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    ArmenPress
    May 5 2004

    AVET TERTERIAN FESTIVAL SLATED FOR AUTUMN

    YEREVAN, MAY 5, ARMENPRESS: The Union of Armenian Composers will
    hold a festival in autumn dedicated to the 75-anniversary of great
    composer Avet Terterian. The chairman of the Union, Robert
    Amirkhanian, told Armenpress the festival will bring to Yerevan
    prominent performers, critics and composers from many countries.
    Considered by many as one of the most progressive and original
    composers of the end of the 20th century who introduced new and
    revolutionary ways in the development of modern symphony. Terterian
    is the author of eight symphonies (the ninth was left incomplete),
    two operas "Ring of Fire" and "The Earthquake", ballet "Richard the
    3rd", vocal-symphonic cycle, and many chamber works. His symphonic
    works are often performed in the European musical centers and his
    opera "The Earthquake" received its world premiere in Munich in 2003
    with an unprecedented public reception and wide ranging critical
    acclaim.
    Avet Terterian was awarded by German Az-Abendzeitung newspaper the
    title of Star of the Year for his opera "The Earthquake."
    Terterian's creativity is rooted in the ancient traditions of
    Armenian music. Melodic flourishes are present, but are used as sound
    gestures contrasting with passages rich in tone color. The point of
    departure of Terterian's style is often a single tone held out over
    long stretches of time.
    Terterian was born in Baku, Azerbaijan in 1929 and died in 1994 in
    Yekaterinburg, Russia.
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