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"Crossroads: Contemporary music days in Armenia" program has announced
This year "Crossroads: Contemporary music days in Armenia" international festival will be held on April 3-26 with the support of the Ministry of ESCS.
During the festival, 7 concerts will be performed at "Arno Babajanyan" concert hall, Komitas Museum-Institute, Gafesjian Art Center, AGBU Armenia hall, and Gyumri Technological Center hall. Tickets for the concerts are available at Wylling.com.
Pianist and composer Yves Egoyan (Canada), pianists Hayk Melikyan (Armenia) and Laurence Mkhitaryan (Belgium), the Ensemble Asonance(Armenia) and students of the Yerevan State Conservatory will perform at the festival. Masterclasses and seminars are also planned within the festival, through which students of the conservatory and other musical institutions develop their worldview, abilities to analyze music, and the secrets of perception. There will be a master class by composer Yuri Kasparov (Russian Federation) and a seminar with the participation of musicologist and sound theorist Gashia Uzunyan (United Kingdom).
Program of the festival.
April 3, 19:30 | Komitas Museum-Institute Hall, Yerevan
Eve Egoyan, piano (Canada)
Eve Egoyan (1964, CAN) - «A Doubling» (2020-21, AP)
Michael Finnissy (1946, ENG) - «Folklore II» (1993-94, AP)
Linda Catlin Smith (1957, USA) - «Nocturnes and Chorales» (2013, AP)
Eve Egoyan (1964, CAN) - «Ghosts beneath my Fingertips (for Viva)» (2022, AP)
April 4, 11:00 | Yerevan. Master class at Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory
Eve Egoyan, piano (Canada)
April 7, 10:00 | AGBU Hall, Yerevan
Gascia Ouzunian (Great Britain)
Scoring: Yerevan
[workshop and performance with the participation of Eve Egoyan
and musicians of the Ensemble Assonance]
April 9, 17:00 | GTC Hall, Gyumri
Eve Egoyan, piano (Canada)
Eve Egoyan (1964, CAN) - «A Doubling» (2020-21, AP)
Michael Finnissy (1946, ENG) - «Folklore II» (1993-94, AP)
Linda Catlin Smith (1957, USA) - «Nocturnes and Chorales» (2013, AP)
Eve Egoyan (1964, CAN) - «Ghosts beneath my Fingertips (for Viva)» (2022, AP)
April 11, 17:00 | Babajanyan Ground Floor, Yerevan
Round table with composers Tigran Mansurian, Yuri Kasparov, Aram Hovhannisyan and musicologist Svetlana Sarkisyan.
April 11, 19:30 | Concert Hall "Arno Babajanyan", Yerevan.
Ensemble Assonance
Tigran Mansurian (1939, ARM) - String quartet N3 (1993)
Aram Hovhannisyan (1984, ARM) - «Nourail» for alto flute solo (2021)
Yuri Kasparov (1955, RUS) - «Wind, Ash gloomy and Rain after the last battle» for ensemble (2013, AP)
Ashot Zohrabyan (1945-2023, ARM) - «An der Knaben Elis» for voice, clarinet, cello and piano (1994)
Michel Petrossian (1973, ARM/FRA) - «Liber Secretorum Henoch» for string quartet (2019)
Valentin Silvestrov (1937, UKR) - «Postludium I [“DSCH”]» for voice, violin, cello and piano (1978)
April 12 | Acoustic Laboratory, Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory
Yuri Kasparov, composer (Russia)
11:00 | Master class with student composers
16:30 | Meeting with composer
April 14, 20:00 | Cafesjian Center for Arts Hall, Yerevan
Laurence Mekhitarian, piano (Belgium)
Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996, JAP) - «Les Yeux clos II» (1988)
György Kurtág (1926, HUN) - «Márta ligatura» (2020) and «Adieu» à Andras Wilheim (2022, AP)
David Balasanyan (1983, ARM) - 8 microludes (from Books I and II) (2016-18)
Jean-Pierre Deleuze (1954, BEL) - «Tigranakert» (2021 AP)
Kaija Saariaho (1952, FIN) - Prélude (2007) and Ballade (2005, AP)
Sergey Umroyan (1991, ARM) - «3 pieces after Gerhard Richter» (2015)
Apolline Jésupret (1983, BEL) - «Lueurs immergées» (2019) and «De glace» (2022, AP)
April 17, 19:30 | AGBU Hall, Yerevan
Students and Alumni of the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory
Pascal Dusapin (1955, FRA) - Etude N2 [«Igra»] for piano (1998, AP)
Jorg Widmann (1973, GER) - Fantasie for clarinet (1999)
Pierre Boulez (1925-2016, FRA) - «Anthemes I» for violin (1991, AP)
Anton Webern (1883-1945, AUT) - Variations for piano op.27 (1936)
Ashot Ghazaryan (1961, ARM) - 5 character pieces for 2 clarinets (1999)
