Hayg Boyadjian is a French-American Grammy-nominated composer. Boyadjian was born in Paris and at an early age he immigrated with his family to Argentina. He started his musical studies at the Liszt Conservatory, and in 1958 he traveled to the U.S. He continued his musical studies first at the New England Conservatory and later at Brandeis University. Among his teachers were Beatriz Balzi (student of Alberto Ginastera, with whom Boyadjian had several consulting meetings), Seymour Shifrin, Alvin Lucier, and Edward Cohen. He has composed a large number of works from chamber to symphonic. Many of his compositions have been performed throughout the world. A number of his scores are available through the American Music Center, NY, and on online through Sibelius Music. Some of his chamber and symphonic compositions are recorded on the following CD labels: Living Music; Society of Composers Recordings; North/South Consonance Recordings; and Opus One Recordings. He is a member of the Composers' Union of Armenia, ASCAP, Society of Composers, and others. His name is found in the Who's Who in American Music, the International Who's Who in Music. He was nominated for a GRAMMY for the recording of his Piano Sonata No.3, and has received awards from ASCAP, Meet the Composer, the Lexington Arts Council-MA, the New England Foundation-Meet the Composer, the Fiftieth Anniversary Commission Project-American Music Center, and others. A number of his writings on music and a number of his poems have been published in various publications.
Hayg Boyadjian
Studios
Watson
Hayg Boyadjian worked in the Watson studio.
Built in 1916 in memory of Regina Watson of Chicago, a musician and teacher, this studio was donated by a group of her friends, along with funds for its maintenance. Originally designed to serve as a composers’ studio with room for performance, Watson was used as a recital hall for chamber music for a…