Hayg Boyadjian was born in 1938 in Paris, France.
At an early age he immigrated with his family to Buenos Aires, Argentina,
where he started his musical studies at the Liszt Conservatory. In 1958 he
immigrated to the USA, and
presently lives in Lexington,
Massachusetts. In the USA he continued his musical studies as a
special student 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: USA, Brazil,
Argentina, Japan, Korea,
Russia, France, Holland, England, Spain,
Armenia
and others.
A number of his scores are available through the American Music
Center, New York and on the internet 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, the MacDowell Colony, and others. His name is found in
the Who's Who in American Music, the International Who's Who in
Music.
He 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.