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FIRST REPUBICAN CELLO MUSIC FESTIVAL TO BE HELD IN ARMENIA
Noyan Tapan
March 25, 2008
YEREVAN, MARCH 25, NOYAN TAPAN. On the initiative of the RA ministry
of culture, the first republican cello music festival dedicated to
People's Artist of Armenia, Professor Heronti Talalian will be held in
Armenia in the period of March 26 to May 4. The festival director,
cellist of the string quartet after Komitas, docent of Yerevan
Conservatory Aram Talalian said at the March 24 press conference
that the purpose of the festival is assist with improvement of young
cellists' mastery. In his words, the cello art has no long history
in Armenia: it originated in the 1920s and managed to achieve a high
level in a short time. However, many musicians of the middle generation
have left Armenia in recent years due to hard material conditions,
as a result of which the alternation of generations has not been a
smooth one.
According to A. Talalian, the festival is of rather educational
and instructive importance. It is not in all music schools that
cello classes have been kept. For this reason during the festival
concerts will be given in those cities and marzes (provinces) where
the teaching of cello classes has been retained: in Gyumri, Vanadzor,
Kapan, Stepanakert, Abovian, and Charentsavan.
Aram Talalian announced that among festival participants ara famous
cellists from the UK, Switzerland, Georgia, Iran, Russia and France,
including Alexander Chaushian, Aydin Ahmadinejad, Mikael Hakhnazarian,
Yovan Markovich and others.
Noyan Tapan
March 25, 2008
YEREVAN, MARCH 25, NOYAN TAPAN. On the initiative of the RA ministry
of culture, the first republican cello music festival dedicated to
People's Artist of Armenia, Professor Heronti Talalian will be held in
Armenia in the period of March 26 to May 4. The festival director,
cellist of the string quartet after Komitas, docent of Yerevan
Conservatory Aram Talalian said at the March 24 press conference
that the purpose of the festival is assist with improvement of young
cellists' mastery. In his words, the cello art has no long history
in Armenia: it originated in the 1920s and managed to achieve a high
level in a short time. However, many musicians of the middle generation
have left Armenia in recent years due to hard material conditions,
as a result of which the alternation of generations has not been a
smooth one.
According to A. Talalian, the festival is of rather educational
and instructive importance. It is not in all music schools that
cello classes have been kept. For this reason during the festival
concerts will be given in those cities and marzes (provinces) where
the teaching of cello classes has been retained: in Gyumri, Vanadzor,
Kapan, Stepanakert, Abovian, and Charentsavan.
Aram Talalian announced that among festival participants ara famous
cellists from the UK, Switzerland, Georgia, Iran, Russia and France,
including Alexander Chaushian, Aydin Ahmadinejad, Mikael Hakhnazarian,
Yovan Markovich and others.