Alexander Kaloian – born 1962 in Los Angeles, California is an Armenian composer, currently residing in Orange County, California.

Kaloian is known for the strong nationalistic musical language in his works, which include marches, tone poems, and symphonies – many evoking images of the Armenian homeland in colour.

Among his most recent works is the large-scale Concerto for Orchestra (2015) – a 30 minute work in 5 Movements, wherein the various families of the orchestra are juxtaposed with and against each other, forming many contrasts between quiet and violence. Concerto for Orchestra was released on NuNote Records 2 June, 2015 (available on iTunes) – the work is “dedicated to the memory of the composer’s maternal grandmother Anna.”

Kaloian has studied with a number of prominent mentors, including
Daniel Robbins (Harmony)
Gunnar Johansen (Composition in Piano)
John Bergamo (Percussion)
Amiya Dasgupta (North Indian Sargam)
Tom Knox (Composition in Wind Ensemble

Kaloian is a member of ASCAP and is published by The Cloud Media Group, Limited (ASCAP ) – Music scores, parts, sheet music are available at http://firstedition.com - recordings are availbale on NuNote Records http://nunote.com Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.