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RENOWNED GERMAN VIOLINIST ISABELLE FAUST TO PERFORM CONCERT IN YEREVAN
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11:25, 9 August, 2013
YEREVAN, AUGUST 9, ARMENPRESS: In the framework of the Yerevan 7th
International Music Festival dedicated to the great Armenian composer
Aram Khachaturian's 110th anniversary, the Armenian Philharmonic
Orchestra will perform a joint concert with the German violinist
Isabelle Faust on September 11. The Festival is held under the High
Patronage of the First Lady of Armenia Mrs.
Rita Sargsyan and is supported by the Ministry of Culture of the
Republic of Armenia. The Festival Artistic Director is Eduard
Topchyan. At the Yerevan 7th International Music Festival the
Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra will present the music by Mozart
and Khachaturian.
Isabelle Faust received her first violin lessons at the age of five
years. She trained with Christoph Poppen and Denes Zsigmondy.
After winning the Paganini Competition she lived for nine years in
France, where she met her husband. In 2004 she was appointed professor
of violin at the Berlin University of the Arts. She lives in Berlin and
is the mother of a teenage son. Since 1996, she has performed on the
"Sleeping Beauty" Stradivarius violin of 1704, on loan from Landesbank
Baden-Wurttemberg. She has also performed with Baroque-style violins
and bows.
Isabelle Faust has performed as guest soloist with most of the world's
major orchestras. In addition to the recordings listed under "Awards
and Prizes," she has recorded works of AntonÃn DvoÅ~Yák, Robert
Schumann, Franz Schubert, Johannes Brahms (including the Violin
Concerto), Bohuslav Martinů, Andre Jolivet and others. She is a
proponent of new music and has given world premieres of works by,
among others, Olivier Messiaen, Werner Egk, and Jörg Widmann.
The Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra established 85 years ago by
Arshak Adamian and Alexander Spendiaryan is the national center
of professional orchestral music in Armenia. Being led into the
new millennium by Maestro Eduard Topchyan the APO is committed to
promoting cultural, musical awareness in local audience regularly
performing classical and operatic music in addition to national and
contemporary music.
The APO features the works of the Armenian composers and is committed
to supporting the performance of new orchestral work in the programs
interesting and for regular visitors, connoisseurs, tourists and
young people. The APO serves as the Ambassador of the Armenian music
worldwide and tours regularly. Music by Aram Khachaturian, Arno
Babadjanyan, Edvard Mirzoyan, Alexander Harutyunyan, Avet Terteryan
and many other prominent Armenian composers is best performed by
the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra featuring famous Armenian and
international soloists
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/728692/renowned-german-violinist-isabelle-faust-to-perform-concert-in-yerevan.html
11:25, 9 August, 2013
YEREVAN, AUGUST 9, ARMENPRESS: In the framework of the Yerevan 7th
International Music Festival dedicated to the great Armenian composer
Aram Khachaturian's 110th anniversary, the Armenian Philharmonic
Orchestra will perform a joint concert with the German violinist
Isabelle Faust on September 11. The Festival is held under the High
Patronage of the First Lady of Armenia Mrs.
Rita Sargsyan and is supported by the Ministry of Culture of the
Republic of Armenia. The Festival Artistic Director is Eduard
Topchyan. At the Yerevan 7th International Music Festival the
Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra will present the music by Mozart
and Khachaturian.
Isabelle Faust received her first violin lessons at the age of five
years. She trained with Christoph Poppen and Denes Zsigmondy.
After winning the Paganini Competition she lived for nine years in
France, where she met her husband. In 2004 she was appointed professor
of violin at the Berlin University of the Arts. She lives in Berlin and
is the mother of a teenage son. Since 1996, she has performed on the
"Sleeping Beauty" Stradivarius violin of 1704, on loan from Landesbank
Baden-Wurttemberg. She has also performed with Baroque-style violins
and bows.
Isabelle Faust has performed as guest soloist with most of the world's
major orchestras. In addition to the recordings listed under "Awards
and Prizes," she has recorded works of AntonÃn DvoÅ~Yák, Robert
Schumann, Franz Schubert, Johannes Brahms (including the Violin
Concerto), Bohuslav Martinů, Andre Jolivet and others. She is a
proponent of new music and has given world premieres of works by,
among others, Olivier Messiaen, Werner Egk, and Jörg Widmann.
The Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra established 85 years ago by
Arshak Adamian and Alexander Spendiaryan is the national center
of professional orchestral music in Armenia. Being led into the
new millennium by Maestro Eduard Topchyan the APO is committed to
promoting cultural, musical awareness in local audience regularly
performing classical and operatic music in addition to national and
contemporary music.
The APO features the works of the Armenian composers and is committed
to supporting the performance of new orchestral work in the programs
interesting and for regular visitors, connoisseurs, tourists and
young people. The APO serves as the Ambassador of the Armenian music
worldwide and tours regularly. Music by Aram Khachaturian, Arno
Babadjanyan, Edvard Mirzoyan, Alexander Harutyunyan, Avet Terteryan
and many other prominent Armenian composers is best performed by
the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra featuring famous Armenian and
international soloists