BOSPHORUS QUARTET TO PERFORM IN YEREVAN ON JUNE 18

armradio.am
11.06.2008 16:19

The esteemed Bosphorus Quartet from Istanbul, Turkey will perform at
Komitas Chamber Music Hall in Yerevan on June 18, 2008. The concert is
part of a cultural exchange between Armenia and Turkey made possible
by Eurasia Partnership Foundation (EPF), in cooperation with the
United States Agency for International Development and the Komitas
State Quartet NCSO. As part of the exchange, the Yerevan Komitas
State Quartet will perform in Istanbul on June 13, 2008.

The Bosphorus Quartet will perform pieces by European, Turkish,
and Armenian composers: Debussy’s "Quartet", Shostakovich’s "String
Quartet No. 8", Selman Ada’s "Kleine Jazz Suite", Serdar Yalcýn’s
"Together and Stringed Songs" and, as an encore, Komitas/Aslamazyan’s
"Habrban." The Quartet, managed by Murat Gurol, brings together Seda
SubaÅ~_i, 1st violin; Ceren Gűrkan, 2nd violin; Deniz Yűcel, viola;
and RahÅ~_an Apay, cello.

The two concerts will continue the 2002 musical exchange between
the Komitas State Quartet and their Turkish counterparts. "This
project intends to forge a musical bridge between Armenia and Turkey,
celebrating the artists of each country while establishing a practice
of cultural cooperation," says Gevorg Ter-Gabrielyan, Country Director
of Eurasia Partnership Foundation in Armenia. "EPF believes that
supporting cross-border grass-roots initiatives between Armenian
and Turkish civil society activists, businessmen, journalists, and
artists will accelerate the normalization of relations between the
two countries."

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