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Iran Daily
Feb 20 2015
Armenian artists stage duet in Tehran
Two Armenian musicians, Arpineh Israyelian and Astghik Vardanyan,
staged a duet featuring piano and violin at Roudaki Hall on February
19.
The performance received a very enthusiastic welcome from the Iranian
audience, ISNA reported.
The duet was performed during the closing ceremonies of the 30th Fajr
International Music Festival making the night memorable for the
audience.
In the first part of the performance, the two artists staged works
composed by two German musicians and composers, Johann Sebastian Bach
and Ludwig van Beethoven. In the second part Israyelian played a solo.
Their performance also featured pieces from French and Iranian
composers, Achille-Claude Debussy and Rafi Khachatourian, and Spanish
violinist Pablo de Sarasate.
Welcomed by standing ovation of the audience, the Armenian musicians
performed two other extra pieces.
Born in Yerevan in 1971, Israyelian grew up in a musician family. He
began learning the piano in Tchaikovsky music school in 1977 and
graduated from the school in 1989. He succeeded to pass the entrance
examination of the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory in the same year
and pursued his higher educations in the same field.
He received his M.A. in piano studies from the Conservatory.
Vardanyan was born in 1983 in Armenia. When she was only 13, she
staged her first performance as a member of the Armenian Philharmonic
Orchestra.
In 2005, she began teaching violin at London College of Music.
http://www.iran-daily.com/News/112112.html?catid=11&title=Armenian-artists-stage-duet-in-Tehran
Feb 20 2015
Armenian artists stage duet in Tehran
Two Armenian musicians, Arpineh Israyelian and Astghik Vardanyan,
staged a duet featuring piano and violin at Roudaki Hall on February
19.
The performance received a very enthusiastic welcome from the Iranian
audience, ISNA reported.
The duet was performed during the closing ceremonies of the 30th Fajr
International Music Festival making the night memorable for the
audience.
In the first part of the performance, the two artists staged works
composed by two German musicians and composers, Johann Sebastian Bach
and Ludwig van Beethoven. In the second part Israyelian played a solo.
Their performance also featured pieces from French and Iranian
composers, Achille-Claude Debussy and Rafi Khachatourian, and Spanish
violinist Pablo de Sarasate.
Welcomed by standing ovation of the audience, the Armenian musicians
performed two other extra pieces.
Born in Yerevan in 1971, Israyelian grew up in a musician family. He
began learning the piano in Tchaikovsky music school in 1977 and
graduated from the school in 1989. He succeeded to pass the entrance
examination of the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory in the same year
and pursued his higher educations in the same field.
He received his M.A. in piano studies from the Conservatory.
Vardanyan was born in 1983 in Armenia. When she was only 13, she
staged her first performance as a member of the Armenian Philharmonic
Orchestra.
In 2005, she began teaching violin at London College of Music.
http://www.iran-daily.com/News/112112.html?catid=11&title=Armenian-artists-stage-duet-in-Tehran