September 29 - day of jubilee concert dedicated to Tigran MansuryanSeptember 25, 2009 - 15:19 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Great composer Tigran Mansuryan is this year celebrating his 70th birthday. On September 29, Yerevan will host a jubilee concert dedicated to this anniversary. Concert program includes musical pieces created by Mansuryan in different periods of his creative acivity (1965-2009). Particularly, audience will have the chance to listen to "Serenade", "Yerevan Mulberry Yard", "Testament", "Three Plays in Thick Colors", "The Art of Creation" (choir song) etc."Any jubilee concert is perceived as a gift and sign of attention, which is so important for someone who creates," maestro said in an interview with a PanARMENIAN.Net correspondent. Several musicians and organizers of Yerevan Music and "National Gallery" festivals, as well as lovers of Mansuryan's creative art have this year organized concerts dedicated to maestro. Mansuryan's "Agnus Dei", Sting Trio, "Con anima", "Sunset Songs", "Partite" and "Alt and Orchestra Concert No. 2" were played in National Gallery's fresco hall and State Philharmonic Orchestra's big concert hall. Tigran Mansuryan was born on January 27, 1939 in Beirut (Lebanon). In late 1940s he moved to Soviet Armenia. In 1965, he graduated from Yerevan State Conservatory (creative instructor: Lazar Saryan) and in 1968 he completed his post-graduate education. In 1963-64, Mansuryan was a concertmaster in Yerevan Choreographic College. In 1964-65, he worked as musical editor for Armenian Radio and TV Company. 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 | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |