  Hayk Melikyan, Evis Sammoutis win special award at U.S.-hosted contest January 9, 2012 - 12:48 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian pianist Hayk Melikyan and Cypriot composer Evis Sammoutis won a special award at an international competition for pianist/composer collaborations, organized by Yvar Mikhashoff Trust for New Music. The U.S.-hosted contest aims to encourage the composition and performance of new works for solo piano reflecting and continuing the legacy of the distinguished American pianist, Yvar Mikhashoff (1941-1993). Eric Huebner, pianist (Buffalo, NY USA) - Eric Wubbels, composer (New York, NY USA) became contest winners. Laureate of many international piano competitions, Armenia-born Hayk Melikyan is widely known as one of the best performers of 20th century and contemporary music. Hayk Melikyan is the first performer of many composers' works of this period in Armenia, such as I. Xenakis, P. Dusapin, W. Rihm, S. Sciarrino, G. Kurtag, L. Andriessen, L. Nono, E. Carter and many others. He is also an author of several transcriptions for piano. Evis Sammoutis is a young emerging contemporary music composer and guitarist born in Cyprus and based in England, whose work is rapidly gaining worldwide attention. Evis was awarded the Franz Liszt Scholarship, The Royal Philharmonic Society Composition Award and a Solti Foundation Scholarship. Related links:   Top stories 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”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals  Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation.Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan.Armenia: Defense Ministry warns against involving army in political processes The Ministry’s statement came after a video surfaced online, showing soldiers joining the protests in Tavush.Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. |
