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ARTISTS SHOWCASE FEATURES CLARINETIST
Minuteman News Center, CT
Feb 25 2015
The Westport Arts Center's annual young artists showcase will feature
Narek Arutuyninan on March 1 at the Pequot Library at 3 p.m. The
Washington Post described Arutuyninan as an artist who "reaches
passionate depths with seemingly effortless technical prowess and
beguiling sensitivity." Arutuyninan was scheduled to perform in
March of 2012 but his performance was unfortunately canceled due to
a blizzard. He is back by popular demand and he and his accompanist,
Yekwon Sunwoo, will perform two showpieces, Jacob Weinberg's "Hebrew
Melodies" and Luigi Bassi's Fantasy on Themes from Verdi's "Rigoletto,"
as well as two substantial sonatas for clarinet and piano, Prokofiev's
tender and witty Sonata in D Major and Brahms's rhapsodic Sonata
No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 120, No. 2.
"Each season, we like to showcase an outstanding young artist on
our series," says Chamber Music Curator Russell Platt. "This year
we have a brilliant young poet of the clarinet, a 2010 winner of the
coveted Young Concert Artists International Auditions. His recital,
which offers two of the great sonatas for his instrument as well as
entertaining smaller works, should be a great concert for connoisseurs
and young musicians alike."
Arutyunian has performed extensively in Australia, Asia, and in
Europe, where he appeared at the Louvre in Paris and the Palazzo del
Principe in Genoa, among others. He has appeared as soloist with the
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, and in Russia with the Kaliningrad
Philharmonic, the Moscow Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra and the Moscow
State Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Arutyunian's festival appearances
include Juilliard ChamberFest, where he performed Osvaldo Golijov's
The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind, the New York Festival of
Song, Musica Viva's Huntington Estate Festival in Australia, and the
2013 Young Concert Artists Festivals in Tokyo and Beijing.
Winner of the 2010 Young Concert Artists International Auditions,
he was presented in debut recitals at Merkin Concert Hall and the
KennedyCenter to rave reviews. By the age of 16, he had already won
First Prizes in the International Young Musicians Competition in
Prague and the Musical Youth of the Planet Competition in Moscow. He
has performed concerts with violist and conductor Yuri Bashmet and
recorded the Weber Concertino for clarinet with the State Symphony
Orchestra of New Russia.
Born in Armenia in 1992, Arutuyninan's family moved to Moscow when he
was three. Arutuyninan graduated from the Moscow State Conservatory
where he worked with Evgeny Petrov. Arutyunian's clarinet is a
personal gift from the conductor and violinist Vladimir Spivakov, and
he receives general support for his career from the Guzik Foundation
in California.When not touring internationally, Arutuyninan works at
the Juilliard School with fellow clarinetist Charles Neidich.
Tickets to the concert are $30/ $25 for Members of the Westport Arts
Center and $10 for students. A limited number of discounted Senior
tickets will be available for presale at the Westport Center for
Senior Activities, 21 Imperial Avenue, Westport. Tickets are on sale
now and can be purchased at www.westportartscenter.org, 203-222-7070,
or at the door 30 minutes prior to the concert.
http://www.minutemannewscenter.com/articles/2015/02/25/entertainment/doc54ecc541859fa837379023.txt
Minuteman News Center, CT
Feb 25 2015
The Westport Arts Center's annual young artists showcase will feature
Narek Arutuyninan on March 1 at the Pequot Library at 3 p.m. The
Washington Post described Arutuyninan as an artist who "reaches
passionate depths with seemingly effortless technical prowess and
beguiling sensitivity." Arutuyninan was scheduled to perform in
March of 2012 but his performance was unfortunately canceled due to
a blizzard. He is back by popular demand and he and his accompanist,
Yekwon Sunwoo, will perform two showpieces, Jacob Weinberg's "Hebrew
Melodies" and Luigi Bassi's Fantasy on Themes from Verdi's "Rigoletto,"
as well as two substantial sonatas for clarinet and piano, Prokofiev's
tender and witty Sonata in D Major and Brahms's rhapsodic Sonata
No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 120, No. 2.
"Each season, we like to showcase an outstanding young artist on
our series," says Chamber Music Curator Russell Platt. "This year
we have a brilliant young poet of the clarinet, a 2010 winner of the
coveted Young Concert Artists International Auditions. His recital,
which offers two of the great sonatas for his instrument as well as
entertaining smaller works, should be a great concert for connoisseurs
and young musicians alike."
Arutyunian has performed extensively in Australia, Asia, and in
Europe, where he appeared at the Louvre in Paris and the Palazzo del
Principe in Genoa, among others. He has appeared as soloist with the
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, and in Russia with the Kaliningrad
Philharmonic, the Moscow Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra and the Moscow
State Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Arutyunian's festival appearances
include Juilliard ChamberFest, where he performed Osvaldo Golijov's
The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind, the New York Festival of
Song, Musica Viva's Huntington Estate Festival in Australia, and the
2013 Young Concert Artists Festivals in Tokyo and Beijing.
Winner of the 2010 Young Concert Artists International Auditions,
he was presented in debut recitals at Merkin Concert Hall and the
KennedyCenter to rave reviews. By the age of 16, he had already won
First Prizes in the International Young Musicians Competition in
Prague and the Musical Youth of the Planet Competition in Moscow. He
has performed concerts with violist and conductor Yuri Bashmet and
recorded the Weber Concertino for clarinet with the State Symphony
Orchestra of New Russia.
Born in Armenia in 1992, Arutuyninan's family moved to Moscow when he
was three. Arutuyninan graduated from the Moscow State Conservatory
where he worked with Evgeny Petrov. Arutyunian's clarinet is a
personal gift from the conductor and violinist Vladimir Spivakov, and
he receives general support for his career from the Guzik Foundation
in California.When not touring internationally, Arutuyninan works at
the Juilliard School with fellow clarinetist Charles Neidich.
Tickets to the concert are $30/ $25 for Members of the Westport Arts
Center and $10 for students. A limited number of discounted Senior
tickets will be available for presale at the Westport Center for
Senior Activities, 21 Imperial Avenue, Westport. Tickets are on sale
now and can be purchased at www.westportartscenter.org, 203-222-7070,
or at the door 30 minutes prior to the concert.
http://www.minutemannewscenter.com/articles/2015/02/25/entertainment/doc54ecc541859fa837379023.txt