CONCERT OF AMERICAN MUSICIANS TO TAKE PLACE AT YEREVAN
"ARAM KHACHATRIAN" CONCERT HALL
09-06-2005 16:55:00 | Armenia | Culture
YEREVAN, JUNE 9, NOYAN TAPAN. A concert of Alex Russell,
Duane Funderburk and Jane Thorngren, American musicians to the
accompaniment of the State Philharmonic Orchestra of Armenia
(SPOA) will take place at the Yerevan "Aram Khachatrian" Concert
Hall on June 10. As pianist Duane Funderburk informed at the
June 9 press-conference, Felix Mendelssohn's, Alan Hovhanness's,
George and Ayra Gershvins' works, as well as German and American
chamber anthems, Ukrainian folk songs will be performed at the
concert.
The pianist visiting Armenia for the forth time mentioned
that they cooperate with the SPOA for the first time but they
are aware that the orchestra musicians perform works of the
world-great artists at the high level.
According to Donovan Gray, a violinist and conductor,
Armenians, in spite of Americans, love classic music. "One must
sow love towards classic music from small age but Americans
prefer to listen to light music and thier children follow
parents' example," he mentioned.
American musicians are acquainted with Aram Khachatrian's
and Alan Hovhanness's works as well as with the Armenian chamber
music. They informed that some of Stepan Shakarian's as well as
other Armenian composers' works will be included in thier
concert program. And soprano Jane Thorngren mentioned that she
loves Armenian duduk (Armenian national pipe) and dreams to
learn Armenian national dances.
The National Guidance Institute and the SPOA organized the
Yerevan concerts of the American musicians. The musicians
informed that the concert's whole profit will be passed to the
UN World Food Program.