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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
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