Cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan to perform in Cambridge October 13, 2011 - 11:27 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan, Gold Medalist of the 2011 International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, joins the Boston Chamber Music Society ensemble to open its 2011-2012 Season of Piano Quintets on Sunday, October 16, at Sanders Theatre (Cambridge) with a program featuring works by Mozart, Loeffler, Schumann and Gubaidulina. The 23-year-old cellist, whose other prizes include the First Prize in the 2006 Aram Khachaturian International Competition in Armenia and First Place in the 2006 Johansen International Competition for Young String Players, also studied at the New England Conservatory of Music and received an Artist Diploma earlier this year. This concert will be Narek's first public performance in Boston since winning the Tchaikovsky Competition in July. The other musicians include BCMS violinist Ida Levin, violist Roger Tapping, pianist Mihae Lee and guest violinist Jennifer Frautschi and mezzo-soprano Krista River. Program includes: Mozart: Piano Trio in B-flat major, K. 502; Loeffler: Four Poems, Op. 5 Schumann; Fantasiestücke, Op. 73; Gubaidulina: Piano Quintet (1957). The event is supported by the Armenian Library and Museum of America. Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. |