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Draft:Hrant Keshishian

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  • Hrant Minas Keshishian
    Born (1947-04-10) April 10, 1947 (age 79)
    Cairo, Egypt
    EducationFaculty of Fine Arts, Zamalek, Cairo (1966–1971)
    Occupations
    • Painter
    • Composer
    Hrant Minas Keshishian is an Egyptian painter and classical music composer of Armenian descent, born on 10 April 1947 in Cairo. He studied painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Zamalek, Cairo, graduating in 1971,[1] and has been a member of the Egyptian Syndicate of Plastic Artists since 1990.[2] He received his primary education at the Kalousdian Armenian National School in Cairo and his secondary education at Ahmed Lotfy El Sayed School in Giza.[3] Between 1974 and 1989 he lived in Yerevan, Soviet Armenia.[4] He returned to Cairo in October 1989.[5] Writing in Arek magazine in 2012, Enayat Wasfy—a professor of singing at the Faculty of Music Education in Zamalek—described Keshishian as one of Egypt's most original but least-known artists and characterised his output across five decades as "a journey through civilisations."[6] Al-Araby described his art as "a unique synthesis of East and West."[7]

Visual art

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By the time of his first retrospective exhibition at the Cairo Opera House in December 2010, Keshishian's body of visual work comprised approximately 2,200 artworks.[3] The retrospective included approximately 60 paintings selected to represent the evolutionary chain of his work.[3]

In her 2012 review, Wasfy identified several distinct phases in Keshishian's career, including a Neo-Pharaonic period drawing on ancient Egyptian iconography, and a body of charcoal works produced during his years in Soviet Armenia.[6] Vartanian, reviewing his student work in 1969, described his Fauvist style as one that harmonised content and form.[8]

Musical compositions

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By 2010, Keshishian had composed more than 80 classical music works, including 14 piano sonatas and 10 sonatinas.[3]

His ballet The Ringdove received its world première at the Royal Opera House, Muscat in April 2019, conducted by Harout Fazlian.[9] The Oman Daily reported the production as the Royal Opera House Muscat's first world première of a new work.[10]

His music was also performed by the Cairo Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Harout Fazlian, in a concert titled "Armenian Flair" alongside works by Aram Khachaturian and Camille Saint-Saëns, with pianist Simon Ghraichy as soloist.[11]

Exhibitions

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Selected exhibitions:

Solo exhibitions

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  • 1990 – Atelier du Caire, Cairo.[5]
  • 2010 – First Retrospective Exhibition, Cairo Opera House Main Art Gallery, Cairo (4–9 December 2010).[12][3]

Group exhibitions

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  • 1969 – "Rising Artists" group exhibition, Carzoo Gallery, Kalousdian School, Cairo (2–12 May 1969).[13][14]
  • 1972 – Joint exhibition with Sirvart Keshishian, Cairo.[15]

Ballet productions

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Critical reception

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Vasily Vartanian, a Soviet Armenian artist visiting Cairo, reviewed Keshishian's student work in the Armenian-Egyptian weekly Tchahagir (May 1969), praising his portraits for their psychological penetration and describing his Fauvist style as one that harmonised content and form.[16] The Armenian-Egyptian newspaper Housaper noted the same exhibition for his expressive power and mastery of colour.[17]

Sarkis Balayan, editor of Tchahagir, wrote in December 1972 that Keshishian had developed a personal and independent artistic language distinguishable from academic conventions.[18]

Avedis Yapoudjian reviewed Keshishian's 1990 solo exhibition at the Atelier du Caire on the front page of the Armenian-Egyptian daily Arev, describing his charcoal works as powerful and monumental and noting his return from Armenia with a large body of work.[5]

Enayat Wasfy, writing in Arek magazine in 2012, described Keshishian as one of Egypt's most original but least-known artists, calling his output "a journey through civilisations."[6]

His 2010 retrospective at the Cairo Opera House was reviewed in three Egyptian publications. Al-Ahram described it as the artist's first retrospective and noted works across multiple periods including Neo-Pharaonic paintings and charcoal works from his Armenian years.[3] Le Progrès Égyptien described it as the first retrospective of its kind for an Armenian-Egyptian artist.[19] Al-Araby described his art as "a unique synthesis of East and West."[20]

