Artur Akshelyan

Artur Akshelyan begun his composition studies in Armenia at the Komitas State Conservatory with V. Adjemian. Since 2008 he moved to Switzerland where he studied with Michael Jarrell and Luis Naon at Haute Ecole de Musique of Geneva. He participated in masterclasses with Ivan Fedele, Kaija Saariaho, Stefano Gervasoni, Philippe Hurel, Sofia Gubaidulina and others.

His works have been commissioned from various institutions and ensembles such as the Ensemble Contrechamps (Geneva), Radio France (Paris), “Orpheus Competition”(Switzerland), Dilijan Chamber Music Series (USA), Festival Flagey (Brussels), Foundation Minkoff (Geneva), Ensemble Pre-Art (Zurich) and others.

His compositions have received various international prizes among them: the Basel Composition Competition, Geneva Composition Competition, NEM young composers forum (Canada), Gaudeamus Muziekweek (Amsterdam), Jurgenson Competition (Moscow), Pre-Art (Zurich) and other awards, as well as selected in various workshops and festivals. Among the interpreters of his music were Ensemble Modern Lemanic, Ensemble Intercontemporain (Paris), Trio Saeitenwind, Arditti Quartet (London), Ensemble Divertimento (Milan), Ensemble Insomnio, Basel Symphony Orchestra etc.

Since 2018 he taught at the Yerevan State Conservatory and American University in Yerevan. As a conductor he collaborated with Ensemble Assonance.