ARMENIAN SACRED MUSIC INSPIRES RUSSIAN ORCHESTRA
RussiaToday
September 20, 2007, 13:06
Russia
The Russian premiere of new music by the Armenian composer, Vache
Sharafyan, has been performed at Moscow’s conservatoire by "The
Soloists of Moscow" Orchestra, led by Russian conductor and violist
Yury Bashmet.
The musicians played a wide range of instruments.
The Armenian composer is famous for writing pieces for rarely used
musical instruments.
Compositions, performed at the Conservatoire this time, featured
music written by an Armenian saint, who lived in the 12th century,
which was later updated for a contemporary European audience.