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'ARMENIAN NIGHT AT THE POPS' TO FEATURE TJEKNAVORIAN IN BOSTON DEBUT
http://www.armenianweekly.com/2013/04/04/armenian-night-at-the-pops-to-feature-tjeknavorian-in-boston-debut/
April 4, 2013
The Friends of Armenian Culture Society will present the 62nd annual
Armenian Night at the Pops on Sat., June 1, at 8 p.m. at Boston's
Symphony Hall. The evening will feature the young violinist Emmanuel
Tjeknavorian from Vienna, Austria. He will join Maestro Keith Lockhart
and the Boston Pops Orchestra in a performance of Franz Waxman's
"Carmen Fantasy."
Emmanuel Tjeknavorian The theme for the evening will be film music,
filled with the sophistication and romance of the 50's and 60's,
and will feature song stylist Steve Lippia, whom Lockhart has called
"the absolute vocal re-incarnation of the Sinatra sound." As a tribute
to Armenian film, Tigran Mansurian's music for Henrik Malyan's 1980
movie "Ktor me yerkinq" (A Piece of the Sky) will also be performed.
Tjeknavorian has been awarded several prizes in international
competitions, including the International Nutcracker Competition
in Moscow, the International Johannes Brahms Competition, and
the Eurovision Young Musicians 2012 competition as the Austrian
representative. He currently studies at the esteemed University of
Music and Performing Arts in Vienna.
Tickets for this concert are available for purchase online at
www.FACSBoston.org.
From: A. Papazian
http://www.armenianweekly.com/2013/04/04/armenian-night-at-the-pops-to-feature-tjeknavorian-in-boston-debut/
April 4, 2013
The Friends of Armenian Culture Society will present the 62nd annual
Armenian Night at the Pops on Sat., June 1, at 8 p.m. at Boston's
Symphony Hall. The evening will feature the young violinist Emmanuel
Tjeknavorian from Vienna, Austria. He will join Maestro Keith Lockhart
and the Boston Pops Orchestra in a performance of Franz Waxman's
"Carmen Fantasy."
Emmanuel Tjeknavorian The theme for the evening will be film music,
filled with the sophistication and romance of the 50's and 60's,
and will feature song stylist Steve Lippia, whom Lockhart has called
"the absolute vocal re-incarnation of the Sinatra sound." As a tribute
to Armenian film, Tigran Mansurian's music for Henrik Malyan's 1980
movie "Ktor me yerkinq" (A Piece of the Sky) will also be performed.
Tjeknavorian has been awarded several prizes in international
competitions, including the International Nutcracker Competition
in Moscow, the International Johannes Brahms Competition, and
the Eurovision Young Musicians 2012 competition as the Austrian
representative. He currently studies at the esteemed University of
Music and Performing Arts in Vienna.
Tickets for this concert are available for purchase online at
www.FACSBoston.org.
From: A. Papazian