Music: Armenia’s Otri Trio ensemble releases its debut album

Panorama, Armenia
Feb 22 2019
Culture 14:18 22/02/2019 Armenia

Otri Trio ensemble of the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra has released its first CD album titled “Flight of Imagination” under the label of Halidon Music – one of the major music distributors in Italy.

Halidon Music has also concluded a five-year contract with the ensemble, under which the recordings of Otri Trio will be available on Amazon, iTunes, Spotify, and other music platforms, the Symphony Orchestra told Panorama.am.

The world-famous label will be dealing with the trio’s promotion and distribution of its performances in the next few years.

The first album will go on sale in Europe, US, Canada and Mexico, as well as in the Italian bookstore La Feltrinelli selling CDs of renowned musicians.

Otri Trio’s CD has been recorded with support of Armenian State Symphony Orchestra led by conductor Sergey Smbatyan.

Flight of Imagination features music pieces by Armenian, German, Austrian, French and Russian composers.

Otri Trio is comprised of the musician-laureates of national and international competitions – Ruzanna Tovmasyan (flute), Anzhela Hovhannisyan (violin) and Arevik Kosyan (viola).

The trio’s special and unique sound is the result of the combination of two different types of instruments – woodwind and strings. The name of the ensemble has Latvian origin, meaning ‘alternative’. Thus, Otri Trio suggests an alternative version of the classical trio.