Stepan Sukiasyan: Touches to the Creative Portrait

Abstract

In the 80s of the 20h century, Armenian musical culture was enriched by the works of a number of composers, whose worldview and style were shaped based on the experience of Armenian musical classics. The composers of this generation enriched Armenian music with new, interesting and brilliant works. Among them, Stepan Sukiasyan (1941-2021) occupies his special place, who did not remain in the shade next to the great authorities of the Armenian Composing School, but managed to find his way, implementing, still in its formative stage, the artistic principles of Armenian music. The article considers the stages of formation of the composer’s creative path, the range of his favorite themes and characters, the originality of solutions to creative tasks, features of world view, which were mainly formed under the influence of the culture and artistic traditions of the native city of Leninakan (now Gyumri). This article includes an interview with the composer, conducted in 2002 to commemorate the 5th anniversary of the founding of Gyumri Branch of Yerevan State Conservatory. Stepan Sukiasyan played a crucial role in establishing the Gyumri Branch of Yerevan Conservatory as the Vice-Rector of Yerevan Conservatory at the time, actively overseeing creative, educational, and organizational efforts.