TURKISH VIOLINIST CIHAT ASKIN TO HAVE SOLO CONCERT IN YEREVAN

Noyan Tapan

Dec 9, 2008

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 9, NOYAN TAPAN. The concert of Turkish violinist,
professor Cihat Askin will take place on December 9 at Komitas Chamber
Music House. As Noyan Tapan was informed by the Eurasia Partnership
Foundation, this concert is part of the cultural program between
Armenia and Turkey, which is implemented with the financial assistance
of USAID and cooperation of the Eurasia Partnership Foundation,
Orion Production and Komitas quartet.

C. Askin will perform pieces by European, Turkish, and Armenian
authors of songs. He will perform to the accompaniment of Gulden
Teztel (piano). C. Askin has graduated from Royal Music College
and City University (London), is the founder and First Director of
the Center for Advanced Research in Music (MIAM), is a professor of
Turkish State Conservatory, laureate of a number of prizes. He plays
the violin of master Jean Baptiz Voyom (1946).

It should be mentioned that this concert is the continuation of the
mutual visits of the Komitas quartet and its Turkish colleagues
held in 2002. "We deeply believe that music will emphasize human
values and will assist with establishment of a dialogue between the
two nations," Gevorg Ter-Gabrielian, the Director of the Eurasia
Partnership Foundation’s Armenian Office, said.