STEPAN ROSTOMIAN’S AUTHOR EVENING HELD IN MOSCOW
Noyan Tapan
Armeninas Today
Jun 21 2006
MOSCOW, JUNE 21, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. Author evening of
Armenian composer Stepan Rostomian dedicated to his 50th anniversary
was held at the Great Hall of Moscow Composers’ Home.
According to the Yerkramas (Territory) newspaper of Armenians of
Russia, the Third and Fourth Chamber Symphonies by Rostomian, as well
as "Songs of Angels" for a chamber ensemble and a vocal cycle on the
lyrics of medieval Japanese poets were performed by Moscow Ensemble
of Modern Music conducted by well-known British conductor David Davis.
Stepan Rostomian’s music is performed and recorded throughout the
world.
Such famous groups as London Symphonietta and the Modern ensemble
order music to him. According to Rostomian himself, one of his
creative tasks is the synthesis of the sacred music of Armenia in the
Christian tradition and the technics of composition of the West. Stepan
Rostomian considers himself not so much a composer as a guide, the
task of which is to as much precisely as he can put down by notes a
creation already existing somewhere.