SEVAG DERGHOUGASSIAN
B i o g r a p h y
Over the past decade, mostly self taught, Sevag has composed more than 35 classical pieces for solo piano, chamber groups, as well as piano and orchestra. Sevag learned under the tutelage of several teachers including Victor Bunin and Yervand Yerkanyan starting in 1988.
Having earned both a Baccalaureate Diploma and Bachelor of Arts (Piano) from the Lebanese National Conservatory of Music, Sevag has applied his talent to teaching new generations of students at his alma mater since 2001 while continuing to perform concerts .
Composer and Pianist
Employment: Piano Teacher, Lebanese National Conservatory, 2001 - present
Languages: Armenian (native language), Arabic, English, Turkish, French, German, Russian and Hebrew
Nationalities: Lebanese, Armenian
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: 23 December 1977
Education
10 April 2001 Bachelor of Arts/BA in Music (Piano)
18 November 1997 Baccalaureate Diploma in Music (Piano)
Compositions
2019 Etudes Opus 34
2019 Song of Nature Opus 30 (from Song of Myself Opus 30)
2019 Piano Quartet No. 2 Opus 33 Mitz
2018 String Quartet No.2 Opus 32 Movements Phenomena (To Sorin Horlea)
2018 Song of Myself Opus 30
2018 Piano Concerto No. 4 Let's Jazz Differently
2017-18 24 Preludes & Fugues for Piano Opus 28 & 31
2017 Sonata No. 2 Opus 27 for Violin & Piano Vengeance to S. Horlea in Memory of Y. Yerkanyan
2017 Requiem 2 pianos edition
2016 Requiem for Choir Opus 26
2016 Sonata for Cello & Piano Opus 25 Tragic
2015 Trio No. 2 for Violin, Cello & Piano Opus 24 So Bad So Good
2015 Suite for Piano Opus 23 Catherine
2014 Elegy for Cello & Piano Opus 22
2014 Galop and Oriental for Viola & Piano Opus 22
2013 Fantasias for Piano Opus 20 Mirrors
2013 Quintet for Flute, Clarinet, Xylophone, Bassoon & Piano Opus 2 In Memory of D. Shostakovich
2004 - 2013
Sonata No. 7 for Piano Opus 21 World of Insects
Sonata No. 6 for Piano Opus 19 Moments
Sonata No. 5 for Piano Opus 11 Classic of Modern
Sonata No. 4 for Piano Opus 9 Hiram Abiff
Sonata No. 3 for Piano Opus 7
Sonata No. 2 for Piano Opus 5 Faust
Sonata No. 1 for Piano Opus 5 Prelude on Stage
2012 Concerto No. 3 Opus 13 for Piano & Orchestra The Struggle
2012 Sonata for Contrabass & Piano Opus 10
2012 String Quartet No. 1 Opus 16
2012 Theme and Variations for Clarinet & Piano Opus 14
2011 Five Piano Studies (Nos. 1 – 5) Opus 15
2011 Piano Sonata for 4 Hands Opus 18 Messy Love
2010 Four Pieces for the Piano Opus 15 (No.1 Scherzi, No.2 Waltz, No.3 Study, No.4 Prelude)
2010 Sonata for Bassoon and Piano Opus 17 (to Kristian Oma Rønnes)
2006 Concerto No.2 for Piano & Orchestra Opus 12 War
2006 Piano Quartet No. 1 Opus 6
2004 Concerto No. 1 Opus 8 for Piano & Orchestra Experiment
2004 Sonata No. 1 Opus 4 for Violin & Piano The Promise
2004 Trio No. 1 Opus 3 for Violin, Cello & Piano Sarcasm to Rodolphe Gault, Bahia El Bacha & Claire Foison)
1999 Nocturno Opus 1 for Violin & Piano to Asaf Maoz in Memory of Hagop Esmerian