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FULL SLATE OF EVENTS PLANNED FOR FOURTH MONCTON ARMENIAN FESTIVAL
By Shannon MacLeod
CanadaEast.com
http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/news/article/1451261
Oct 27 2011
The Moncton Armenian Festival is back for its fourth year and this
year being the 20th anniversary of Armenian independence, there is
a lot to celebrate from today to next Sunday, Nov. 6.
Things kick off today with a meet and greet with an Armenian pianist,
Tigran Hamasyan, who's a virtuoso on the rise.
"We will go see him and then in two years, we'll be able to say, 'I saw
him in Moncton,'" said Suzanne Cyr, media relations for the festival.
At 11:30 a.m., in collaboration with the Department of Music at the
Universite de Moncton, Tigran Hamasyan will meet with music students
and anyone from the public who's interested in meeting this up and
coming artist, said Cyr.
"He's playing everywhere around the world," she said.
The 23-year-old pianist will participate in a discussion about his
journey, his technique, the characteristics and uniqueness of his
improvisational process as well as his inspiration. The meeting will
be held in room 001-B in the Faculty of Arts at UdeM.
Then tonight, Hamasyan will perform at 8 p.m. for regular admission of
$28 and $18 for students at La Caserne in the Dieppe Arts and Culture
Centre. Hamasyan mesmerizes audiences by drawing on traditional
Armenian music and fables to create a very innovative jazz, giving
it a unique sound.
There's a girl who works with Cyr, who was ecstatic when she found
out Hamasyan was coming to Moncton, because he is incredible, said Cyr.
"She was in Montreal at the jazz festival last summer and she saw
that he was coming here, she almost had a heart attack. He's quite
something."
On Friday, Nov. 4 at the Galerie d'art de Louise et Reuben Cohen at
UdeM, there will be a grand opening of an art exhibit featuring works
of art by Armenian artist Sergei Parajanov. Admission is free.
"He became sort of a figure of protestation. The government was trying
to silence him and he was always creating," Cyr said.
Parajanov was also a filmmaker who passed away in 1990. He was
considered a genius, said Cyr.
"Armenia was part of the Soviet Union and he was one of the protestors
and was in prison a lot. The five years of confinement made Parajanov
powerful without ever breaking him."
The exhibit, titled Sergei Parajanov: le reel imagine, brings together
over 40 works shipped from the Parajanov Museum in the Armenian
capital city of Yerevan. The exhibit will be on display until Dec. 16.
"His masterpieces are more like collages and I guess they're really
quite something," Cyr said.
At the grand opening of the exhibit, there will also be other
Armenian cultural acts such as the Choeur Beausejour directed by
Monique Richard, Hampic Djabourian, from Montreal on the duduk,
Rouben Hampartsoumian, from France on the cithara and song. There
will also be Lee Saunders, Edmond Habetien, from France and Sylvia
Kasparian for the dance performance.
"For the Armenian festival, this was quite an amazing feat to get
these paintings from the museum in Armenia," Cyr said.
Next weekend, on Nov. 5 and 6, there will be four Armenian films
shown. All four were produced by Parajanov and will take place at
the Galerie d'art de Louise et Reuben Cohen at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. on
Saturday and Sunday. Tickets will be sold at the door and are $10 for
regular admission and $7 for students. All movies will be subtitled
into English.
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Thursday, Oct. 27: 11:30 a.m.: discussion with virtuoso pianist Tigran
Hamasyan at Universite de Moncton, Faculty of Arts room 001-B.
8 p.m.: jazz-rock-piano concert featuring Tigran Hamasyan at La
Caserne in the Dieppe arts and culture centre. Admission fee
Friday, Nov. 4: 7 p.m.: grand opening of Sergei Parajanov: le reel
imagine art exhibit. Admission is free.