The world première of The Ringdove (Oman, April 2019) was reviewed by the Oman Observer, which described the ballet's music and narrative,[9] and reported by the Oman Daily, which confirmed it as the Royal Opera House Muscat's first world première of a new work.[21]

References

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  1. ↑ el-Ashry, Nagwa. "At the First Retrospective Exhibition of the Armenian-Egyptian Artist Hrant Keshishian." Al-Ahram, 23 December 2010, p. 31.
  2. ↑ Yapoudjian, Avedis. "The Art Exhibition of Keshishian." Arev (Armenian–Egyptian Daily Newspaper), 18 October 1990, p. 1.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 el-Ashry, Nagwa. "At the First Retrospective Exhibition of the Armenian-Egyptian Artist Hrant Keshishian." Al-Ahram, 23 December 2010, p. 31.
  4. ↑ Wasfy, Enayat. "Fifty years of creativity." Arek (AGBU Egypt cultural monthly), June 2012, p. 12. Available online.
  5. 1 2 3 Yapoudjian, Avedis. "The Art Exhibition of Keshishian." Arev (Armenian–Egyptian Daily Newspaper), 18 October 1990, p. 1.
  6. 1 2 3 Wasfy, Enayat. "Fifty years of creativity." Arek (AGBU Egypt cultural monthly), June 2012, p. 12. Available online.
  7. ↑ al-Kouedi, Yousry. "The Exhibition of Hrant Keshishian." Al-Araby (Arabic weekly), 12 December 2010, p. 15.
  8. ↑ Vartanian, Vasily. "The Exhibition of Rising Artists." Tchahagir (Armenian–Egyptian Weekly), 8 May 1969, pp. 5–6. Archived at the National Library of Armenia.
  9. 1 2 3 Benison, Georgina. "Inside the World Première of The Ring Dove." Oman Observer, 4 April 2019. Available online.
  10. ↑ "'The Ring Dove' was adapted into a ballet performance." Oman Daily (Arabic), 15 April 2019, p. 21.
  11. ↑ "Armenian Flair" [concert notice]. Al-Ahram Online. Available online. Retrieved 2026.
  12. ↑ Henetar, Ibrahim. "Retrospective Exhibition of Hrant Keshishian at Cairo Opera House." Le Progrès Égyptien (Egyptian French-language daily, est. 1893), 11 December 2010, p. 4.
  13. ↑ Vartanian, Vasily. "The Exhibition of Rising Artists." Tchahagir (Armenian–Egyptian Weekly), 8 May 1969, pp. 5–6. Archived at the National Library of Armenia.
  14. ↑ [Unsigned]. "Art Exhibition of Rising Artists." Housaper (Armenian–Egyptian Newspaper), 14 May 1969, p. 2.
  15. ↑ Balayan, Sarkis. "The Exhibition of Sirvart and her son Hrant Keshishian." Tchahagir (Armenian–Egyptian Weekly), 7 December 1972, p. 6. Archived at the National Library of Armenia.
  16. ↑ Vartanian, Vasily. "The Exhibition of Rising Artists." Tchahagir (Armenian–Egyptian Weekly), 8 May 1969, pp. 5–6. Archived at the National Library of Armenia.
  17. ↑ [Unsigned]. "Art Exhibition of Rising Artists." Housaper (Armenian–Egyptian Newspaper), 14 May 1969, p. 2.
  18. ↑ Balayan, Sarkis. "The Exhibition of Sirvart and her son Hrant Keshishian." Tchahagir (Armenian–Egyptian Weekly), 7 December 1972, p. 6. Archived at the National Library of Armenia.
  19. ↑ Henetar, Ibrahim. "Retrospective Exhibition of Hrant Keshishian at Cairo Opera House." Le Progrès Égyptien (Egyptian French-language daily, est. 1893), 11 December 2010, p. 4.
  20. ↑ al-Kouedi, Yousry. "The Exhibition of Hrant Keshishian." Al-Araby (Arabic weekly), 12 December 2010, p. 15.
  21. ↑ "'The Ring Dove' was adapted into a ballet performance." Oman Daily (Arabic), 15 April 2019, p. 21.
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