DECEMBER 12 CONCERT OF KOMITAS STRING QUARTETTE DEDICATED TO 110TH ANNIVERSARY OF VIOLONCELLIST SARGIS ASLAMAZIAN
Noyan Tapan
Dec 11, 2007
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 11, NOYAN TAPAN. The concert of the Komitas string
quartette, a laureate of the RA State Prize, will be held in the
Yerevan Komitas Chamber Music Hall on December 12. Certain works of
Komitas, Aslamazian, and Shostakovich will be performed during the
concert dedicated to the 110th anniversary of Sargis Aslamazian, a
famous Armenian violoncellist. As Edward Tadevosian, the art director
of the quartette, stated at the press conference held on December 11,
the presentation of the new disk of the quartette will also be held.
Karine Khodikian, the RA Deputy Minister of Culture, declared that
at the end of the concert RA People’s Artist Edward Tadevosian will
be decorated with the golden medal of the Ministry of Culture on
the occasion of his 60th anniversary and for his contribution to
the Armenian music art. Alexander Kosemian, Aram Talalian, and Suren
Hakhnazarian, the soloists of the quartette, will also be decorated
with golden medals.
By the way, the latter is performing in the quartette for the last
time on December 12. In the words of Suren Hakhnazarian, he is moving
to Moscow, where his family is currently living.