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    HAROUTUNE BEDELIAN AND LORNA GRIFFITT IN CONCERT

    Gibrahayer
    http://www.gibrahayer.com/
    WED NESDAY APRIL 16 at 8:30pm

    Dedicated to the memory of Vahan Bedelian 1894-1990 violinist &
    teacher to many generations of Cypriot musicians

    Haroutune Bedelian (violin)

    Since winning the First Prize at age twenty in the prestigious BBC
    Violin Competition, Haroutune Bedelian has performed, broadcasted and
    televised in major cities and concert halls around the world. He is
    also invited regularly to participate in international music festivals.

    Quotes from reviews of performances in major newspapers: "Alert,
    subtle artist as well as a superb instrumentalist," New York Times;
    "The result was a powerful music making, virtuosity going hand in
    hand with unswerving loyalty to the composer," The Strad Magazine ;
    "Mr. Bedelian has an unforced silvery tone and showed his musicianship
    in his immaculate phrasing". London Daily Telegraph ; "Virtuosity comes
    to him as second nature, but it is used as a means to the interpretive
    freedom and sense of style that characterizes his playing above all
    else," The London Times ; "Refined and sensitive musician. Controlled,
    clean and effortless playing making light of the most formidable
    difficulties," The London Guardian; "Technical and musical resources
    of virtuoso class," The Los Angeles Times. Before his appointment at
    the University of California, Irvine, he was professor of violin at
    the Royal Academy of Music, London, England.

    In 2007, Haroutune Bedelian issued on DVD the Six Sonatas and Partitas
    for Solo Violin by J.S. Bach. That was the first time these works
    appeared in their entirety on DVD.

    Lorna Griffitt (piano)

    Lorna Griffitt, D.M., began her performing career at 16 as a
    soloist with the Louisville Orchestra under the direction of Robert
    Whitney, in a performance of the Grieg Piano Concerto in A Minor. Her
    teachers include Doris Owen (Bickel), Tong Il Han, Gyorgy Sebok and
    Maria Curcio. She received her doctorate with distinction in piano
    performance from Indiana University under the tutelage of Menahem
    Pressler. Dr. Griffitt enjoys an active career as soloist, chamber
    musician and pedagogue in the US and in South America, Europe and
    the Middle East.

    Lorna Griffitt began her teaching career in 1974 at DePauw University
    and joined the music faculty at the University of California, Irvine
    in 1993.

    During the summers, Dr. Griffitt is invited as guest artist to the
    Schlern International Music Festival in Voels am Schlern, Italy
    and to the International Cello Encounter in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
    where she teaches, gives master classes and performs in concerto and
    chamber concerts with various international artists. With Haroutune
    Bedelian, she recently recorded The Six Sonatas and Partitas for
    Violin by J. S. Bach with the Robert Schumann piano accompaniment to
    be released by Centaur Records later in 2008.

    Programme: J.S. Bach Sonata No.1 in B Minor for violin and piano
    J. Brahms Sonata No.1 in G Major for violin and piano

    Interval

    A. Webern Vier Stucke for violin and piano R. Schumann Sonata No.2
    in D Minor for violin and piano
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