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    Armenian Folk Group "Gurdjieff" Wins Edison Award

    Mariam Mughdusyan


    12:51, December 1, 2012
    Armenia's Gurdjieff Folk Instruments Ensemble has won the 2012 Edison
    Awards prize for best folk album.

    Levon Eskenian, founder of the Ensemble, and members Emmanuel
    Hovhannisyan and Norayr Gaboyan, travelled to the Dutch city of
    Eindhoven for the awards ceremony on November 28.

    Upon accepting the award Eskenian said, `Winning this award is a great
    honor for us. It has given us a huge creative boost. It was also a
    great opportunity for the ensemble to once again perform on the
    international stage.'

    The Edison music award is an annual Dutch music prize, awarded for
    outstanding achievements in the music industry. It is one of the
    oldest music awards in the world, having been presented since 1960.


    The Gurdjieff Folk Instruments Ensemble was founded in 2008 by the
    Armenian musician Levon Eskenian with the aim of creating
    ethnographically authentic arrangements of the G.I. Gurdjieff/Thomas
    de Hartmann piano music.

    The ensemble consists of leading Eastern folk instrumentalists in
    Armenia playing duduk, blul/nay, saz, tar, kiamancha, oud, kanon,
    santur, dap/daf, tombak and dhol.

    http://hetq.am/eng/news/21111/armenian-folk-group-gurdjieff-wins-edison-award.html


    From: Baghdasarian
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