Armen Gevorgyan (2001, ARM, Bac. I) - New work for clarinet, violin and piano (2023, WP)
Dmitri Pchelintsev (1998, RUS, Bac. I) - «Variations on a Clumsy Theme» for piano (2023, WP)
Leon Poghosyan (1997, ARM, Bac. II) - «Andante imperioso» for trombone, cello and piano (2023, WP)
April 20, 19:30 | Komitas Institute-Museum Hall, Yerevan
Hayk Melikyan, piano (Armenia)
Pascal Dusapin (1955, FRA) - Etude N7 (2001)
Yoshihisa Taira (1937-2005, JAP) - «Sho-Ro» (Campanile) (1993)
Toshio Hosokawa (1955, JAP) - «Mai» (2012)
Artur Akshelyan (1984, ARM) - «Where the farthest stars sink down...» (2000-21)
Wolfgang Rihm (1952, GER) - «Auf einem anderen Blatt» (2000)
György Kurtág (1926, HUN) - «Splinters» op.6d (1978)
Luis Quintana (1988, PRI) - «Grooves & Whispers» (book 1, 2020, WP)
André Boucourechliev (1925-1997, BUL/FRA) - «Orion III» (1982)
April 22, 19:30 | AGBU Hall, Yerevan
«ÎLE THÉLÈME» Trio, (Russia)
Karen Shahgaldyan, violin
Dmitri Prokofiev, cello
Natalia Sokolovskaya, piano
Tory Takemitsu (1930-1996, JAP) - «Distance de feè» for violin and piano (1951, AP)
Isang Yun (1917-1995, KOR) - «Nore» for cello and piano (1964, AP)
Beat Furrer (1954, CH) - «Voicelessness» for piano solo (1986)
Kuzma Bodrov (1982, RUS) - «Charmed» for cello and piano (AP)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963, GER) - Cello Sonata op. 25 no.3 [for cello solo, 1922]
Kirill Arkhipov (1987, RUS) - «Only changes are not changeable» for piano (2020, AP)
Alexei Retinsky (1986, RUS) - «Trio» for violin, cello and piano (2007, AP)
April 26, 19:30 | Concert Hall "Arno Babajanyan", Yerevan
Ensemble Assonance
David Gyodakyan (1992, ARM) - New Work for 6 instruments (2022-23, WP)
Arman Gushchyan (1981, ARM/USA) - «Time.fragment» for clarinet, violin and piano (2009, AP)
Arsen Babajanyan (1986, ARM/GER) - «Cycle II» for flute and piano (2019, WP)
Ashot Zohrabyan (1945-2023, ARM) - Trio for violin, cello and piano (2022, WP)
Vahram Sarkissian (1981, ARM/CAN) - New Work for 2 voices, clarinet, cello and piano (2023, WP)
Stepan Rostomyan (1956, ARM) - «Tagh to the Angel» for voice and ensemble (2001)
During the festival, 7 concerts will be performed at "Arno Babajanyan" concert hall, Komitas Museum-Institute, Gafesjian Art Center, AGBU Armenia hall, and Gyumri Technological Center hall. Tickets for the concerts are available at Wylling.com.
Pianist and composer Yves Egoyan (Canada), pianists Hayk Melikyan (Armenia) and Laurence Mkhitaryan (Belgium), the Ensemble Asonance(Armenia) and students of the Yerevan State Conservatory will perform at the festival. Masterclasses and seminars are also planned within the festival, through which students of the conservatory and other musical institutions develop their worldview, abilities to analyze music, and the secrets of perception. There will be a master class by composer Yuri Kasparov (Russian Federation) and a seminar with the participation of musicologist and sound theorist Gashia Uzunyan (United Kingdom).
Program of the festival.
April 3, 19:30 | Komitas Museum-Institute Hall, Yerevan
Eve Egoyan, piano (Canada)
Eve Egoyan (1964, CAN) - «A Doubling» (2020-21, AP)
Michael Finnissy (1946, ENG) - «Folklore II» (1993-94, AP)
Linda Catlin Smith (1957, USA) - «Nocturnes and Chorales» (2013, AP)
Eve Egoyan (1964, CAN) - «Ghosts beneath my Fingertips (for Viva)» (2022, AP)
April 4, 11:00 | Yerevan. Master class at Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory
Eve Egoyan, piano (Canada)
April 7, 10:00 | AGBU Hall, Yerevan
Gascia Ouzunian (Great Britain)
Scoring: Yerevan
[workshop and performance with the participation of Eve Egoyan
and musicians of the Ensemble Assonance]
April 9, 17:00 | GTC Hall, Gyumri
Eve Egoyan, piano (Canada)
Eve Egoyan (1964, CAN) - «A Doubling» (2020-21, AP)
Michael Finnissy (1946, ENG) - «Folklore II» (1993-94, AP)
Linda Catlin Smith (1957, USA) - «Nocturnes and Chorales» (2013, AP)
Eve Egoyan (1964, CAN) - «Ghosts beneath my Fingertips (for Viva)» (2022, AP)
April 11, 17:00 | Babajanyan Ground Floor, Yerevan
Round table with composers Tigran Mansurian, Yuri Kasparov, Aram Hovhannisyan and musicologist Svetlana Sarkisyan.
April 11, 19:30 | Concert Hall "Arno Babajanyan", Yerevan.
