“[on ‘A Tale for Two Violins’]... A compelling 21-minute piece for unaccompanied violins, structured in six episodes ripe with folk-inflected melodies, bent pitches, animated rhythms... Accessible without mortgaging a sense of mystery...”
— Mark Stryker, Detroit Free Press

Selected Works

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Solo

2131 for cello (2020)
* Commissioned by the Mu Phi Epsilon Foundation and the Armenian Music Program
at UCLA.
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Blue Scherzo for clarinet (2012)

Cadenza for Vitali Chaconne (2010)

Cadenza for Khachaturian Violin Concerto (2013)

The Garden of Stars for violin (2022)

Largo for viola (2012)

Une promenade dans les bois de Pan for flute (2020)
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Chamber

From Fertile Soil for violin and piano (2019)
* Commissioned by Ayse Taspinar and the Apricot Tree Initiative
* Written in honor of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Komitas Vartabed

In My Arms Tonight for flute, oboe, piano, double bass, and drums (2013)
     *Written as the first composer-in-residence for the Incidental
      Chamber Players (2013 - 2014)

Mare Tranquilitatis for saxophone quartet (2016)
     *Commissioned by the Asylum Quartet

Night Music for violin and piano (2013)

Pi (π) to the First 143 Decimal Places for piano sextet (2019)

Rhapsodic Fantasy for cello duo (2016-17)                                                                                                                *Commissioned by Antonio Lysy and Patricia Smith

Antonio Lysy and Charles Tyler, cellos To watch the interview between the composer, Movses Pogossian (conductor of the concert), and Antonio Lysy (catalyst behind the piece), follow link: https://youtu.be/Bhy9ndo_kEg The world premiere of 'Rhapsodic Fantasy', a piece for two cellos scordatura by Los Angeles based composer Kristapor Najarian, took place on April 19th, 2017 at the Hammer Museum in Westwood, Los Angeles, as part of the program 'From the Highlands to the Concert Hall - Classical Music of Armenia' - a concert held in commemoration of the Armenian Genocide.

In this performance: Antonio Lysy and Charles Tyler, cellos

A Tale for Two Violins (2014)
     *Commissioned by the Dilijan Chamber Music Series (Los Angeles)
       *Featured at the 2015 Starling-Delay Violin Symposium at the Juilliard
        School (New York)

 In this performance: Ani and Ida Kavafian, violins

Vastedad de Pinos for flute, oboe, and horn - Based on the poetry of
     Pablo Neruda (2013)
     *Written as the first composer-in-residence for the Incidental
      Chamber Players (2013 - 2014)

for Flute, Oboe, and Horn (2013). Based on the poem by Pablo Neruda.

 Vasteded de Pinos for soprano and piano - Based on the poetry of Pablo Neruda (2019)

'Vastedad de Pinos' by Kristapor Allen Najarian Recorded live at Studio 770 (Brea, CA) 11/24/18 Teja Kim, Soprano Oliver Chan, Piano Based on the poem 'Ah Vastedad de Pinos' by Pablo Neruda, from 'Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada' (1924) Ah Vastedad de Pinos Ah vastedad de pinos, rumor de olas quebrándose, lento juego de luces, campana solitaria, crepúsculo cayendo en tus ojos, muñeca, caracola terrestre, en ti la tierra canta!

In this performance: Teja Kim, soprano / Oliver Chan, piano

Vitali Variations for violin and piano (2012)

When the Bough Breaks for flute, clarinet, cello, and piano (2021)
* Written for the Ensemble Variances

The Year 1915 for string quartet (2015)
     * Commissioned by Patricia Hicks and the Santiago String Quartet                                                        
* Written in commemoration of the centennial of the Armenian Genocide

Kristapor Najarian - The Year 1915 - Mvmt. III Recorded live at Studio 770 (Brea, CA) 11/18/18 The Year 1915 / Տարի 1915 I. Prologue: Seeing / Տեսնել II. Dancing / Պարել III. Dreaming / Երազել IV. Marching / Քալել V.

In this performance: Anna Kouchnerov and Ben Bartelt, violins / Sean Lyons, viola / Christopher Votek, cello

Յիշատակներ / Memories for vocal quintet - Based on the poetry of Krikor
     Beledian (2012)

Large Ensemble


Le rêve interrompu (The Interrupted Dream) for orchestra (2021)

A Sip of Potion for orchestra (2013)

The Square Root of 2 (√2) for 9 instrumentalists (2020)

Vastedad de Pinos for soprano and orchestra - Based on the poetry of Pablo Neruda (2019)