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Date and Time
Oct. 21st (Sat) 8pm
Venue
Longgang Cultural Centre
Programme
G. I. Gurdjieff (1866c.c–1949) | Chant from a holy book |
Komitas (1869-1935) Armenian dances | Manushaki of Vagharshapat |
Yerangui of Yerevan | |
Shushiki of Vagharshapat | |
Khachatur Taronetsi | Komitas (13th century) sacred song |
Khorhurt Khorin | Unknowable mystery |
G. I. Gurdjieff (1866c.c–1949) | Prayer |
Bayati | |
No.40 (From Asian Songs and Rhythms) | |
Caucasian Dance | |
No.11 (From Asian songs and Rhythms) | |
StNarekatsi (951-1003) | Havik (A Radiant Bird) 10th century Tagh (Ode) song |
Komitas (1869-1935) | Gutane Hats Em Berum (I bring bread to the ploughm-an) |
Hoy Nazan (Hey, Nazan) | |
Zulo | |
Mani Asem ,Tsaghik Asem | |
Garouna (It’s spring ) | |
Hov Arek (Dear mountains , give me a breeze) | |
Mankakan Nvak XII (Piece for Children XII) |
The fifinal program list is subject to change
Artist Lineup
Levon Eskenian
Art Director/Composer/Music Arrangement
The Armenian musician Levon Eskenian was born in Lebanon in 1978. One of the most active figures in Armenia’s musical life, a director of various ensembles and artistic institutions, he has performed both as a soloist and chamber musician with a program ranging from early baroque to contemporary music in Europe, Middle East, Asia, South America and Australia . Eskenian has organized numerous concerts, lectures ,master classes and festivals in Armenia. In 2008, gathering leading musicians playing Armenian and Middle Eastern authentic instruments founded the Gurdjieff Ensemble.
Gurdjieff Ensemble
The internationally acclaimed Gurdjieff Ensemble consists of leading musicians from Armenia playing Armenian and Middle Eastern traditional instruments. The Ensemble was founded by Levon Eskenian to play ‘ethnographically authentic’ arrangements of the G. I. Gurdjieff/Thomas de Hartmann piano music, then diversely expanding the repertoire that now includes music by Komitas, music from the Middle East, as well as ancient and medieval Armenian folk and spiritual music, troubadours songs from the Caucasus, and works collected by Bela Bartok and compositions by contemporary composers. The ensemble has been touring in nearly 150 cities in 26 countries in Europe, Australia, Russia, the Middle East, North, and South America.
