  Hayk Melikyan to premiere his composition at Sweden-hosted festival June 11, 2011 - 17:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On June 16, a famous pianist Hayk Melikyan will present a world premiere of a self-composed triptych within the framework of Sweden-hosted O/MODƏRNT festival. As the pianist noted in a conversation with a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, the composition was written in commemoration of Johann Sebastian Bach, bearing strong resemblance on the great composer’s style. The festival O/MODƏRNT, due June 15-18, celebrates “looking back” to the past by exploring the relationships between the work of old composers and the artistic and intellectual creations of modern culture, be it in music, art, dance, theatre, film, poetry, literature, academia. Each year a single composer is chosen as a guiding spirit of the festival, with Johann Sebastian Bach chosen as an inspiration for 2011 event. Hayk Melikyan was born on November 29, 1980 in Yerevan. Laureate of many international piano competitions, he 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.   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 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. |
