofar Sounds in Beirut and later in Paris and Rome. He then composed the OST of Mazen Khaled’s feature film Martyr that was debuted at La Biennale di Venezia in Italy.

2018 witnessed Vladimir’s breakthrough in the music scene. He composed his critically acclaimed studio album Dopamine that was produced by Italian composer and producer Luca Longobardi. Together with Luca, Vladimir toured the album in Beirut and Rome after which he released his third EP Brume and his single “Chanson d’Automne.”

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