DILIJAN SERIES TO LAUNCH THIRD SEASON WITH A WORLD PREMIERE AT ZIPPER HALL

armradio.am
03.09.2007 10:56

A popular recent addition to the Southland’s chamber music scene,
the Dilijan Series will launch its third season on September 15,
2007 at Zipper Hall. The program includes works by Harutunian,
Franck, and a World Premiere of a Piano Quintet by Vache Sharafyan,
whose works have been championed by artists such as Yo Yo Ma and Yuri
Bashmet, and performed at Carnegie Hall, Concertgebouw, and other
major venues around the world. Mr. Sharafyan will be present and
will participate in the performance. The LA Philharmonic’s Principal
Concertmaster, Martin Chalifour, and Principal cellist Peter Stumpf,
who helped inaugurate the Series two years ago, will be joined by
clarinetist Gary Gray, violinist Aroussiak Baltaian, violist Brian
Dembow, pianist Serouj Kradjian, and the Series’ Artistic Director,
violinist Movses Pogossian.

Highlights of the Dilijan Series’ six concerts this season include
two world premieres commissioned by the Series, and appearances by
distinguished musicians of international caliber. The traditional
light-hearted December holiday program presents musical comedy by
Magnus Martensson (Sweden), as well as the return of the critically
acclaimed Duo Forza. The January program, featuring four string
quartets by Shostakovich and his Armenian pupils, concludes with the
composer’s Preludio and Scherzo for String Octet, led by the legendary
Stuart Canin. The adventurous March program of three Hungarian and
three Armenian composers presents a World Premiere by Rostomyan,
as well as Ligeti’s ground breaking Horn Trio, performed by Richard
Todd, Vicki Ray, and Movses Pogossian. The final concert in April,
in commemoration of the Armenian Genocide, features music of Komitas,
Gurdjieff, Bach, and Shostakovich.