Ensemble Assonance
Tigran Mansurian (1939, ARM) - String quartet N3 (1993)
Aram Hovhannisyan (1984, ARM) - «Nourail» for alto flute solo (2021)
Yuri Kasparov (1955, RUS) - «Wind, Ash gloomy and Rain after the last battle» for ensemble (2013, AP)
Ashot Zohrabyan (1945-2023, ARM) - «An der Knaben Elis» for voice, clarinet, cello and piano (1994)
Michel Petrossian (1973, ARM/FRA) - «Liber Secretorum Henoch» for string quartet (2019)
Valentin Silvestrov (1937, UKR) - «Postludium I [“DSCH”]» for voice, violin, cello and piano (1978)
April 12 | Acoustic Laboratory, Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory
Yuri Kasparov, composer (Russia)
11:00 | Master class with student composers
16:30 | Meeting with composer
April 14, 20:00 | Cafesjian Center for Arts Hall, Yerevan
Laurence Mekhitarian, piano (Belgium)
Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996, JAP) - «Les Yeux clos II» (1988)
György Kurtág (1926, HUN) - «Márta ligatura» (2020) and «Adieu» à Andras Wilheim (2022, AP)
David Balasanyan (1983, ARM) - 8 microludes (from Books I and II) (2016-18)
Jean-Pierre Deleuze (1954, BEL) - «Tigranakert» (2021 AP)
Kaija Saariaho (1952, FIN) - Prélude (2007) and Ballade (2005, AP)
Sergey Umroyan (1991, ARM) - «3 pieces after Gerhard Richter» (2015)
Apolline Jésupret (1983, BEL) - «Lueurs immergées» (2019) and «De glace» (2022, AP)
April 17, 19:30 | AGBU Hall, Yerevan
Students and Alumni of the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory
Pascal Dusapin (1955, FRA) - Etude N2 [«Igra»] for piano (1998, AP)
Jorg Widmann (1973, GER) - Fantasie for clarinet (1999)
Pierre Boulez (1925-2016, FRA) - «Anthemes I» for violin (1991, AP)
Anton Webern (1883-1945, AUT) - Variations for piano op.27 (1936)
Ashot Ghazaryan (1961, ARM) - 5 character pieces for 2 clarinets (1999)
Armen Gevorgyan (2001, ARM, Bac. I) - New work for clarinet, violin and piano (2023, WP)
Dmitri Pchelintsev (1998, RUS, Bac. I) - «Variations on a Clumsy Theme» for piano (2023, WP)
Leon Poghosyan (1997, ARM, Bac. II) - «Andante imperioso» for trombone, cello and piano (2023, WP)
April 20, 19:30 | Komitas Institute-Museum Hall, Yerevan
Hayk Melikyan, piano (Armenia)
Pascal Dusapin (1955, FRA) - Etude N7 (2001)
Yoshihisa Taira (1937-2005, JAP) - «Sho-Ro» (Campanile) (1993)
Toshio Hosokawa (1955, JAP) - «Mai» (2012)
Artur Akshelyan (1984, ARM) - «Where the farthest stars sink down...» (2000-21)
Wolfgang Rihm (1952, GER) - «Auf einem anderen Blatt» (2000)
György Kurtág (1926, HUN) - «Splinters» op.6d (1978)
Luis Quintana (1988, PRI) - «Grooves & Whispers» (book 1, 2020, WP)
André Boucourechliev (1925-1997, BUL/FRA) - «Orion III» (1982)
April 22, 19:30 | AGBU Hall, Yerevan
«ÎLE THÉLÈME» Trio, (Russia)
Karen Shahgaldyan, violin
Dmitri Prokofiev, cello
Natalia Sokolovskaya, piano
Tory Takemitsu (1930-1996, JAP) - «Distance de feè» for violin and piano (1951, AP)
Isang Yun (1917-1995, KOR) - «Nore» for cello and piano (1964, AP)
Beat Furrer (1954, CH) - «Voicelessness» for piano solo (1986)
Kuzma Bodrov (1982, RUS) - «Charmed» for cello and piano (AP)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963, GER) - Cello Sonata op. 25 no.3 [for cello solo, 1922]
Kirill Arkhipov (1987, RUS) - «Only changes are not changeable» for piano (2020, AP)
Alexei Retinsky (1986, RUS) - «Trio» for violin, cello and piano (2007, AP)
April 26, 19:30 | Concert Hall "Arno Babajanyan", Yerevan
Ensemble Assonance
David Gyodakyan (1992, ARM) - New Work for 6 instruments (2022-23, WP)
Arman Gushchyan (1981, ARM/USA) - «Time.fragment» for clarinet, violin and piano (2009, AP)
Arsen Babajanyan (1986, ARM/GER) - «Cycle II» for flute and piano (2019, WP)
Ashot Zohrabyan (1945-2023, ARM) - Trio for violin, cello and piano (2022, WP)
Vahram Sarkissian (1981, ARM/CAN) - New Work for 2 voices, clarinet, cello and piano (2023, WP)
Stepan Rostomyan (1956, ARM) - «Tagh to the Angel» for voice and ensemble (2001)
