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AURA

Piano​ 

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Duration: 2'30''

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Aura (2019) was one of the first piece I wrote after two years of struggling with chronic migraines. During that period of time I was not able to practice piano, listen or create music. This composition is my way of expressing my feelings, thoughts and struggles I endured on a daily basis while having constant migraines. 

BATTERFLY

Piano​ 

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Duration: 3''

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Butterfly is a solo piano composition inspired by a butterfly that landed on my hand while I was visiting Niagara Parks Botanical Gardens. I drew my inspiration from the colors  and movements of a stunning blue butterfly (Hemiargus ceraunus).

ELEGY

Piano​ 

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Duration: 4'10''

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Elegy (2024) for solo piano is a nostalgic musical composition dedicated to the victims of Armenian Genocide of 1915 and inspired by the film “Mayriq -Mother” (1991). This is a movie about the life of a simple Armenian family, who survived the 1915 genocide happened in the Ottoman Empire. They became refugees in a foreign country among foreign people.

GLOOMY WALTZ

Piano​ 

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Duration: 2'40''

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Gloomy Waltz (2017) for solo piano was originally written as an acoustic part to my electro-acoustic composition Fire and Ice but can also be performed as an separate composition. In “Fire and Ice” I expressed my thoughts, fear, sadness, and devastation over how much hate we, as humans, bring into this world.  The pain, loneliness, devastation and sadness is all reflected in my Gloomy waltz.    

MINIATURE

Piano​ 

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Duration: 1'30''

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Miniature (2022) is a short composition for solo piano. As many artists, I find myself struggling with motivation or inspiration to create new work. One day I decided to try to write a short composition every day as an exercise. After improvising on the piano for a some time I stumble up on a very simple melody that later that day became one of my favorite piano miniatures.  

MUSIC BOX

Piano​ 

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Duration: 1'30''

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Music Box is a piece written for electric keyboard with Music Box sound effect (Logic Pro or other software). Music Box could also be performed on an acoustic piano. This piece was inspired by my grandfather’s music box.

PRELUDE

Piano​ 

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Duration: 4'10''

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Prelude (2018) is a solo piano piece influenced by Armenian folk music. As an Armenian composer living far from my native land, I try to reconnect with the culture of my ancestors by writing music that resembles the colors of the Armenian music. My inspirations for this composition include very ornamented melodies, complex rhythms, and the sad timbre of an Armenian wind instrument “Duduk,”

ROMANCE

Piano​ 

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Duration: 2''

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Romance is a piano pieces inspired by a poem “I will drown in your eyes, may I? by Robert Rozhdestvensky. I dedicated this piece to my one and only love, my husband Ion Onofrei.​

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