ITALIAN PROMETHEUS STRING QUARTET TO PERFORM CONCERTS IN YEREVAN FOR FIRST TIME
Noyan Tapan
May 03 2007
YEREVAN, MAY 3, NOYAN TAPAN. A joint concert of the Italian Prometheus
string quartet and singer Anna Mayilian took place in Yerevan, on May
2, within the framework of the National Gallery third international
music festival. The quartet performing in Armenia for the first
time presented works of Haydn, Brahms, Mendelsson, Bartok as well
as Komitas.
The Prometheus quartet performed for the Armenian spectators for the
first time, and we hope that it will be valued and loved by Armenians,"
Roberto Nocella, the First Secretary of the Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary of Italy to Armenia mentioned.
In A. Mayilian’s words, he has cooperated with this quartet for
about 10 years. The singer performed with Prometheus in the last
year with an embracing program formed from works of Komitas in one
of the cities near Milan. It was accepted by the Italian spectators
with great enthusiasm and warmness.
According to member of the quartet Aldo Campanari, the invitation to
perform a concert in Armenia was accepted with great love as there
was a wish to get acquainted with the Fatherland of Komitas. "We know
Armenia first of all with the help of music as well as with the help
of our Armenian colleagues’ presenting it," he said.
It was also mentioned that a festival of the Prometheus quartet will
be soon held in Italy. Almost all the musicians cooperated with the
quartet, including A. Mayilian, will participate in the festival.