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RADIANT SOPRANO DEBUTS IN SECHELT
Coast Reporter
http://www.coastreporter.net/article/20111104/SECHELT0501/311049996/-1/sechelt/radiant-soprano-debuts-in-sechelt
Nov 4 2011
BC
Coast Recital Society
The remarkable Canadian-Armenian soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian and
pianist Serouj Kradjian are the featured artists at the next Coast
Recital Society (CRS) concert, this Sunday, Nov. 6, at 2:30 p.m. at
the Raven's Cry Theatre.
There will be a pre-concert chat at 1:30.
Bayrakdarian possesses a soprano voice that combines lyricism with
remarkable dramatic instincts. Natural, warm, genuine, radiant and
captivating are words that are commonly used to describe the voice
and artistry of this wonderful singer. Accompanied at the piano
by her husband, the distinguished pianist Serouj Kradjian, Isabel
Bayrakdarian will perform a program that includes music by Liszt,
Berlioz, Rossini, Gardel and Obradors, as well as folk songs by the
20th-century Armenian composer Father Gomidas.
"Isabel Bayrakdarian is a dazzling singer, with a truly magnetic
presence on stage," said CRS artistic director Frances Heinsheimer
Wainwright. "Her husband Serouj Kradjian's superb pianism is the
perfect complement to Bayrakdarian's artistry. Everyone at the CRS
is thrilled to welcome these exceptional artists to our series,
for what we know will be a memorable concert event."
Born in Lebanon of proud Armenian heritage, Bayrakdarian moved with
her family to Toronto as a teenager. Since winning first prize at the
2000 Operalia International Opera Competition[2], founded by Placido
Domingo, she has appeared in opera performances around the world,
notably the Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House Covent Garden,
La Scala, Opera National de Paris, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Salzburg
Festival, Dresden Semperoper, Bavarian State Opera, San Francisco
Opera, Santa Fe Opera and the Canadian Opera Company, among others.
In 2006, Bayrakdarian and Kradjian won a Juno Award for their recording
of songs by Pauline Viardot.
Coast Reporter
http://www.coastreporter.net/article/20111104/SECHELT0501/311049996/-1/sechelt/radiant-soprano-debuts-in-sechelt
Nov 4 2011
BC
Coast Recital Society
The remarkable Canadian-Armenian soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian and
pianist Serouj Kradjian are the featured artists at the next Coast
Recital Society (CRS) concert, this Sunday, Nov. 6, at 2:30 p.m. at
the Raven's Cry Theatre.
There will be a pre-concert chat at 1:30.
Bayrakdarian possesses a soprano voice that combines lyricism with
remarkable dramatic instincts. Natural, warm, genuine, radiant and
captivating are words that are commonly used to describe the voice
and artistry of this wonderful singer. Accompanied at the piano
by her husband, the distinguished pianist Serouj Kradjian, Isabel
Bayrakdarian will perform a program that includes music by Liszt,
Berlioz, Rossini, Gardel and Obradors, as well as folk songs by the
20th-century Armenian composer Father Gomidas.
"Isabel Bayrakdarian is a dazzling singer, with a truly magnetic
presence on stage," said CRS artistic director Frances Heinsheimer
Wainwright. "Her husband Serouj Kradjian's superb pianism is the
perfect complement to Bayrakdarian's artistry. Everyone at the CRS
is thrilled to welcome these exceptional artists to our series,
for what we know will be a memorable concert event."
Born in Lebanon of proud Armenian heritage, Bayrakdarian moved with
her family to Toronto as a teenager. Since winning first prize at the
2000 Operalia International Opera Competition[2], founded by Placido
Domingo, she has appeared in opera performances around the world,
notably the Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House Covent Garden,
La Scala, Opera National de Paris, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Salzburg
Festival, Dresden Semperoper, Bavarian State Opera, San Francisco
Opera, Santa Fe Opera and the Canadian Opera Company, among others.
In 2006, Bayrakdarian and Kradjian won a Juno Award for their recording
of songs by Pauline Viardot.