WORLD-FAMOUS CELLIST MISHA MAISKY TO PERFORM AT ARAM KHACHATURIAN CONCERT HALL ON APRIL 29
Noyan Tapan
Apr 25 2007
YEREVAN, APRIL 25, NOYAN TAPAN. World-famous cellist Misha Maisky
from Israel will perform at the Aram Khachaturian concert hall with
only one concert on April 29, within the framework of the "Prospects
of 21st" 8th international music festival initiated by the Armenian
Music Information Center. He will perform Antonin Dvorak’s Cello
Concerto accompanied by the State Philharmonic Orchestra of Armenia.
As festival Chairman, composer Stepan Rostomian stated at the April
25 press conference, it is a great event in the music life of our
country as one of the best cellists of the world arrives in Armenia. In
his words, though such musicians are capricious and they themselves
choose to what country they will go and with what orchestra they will
play, but M. Maisky immediately received the invitation to perform
in Armenia.
Edvard Topchian, the SPOA artistic head and conductor expressed an
anxiety on the occasion that the visit of a musician of such greatness
is not covered by any Armenian mass media. "There are 4 days till the
concert, but almost no tickets were sold. We always shout that we are
a cultural people, but, it is a pity, concerts of similar musicians
pass in Yerevan in half-empty halls," he mentioned.
In E. Topchian’s words, if it continues in this way, world-famous
musicians will refuse performing concerts in Yerevan. "If they prefer
in Yerevan to listen to cheap music, and mass media, particularly,
the Public Television Company must not touch upon the classic music,
but must propagandize "shprots" (sprats), then the struggle is useless,
and I will prefer leaving," the conductor mentioned.
From: Baghdasarian