25 Penderecki's works performed in Armenia during 4 daysOctober 30, 2009 - 17:11 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 25 works of well-known Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki were performed in Yerevan during 4 past days. "We spared no effort to hold days of outstanding modern composers in Armenia and the idea is realized," said Stepan Rostomyan, president of Perspectives of the 21st century festival. "I am happy to be in Yerevan. It's not only because my works are performed but also because intellectual and receptive Armenian audience has the opportunity to listen to modern classical music," Krzysztof Penderecki told a news conference today. "Armenian orchestras maximally used their professional potential, which doesn't yield to potential of famous orchestras, but they lack the practice of performing modern classical music," he said. Krzysztof Penderecki was born November 23, 1933 in Debica. He studied music at Krakow University and the Academy of Music in Krakow. Penderecki's international recognition began in 1959 at the Warsaw Autumn Festival with the premieres of the works Strophen, Psalms of David, and Emanations, but the piece that truly brought him to international attention was Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima. Around the mid-1970s, he was a professor at the Yale School of Music. In 2001, Penderecki's Credo received the Grammy Award for best choral performance for the world-premiere recording made by the Oregon Bach Festival. Top stories Paris Center Pompidou Musée National d’Art Moderne will host the screening of Sergei Parajanov’s "Triptych" on December 15. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |