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Kristina plays the piano part in her Rhapsody, written in collaboration with Oxford Alternative Orchestra and award-winning Olympics choreographer Jin Yeob-Cha. 'Best new dance films', Guardian.

CHRYSALIS

'Gems such as Kristina Arakelyan's A Song Without Words and Burlesque are unveiled - impressionistic yet infectiously tuneful'
 

Lake Chaplain Weekly

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COMPOSER

Kristina’s compositions are well known for being intensely lyrical, dramatic and exceptionally moving. She has written for various instrumental combinations, including solo piano, chamber groups, choirs and symphony orchestras. Her works have also won several notable awards including the overall cup winner of the EPTA Composition Competition (2009), first prize in the BBC Proms Inspire Young Composers’ Competition (2010), first prize in the Orchestra of the Swan Shakespeare 400 Competition (2014/5), first prize in the 19-25 age category of the NCEM Young Composers' Award (2016) and first prize in the Royal Northern Sinfonia Beethoven Competition (2019/20). Kristina was selected to represent the UK in the 2022 International Rostrum of Composers and she was also an Ivors Academy nominee in the same year. She has taken part in masterclasses with renowned composers including John Adams, Oliver Knussen and Sir Peter Maxwell Davies.

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