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Secrets of Armenia

Wednesday, May 10, 2023 8 PM Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Mikael Ayrapetyan is an Armenian pianist, composer, researcher and producer with a specific goal: to deliver hidden gems of the Armenian classical repertoire. In his Carnegie Hall debut, Ayrapetyan revives the forgotten names of composers by recording and performing world premieres of a treasury of Armenian music. Music in Armenia has a long and rich history, stretching back before the Middle Ages, with its origins in popular folksongs.

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Performers

Mikael Ayrapetyan, Piano

Program

CHUKHAJIAN Impromptu in B-flat Minor, "Cascade de Couz"

KARA-MURZA Pot-purri

EKMALIAN Amen Hayr Surb (arr. Mikael Ayrapetyan; US Premiere)

ELMAS Mazurka in F-sharp Major (US Premiere)

ELMAS Mazurka in C-sharp Minor (US Premiere)

KORGANOV Ein Traum (A Dream) (US Premiere)

TIGRANIAN Druz Par (US Premiere)

TIGRANIAN Round Dance of Gyumri (US Premiere)

KOMITAS Shushiki of Vagarshapat

KOMITAS Orôr (arr. Villy Sargsyan for piano; US Premiere)

KOMITAS Krunk (arr. Villy Sargsyan for piano; US Premiere)

MELIKIAN I am a Nightingale (US Premiere)

MELIKIAN The Rose (arr. Villy Sargsyan for piano; US Premiere)

SPENDIARIAN Folk Song (US Premiere)

SPENDIARIAN Dance (US Premiere)

SPENDIARIAN Khaytarma (US Premiere)

BARKHUDARIAN Naz Par

BARKHUDARIAN Nocturne (US Premiere)

STEPANIAN Prelude in G Minor (US Premiere)

STEPANIAN Prelude in F-sharp Minor (US Premiere)

STEPANIAN Prelude in B Minor (US Premiere)

KHACHATURIAN Lullaby

KHACHATURIAN "Sabre Dance" from Gayane (arr. Villy Sargsyan for piano)

DOLUKHANIAN Etude (US Premiere)

CHEBOTARIAN Dedication in D Minor

EGIAZARIAN Prelude, "At Midday" (US Premiere)

EGIAZARIAN Prelude, "Early Spring" (US Premiere)

SARIAN Dance for Piano (US Premiere)

ARUTUNIAN Prelude-Poem

BABADJANIAN Vagharshapat Dance

BABADJANIAN Elegy (In Memory of Aram Khachaturian)

MIRZOIAN Toccatina

TIGRAN MANSURIAN Two Preludes (US Premiere)

BAGDASARIAN Prelude in E Major

BAGDASARIAN Prelude in D Minor

ARTHUR MITINYAN Toccata (World Premiere)

ABRAMIAN Prelude in E Minor (US Premiere)

ABRAMIAN Prelude in C-sharp Minor

ABRAMIAN Prelude in G-sharp Minor

ROBERT AMIRKHANIAN Spring Drops (US Premiere)

Event Duration

The program will last approximately two hours.

Event Information

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