Michelle Ekizian facts for kids

Michelle Ekizian is an American composer who writes music. She was born on November 21, 1956.

About Michelle Ekizian

Michelle Ekizian was born in Bronxville, New York. She went to the Manhattan School of Music and Columbia University to study music. She learned from well-known composers like Chou Wen-chung and Mario Davidovsky. Her music has been played for audiences all over the world.

Awards and Recognitions

Michelle Ekizian has received many special awards for her music.

• She won the American Prix de Rome award in 1988. This is a very important prize from the American Academy in Rome.
• In 1987, she received the Commerce Bank International Composition Award.
• She won a prize in 1990 from Indiana State University and the Louisville Orchestra for her new music.
• She also received the Aram Khachaturian Award and the ACA Recording Award.
• Michelle Ekizian has been given special fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. These fellowships help artists create new works.

Musical Compositions

Michelle Ekizian has written many different pieces of music. Here are some of her selected works:

• Octoéchos is a piece for two string quartets and a soprano singer.
• The Exiled Heart is a series of orchestral pieces. It includes The Exiled Heart (from 1986), Morning of Light (from 1988), and Beyond the Reach of Wind and Fire (from 1989).
• She composed Symphony #1: When Light Divided.
• Slow Apocolypse: Fanfare for Orchestra Manque was written in 1995.
• Other works include A Saint Gregory Moment and David of Sassoun (from 1992).
• She also wrote Sabre Dances for orchestra in 1991.
• Red Harvest: Concerto for violin and orchestra is a piece for a solo violin and an orchestra.

Her music has been recorded and released on CDs. Some of these include:

• Works by Michelle Ekizian and Louis Karchin by New World Records.
• American Academy in Rome spring concert, 1989 June 5.