AMERICAN CONDUCTOR WILL PERFORM WITH ARMENIAN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
IN YEREVAN IN HONOR OF US INDEPENDENT DAY
YEREVAN, JULY 2. ARMINFO. On July 3 U.S. Conductor Alexander Treger
will join the Armenian Philharmonic orchestra as guest conductor at a
special concert honoring U.S. Independence Day. U.S. Ambassador John
Evans will provide opening remarks and welcome Mr.Treger , who is
coming to Armenia with the support of the U.S. Embassy. In addition to
other international pieces, Mr.Treger will conduct John Philip Sousa’s
“The Stars and Stripes Forever” in honor of the Fourth of July
holiday.
In response to journalists’ question, Alexander Treger in particular
said that due to his close Armenian friend violinist Eduard
Tadevosyan, he visited Armenia for the second time. Together with
Tadevosyan hey lived in the same room student’s dormitory of Moscow
Conservatory. Feeling love and thirst of the Armenian public to music,
I will visit Armenia again and again. From the Armenian composers,
Mr.Treger emphasized Arma Khachatryan adding that Armenian should be
proud of the acknowledged composer.
At the same time he did not know any of the modern Armenian composers
as well as the Armenian wind instrument duduk and Jivan Gasparyan
virtuously playing it. He answered that he would undoubtedly take an
interests in this instrument.
Alexander Treger, a native of Russia who has lived in the United State
since 1973, is a noted violinist, accomplished conductor, and gifted
educator. He is currently serving as the Music Director of the
acclaimed American Youth Symphony, one of the nation’s top
pre-professional orchestras. Mr.Treger has dedicated his career to
giving the gift of music to others, especially to children.