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HEAD OF COMPOSERS' UNION OF ARMENIA: ARMENIAN MARKET IS FULL OF CHEAP TEXTS THAT CANNOT BE CALLED MUSIC
arminfo
Tuesday, February 22, 19:10
"The Armenian market is full of cheap texts resembling Muslim art. It
is impossible to call these works music. Moreover, such an attitude
to music may threaten national security, as this directly influences
the consciousness and thinking of people", Chairman of the Composers'
Union of Armenia Robert Amirkhanyan said at today's press conference
in Yerevan when commenting on the current situation in the musical
sphere in Armenia.
He said that today the emphasis is put on profit and business, and
this leads to appearance of low quality Muslim music in the Armenian
market. The composer suggested setting up a commission under the
Culture Ministry to assess music works. He is going to present his idea
at the hearings in the Public Council to take place on February 24.
According to the composer, Muslim music is a certain branch of music
art, which should be respected. But the dominating direction in the
Armenian music art has nothing to do with the classical Muslim music,
and represents only a tasteless substitute of Muslim and Christian
tunes.
When commenting on composer Vahram Petrosyan's recent statement
supporting Azerbaijani music, Amirkhanyan said that the composer
lacked enough information to touch on such delicate issues and only
paid a tribute to the demand and business.
To recall, at Feb 17 press conference Vahram Petrosyan said that he
and his friends are fond of Azeri music, and also pointed out a new
wave of orientalism in music, which should be taken into account by
the Armenian composers whishing to keep up with the times.
To note, at present according to the major part of the Armenian
society, the Azerbaijani music is not the classical mugham, but modern
mixture of Muslim and pop music.
From: A. Papazian
arminfo
Tuesday, February 22, 19:10
"The Armenian market is full of cheap texts resembling Muslim art. It
is impossible to call these works music. Moreover, such an attitude
to music may threaten national security, as this directly influences
the consciousness and thinking of people", Chairman of the Composers'
Union of Armenia Robert Amirkhanyan said at today's press conference
in Yerevan when commenting on the current situation in the musical
sphere in Armenia.
He said that today the emphasis is put on profit and business, and
this leads to appearance of low quality Muslim music in the Armenian
market. The composer suggested setting up a commission under the
Culture Ministry to assess music works. He is going to present his idea
at the hearings in the Public Council to take place on February 24.
According to the composer, Muslim music is a certain branch of music
art, which should be respected. But the dominating direction in the
Armenian music art has nothing to do with the classical Muslim music,
and represents only a tasteless substitute of Muslim and Christian
tunes.
When commenting on composer Vahram Petrosyan's recent statement
supporting Azerbaijani music, Amirkhanyan said that the composer
lacked enough information to touch on such delicate issues and only
paid a tribute to the demand and business.
To recall, at Feb 17 press conference Vahram Petrosyan said that he
and his friends are fond of Azeri music, and also pointed out a new
wave of orientalism in music, which should be taken into account by
the Armenian composers whishing to keep up with the times.
To note, at present according to the major part of the Armenian
society, the Azerbaijani music is not the classical mugham, but modern
mixture of Muslim and pop music.
From: A. Papazian