Rita Kassabian

She is an Armenian composer born in Lebanon. She had a passion for the piano since an early age: from 1996 till 1997, she follows regularly the advices of Walid Akl who encourages her to excel in music. She studies, in parallel in the piano, harmony and analysis then is admitted at Schola Cantorum de Paris (France) in the composition / orchestration class of Patrice Sciortino, in September 2001. Member of the French Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique, she is also the chairwoman of the associations ARKOncerts and A.R.K., the purpose of this last being to encourage cultural exchanges between young talent. Her works include: April 2005 – Impromptu for 2 flutes, cello, 4 timpanies and 1 harp (composition prize 2005) - December 2005 – Divertimento for tenor solo saxophone, edited by L'Harmattan editions - Paris (composition prize 2006) - January 2006 – Waltz for flute and strings - January 2006 – Evasions for solo contrabassa - May 2007 – Trio for flute, tenor saxophone and cello. - October 2008 – Suite for strings (Madeleine church Paris) - October 2008 – Concerto for flute, string orchestra, french horn, harp, timpanies and percussions (Madeleine church Paris) - March 2009 – Fantasia for flute ensemble (Saint Germain des Prés Auditorium, Paris) - December 2009 – Concerto for tenor saxophone, oboe, strings and percussions (Paris) - May 2010 – Concerto for tenor saxophone, saxophones band and percussions (new version of the concerto created on december 2009; Paris).