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“It is through Tigran that my generation speaks in the contemporary cultural temple. Without Tigran, my generation would be a dumb pilgrim,” the prominent writer and publicist Hrant Matevosyan said about Tigran Mansurian. 

Famous Armenian composer Tigran Mansurian celebrates his 77th birthday today.Tigran Mansurian was born on January 27, 1939, in Beirut and educated in Yerevan, Armenia, where his family had moved in 1947 and settled in Yerevan in 1956. He studied first at the Romanos Melikian Music School under the Armenian composer Edvard Baghdasaryan and later at the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory.[His "Monodia" album was nominated for the 2005 Grammy Award for "Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)" and "Best Classical Contemporary Composition.

According to Mansurian, “music is a relationship of two things: sound and silence. Which one is richer, more saturated? Which is more meaningful? I think silence is rich. When I cross the line between not writing music and writing it, my feeling is that I’ve committed a crime, I’ve lost so much time.  When I don’t compose, I am tormented by a feeling of uselessness. Music is not an occupation for me, not a means of self-expression. Music makes my life… I am prepared to be obstinate to assert the truth I know”.

“Each piece of work we have not done is an expression of lack of love for the homeland, our people, and their history. Our history gave us the ability to value humans,” Tigran Mansuryan said. 

The renowned composer’s works were performed at concert halls of London, Paris, Rome, Milan, Berlin, Vienna, Moscow, New York, Los Angeles and other cities.