REPUBLICAN CONTEST OF CHAMBER ENSEMBLES AFTER KAREN KOSTANIAN BEING HELD IN YEREVAN

Noyan Tapan
Oct 29, 2008

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 29, NOYAN TAPAN. First Republican Contest of Chamber
Ensembles after founder of chamber ensembles performing art of Yerevan
State Conservatory (1961), professor, memorable Karen Kostanian
started on October 28 at Aram Khachatrian House-Museum.

Armenian musician-performers aged between 16 to 35 will present pieces
by Armenian, classic, and modern composers during two contest stages:
only Armenian and classic pieces will be performed during the first
stage, and romantic and modern pieces during the second one. 11 duets,
4 trios, 1 quartet and 2 quintets take part in the contest.

As Noyan Tapan correspondent was informed by professor Alla Berberian,
the Head of the Chamber Ensembles Performing Art Chair of Yerevan State
Conservatory, which is the contest’s organizer, various contests and
festivals of pianists, violinists, cellists have been organized and
held in Armenia so far, but we have never had a contest of chamber
ensembles.

According to her, composer Tigran Mansurian made an attempt to organize
a similar contest in 1990, but his attempt failed.

"Spectators will see an interesting program. For the first time we
had some difficulties in organization issues. However I hope that
all that will be solved in the future, and the contest will develop
and will be enlarged," Alla Berberian emphasized. In her words, they
did not select ensembles applying for participation in the contest,
and all applicants take part in the contest, however, when it is
enlarged, a selection will be also done.

A. Berberian also said that the succession of participants’
performances will be decided by drawing of lots. Contest’s jury is
headed by professor Igor Yavrian, the Dean of the Piano Department
of Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory.