biography

A native of Baku, Azerbaijan, Petros Ovsepyan immigrated to the United States in 1979. Mr. Ovsepyan holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Manhattan School of Music and Masters and Doctorate degrees from Indiana University. His teachers have included Claude Baker, Giampaolo Bracali, Brian Ferneyhough, Klaus Huber, Eugene O'Brien, and Harvey Sollberger.

Petros Ovsepyan is a recipient of several international awards and distinctions, including Berliner Kompositionsstipendium, BMI and ASCAP. In 1995 he was awarded the Fulbright Fellowship to study with Theo Loevendie at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam. He has been a featured composer and participant of several international festivals, including Klangwerkstatt (Berlin, 2015), AmBul13 (Sofia, 2013), Kalv Festival 2011 (Kalv, Sweden), Berliner Festspiele/MaerzMusik (Berlin, 2009), Gaudeamus Muziektheater Festival (Amsterdam, 2004), Randspiele IX, X, XIII (Berlin, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2016, 2017), Musica Nova (Bulgaria, 2001), Fondation Royaumont (France, 2000), Virginia Waterfront International Arts Festival (Norfolk, USA, 2000), MATA 2000 (New York), American Music Week (Bulgaria, 1999), Gaudeamus Muziekweek (Amsterdam, 1996, 1998), Time of Music (Finland, 1998), and "Words and Music" Latin-American Festival (Bloomington/IN, USA, 1994). Among numerous international festivals his music additionally has been performed at: Kalv Festival (Sweden, 2011), Ultraschall (Berlin, 2008), Singapur Arts Festival (Singapur, 2008), Festival Internacional de Jóvenes Pianistas (Ecuador, 2007), Schreyahner Herbst (Germany, 2007), Culturscapes (Basel, 2005), Festival Punto Aparte 2005 (Spain), Murcia International Festival (Spain, 2005), Colón Electronico 2004 (Bogota), ISCM World Music Days, (Slovenia 2003), Festival Encuentros 2002 (Buenos Aires), Autunnale (Norway, 2001) Musica Nova (Sofia, 2001), and Art Summit (Indonesia, 1998).

He has also received fellowships from Arbeitsstipendien für Neue Musik und KlangkunstBerlin (2019), Deutsche Akademie Rom Casa Baldi (2012), New Music USA (2011), Bogliasco Foundation (2005), Rockefeller Foundation (2002), Netherland-America Foundation (2002), Soros Foundation (1999), "International Ferienkurse für neue Musik" Darmstadt (Germany, 1998), Fondation Royaumont (1996,1997), Norfolk Chamber Music Festival (1995), and Latin-American Music Festival, Bloomington, Indiana (1994). His works have been performed by ensembles such as Nieuw Ensemble, Klangforum Wien, Nouvelle Ensemble Moderne, Ensemble Mosaik, Pierrot Ensemble Lunaire Wien, l'Instant Donné, l'Itenereire, Doelen, Sonar Quartett, QNG-Quartet New Generation, Empyrean Ensemble, Kairos Quartett, Amstel Saxofoon Quartet and Insomnio.