Saturday, Nov. 5. film presentations: 3 p.m.: Shadows of Forgotten
Ancestors (1964) 7 p.m.: The Legend of Suram Fortress (1984)
Sunday, Nov. 5. film presentations: 3 p.m.: Achik Kerib (1988) 7 p.m.:
The Color of Pomegranates - Sayat Nova (1971) Admission fee
By Shannon MacLeod
CanadaEast.com
http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/news/article/1451261
Oct 27 2011
The Moncton Armenian Festival is back for its fourth year and this
year being the 20th anniversary of Armenian independence, there is
a lot to celebrate from today to next Sunday, Nov. 6.
Things kick off today with a meet and greet with an Armenian pianist,
Tigran Hamasyan, who's a virtuoso on the rise.
"We will go see him and then in two years, we'll be able to say, 'I saw
him in Moncton,'" said Suzanne Cyr, media relations for the festival.
At 11:30 a.m., in collaboration with the Department of Music at the
Universite de Moncton, Tigran Hamasyan will meet with music students
and anyone from the public who's interested in meeting this up and
coming artist, said Cyr.
"He's playing everywhere around the world," she said.
The 23-year-old pianist will participate in a discussion about his
journey, his technique, the characteristics and uniqueness of his
improvisational process as well as his inspiration. The meeting will
be held in room 001-B in the Faculty of Arts at UdeM.
Then tonight, Hamasyan will perform at 8 p.m. for regular admission of
$28 and $18 for students at La Caserne in the Dieppe Arts and Culture
Centre. Hamasyan mesmerizes audiences by drawing on traditional
Armenian music and fables to create a very innovative jazz, giving
it a unique sound.
There's a girl who works with Cyr, who was ecstatic when she found
out Hamasyan was coming to Moncton, because he is incredible, said Cyr.
"She was in Montreal at the jazz festival last summer and she saw
that he was coming here, she almost had a heart attack. He's quite
something."
On Friday, Nov. 4 at the Galerie d'art de Louise et Reuben Cohen at
UdeM, there will be a grand opening of an art exhibit featuring works
of art by Armenian artist Sergei Parajanov. Admission is free.
"He became sort of a figure of protestation. The government was trying
to silence him and he was always creating," Cyr said.
Parajanov was also a filmmaker who passed away in 1990. He was
considered a genius, said Cyr.
"Armenia was part of the Soviet Union and he was one of the protestors
and was in prison a lot. The five years of confinement made Parajanov
powerful without ever breaking him."
The exhibit, titled Sergei Parajanov: le reel imagine, brings together
over 40 works shipped from the Parajanov Museum in the Armenian
capital city of Yerevan. The exhibit will be on display until Dec. 16.
"His masterpieces are more like collages and I guess they're really
quite something," Cyr said.
At the grand opening of the exhibit, there will also be other
Armenian cultural acts such as the Choeur Beausejour directed by
Monique Richard, Hampic Djabourian, from Montreal on the duduk,
Rouben Hampartsoumian, from France on the cithara and song. There
will also be Lee Saunders, Edmond Habetien, from France and Sylvia
Kasparian for the dance performance.
"For the Armenian festival, this was quite an amazing feat to get
these paintings from the museum in Armenia," Cyr said.
Next weekend, on Nov. 5 and 6, there will be four Armenian films
shown. All four were produced by Parajanov and will take place at
the Galerie d'art de Louise et Reuben Cohen at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. on
Saturday and Sunday. Tickets will be sold at the door and are $10 for
regular admission and $7 for students. All movies will be subtitled
into English.
----
Thursday, Oct. 27: 11:30 a.m.: discussion with virtuoso pianist Tigran
Hamasyan at Universite de Moncton, Faculty of Arts room 001-B.
8 p.m.: jazz-rock-piano concert featuring Tigran Hamasyan at La
Caserne in the Dieppe arts and culture centre. Admission fee
Friday, Nov. 4: 7 p.m.: grand opening of Sergei Parajanov: le reel
imagine art exhibit. Admission is free.
Saturday, Nov. 5. film presentations: 3 p.m.: Shadows of Forgotten
Ancestors (1964) 7 p.m.: The Legend of Suram Fortress (1984)
Sunday, Nov. 5. film presentations: 3 p.m.: Achik Kerib (1988) 7 p.m.:
The Color of Pomegranates - Sayat Nova (1971) Admission fee