Coriún Aharonián (4 August 1940 – 8 October 2017; born in
Montevideo
Montevideo (, ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2023 census, the city proper has a population of 1,302,954 (about 37.2% of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...
) was an Uruguayan composer and musicologist of Armenians, Armenian ethnicity.
He was a pupil of Luigi Nono, Héctor Tosar, Lauro Ayestarán, Gerardo Gandini, Vinko Globokar, György Ligeti, Gordon Mumma, Folke Rabe, Fernando von Reichenbach, Christian Wolff (composer), Christian Wolff, and Iannis Xenakis.
In 2004 he was awarded a List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 2004, Guggenheim Fellowship.
He was married to musicologist Graciela Paraskevaídis.
Books
*''Introducción a la música'' (Tacuabé, Montevideo, 2002. Reeditado en 2008 y 2012)
*''Músicas populares del Uruguay'' (Universidad de la República, Montevideo, 2007. Reeditado por Tacuabé, Montevideo, 2010 y 2014)
*''Educación, arte, música'' (Tacuabé, Montevideo, 2004. Reeditado en 2013)
*''Conversaciones sobre música, cultura e identidad'' (Ombú, Montevideo, 1992. Reeditado por Tacuabé en 2000, 2005 y 2012)
*''Hacer música en América Latina'' (Tacuabé, Montevideo, 2012. Reeditado en 2014)
*''Héctor Tosar, compositor uruguayo'' (Trilce, Montevideo, 1991)
References
1940 births
2017 deaths
Uruguayan people of Armenian descent
Musicians from Montevideo
Uruguayan composers
Uruguayan male composers
Uruguayan musicologists
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