Armenian pianist Artur Bobikyan to perform in UK townDecember 14, 2013 - 14:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian pianist and composer Artur Bobikyan is giving a recital called My Keys to Christmas at the Cathedral Church of St Marie in Sheffield, England on Tuesday, Dec 17, Sheffield Telegraph reports. The program includes works and arrangements by Mendelssohn, Wade, Watts, Gruber, Tchaikovsky, Haroutunian, Khachaturian, Komitas and Bobikyan on a seasonal theme. My Keys To Christmas is the title of an album Bobikyan recorded at the Royal College of Music in Manchester. The concert pianist, organist and composer graduated as a pianist from Yekmalian Music School and later combined performing with compostion at the Tchaikovsky Music School. At the age of 14 he won the title of Pianist of the Year in Armenia and was soon winning piano competitions in Armenia, Russia and in across Europe. He was the organ curator for nine years at the prestigious Cathedral of Holy Echmiadzin. As a composer (which apparently began at the age of seven) Bobikyan’s portfolio includes piano and violin concertos, preludes for organ and piano and choral arrangements. He has even turned his hand to scores for TV advertisements and a musical. They have been performed by the BBC singers and the London Symphony Orchestra and heard on BBC Radio 4 and Classic FM. He himself has performed at the Royal Festival Hall, Westminster Abbey, Cathedral Grant Trinity Paris, Armenian National Opera and the Aram Khachaturian Philharmonic Music Hall and in front of a variety of luminaries from Pope John Paul II to Jean-Claude Van Damme and Charles Aznavour. 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. 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. |