SAXOPHONIST FROM GERMANY AND ACCORDIONIST FROM SPAIN WILL PERFORM SELECTED CLASSICAL COMPOSITIONS IN YEREVAN
PanARMENIAN.Net
12.10.2009 15:28 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On October 13, Komitas Chamber Music Hall will host
a concert within Return classical music festival frameworks. The
concert will feature famous saxophonist Koryun Asatryan (Germany)
and world-known accordionist, composer and conductor Enrique Ugarte
(Spain).
"By working in Germany you find yourself in the center of musical
trends’ development. This is especially true of classic music,"
saxophonist Koryun Asatryan said.
Accordionist Enrique Ugarte noted in his turn, "I believe, working
in Germany is important to every musician. The atmosphere itself is
favorable for work."
Musicians expressed their joy over festival-provided opportunity to
perform in Armenia.
Koryun Asatryan, born in Armenia in 1985, started his saxophone
lessons at the college of music in Yerevan under Prof. A. Manukyan
in 1993 after a brief interlude on the piano. From October 2000,
he studied in Dortmund under Prof. Daniel Gauthier with whom he
continued his study from October 2003 onwards at the conservatoire
of music in Cologne. Since 1999, Koryun Asatryan has been winning
various competitions in Moscow, Yerevan, Kiev, Hamburg, Oldenburg,
Berlin and Bayreuth.
Enrique Ugarte was born in 1957 in Spain. He learn to play accordion at
4, wrote his first composition at 6, and performed to a 1500 -people
audience at 7.
Return classical music festival is organized by Art Gallery Cultural
Foundation under the patronage of Armenia’s First Lady Rita Sargsyan
and sponsored by VivaCell-MTS company.
Return, the 3rd classical music festival, launched on September
22. Festival’s closing ceremony will take place on October 24.