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CROSSROADS 2023

C o n t e m p o r a r y   m u s i c   d a y s  i n  A r m e n i a 
 

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Composers of the festival :

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Eve Egoyan

b.1964

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Michael Finnissy

b.1946

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Linda Catlin Smith,

b.1957

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Tigran Mansurian,

b.1939

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Yuri Kasparov, b. 1955

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Valentin Silvestrov,

 b. 1937

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Toru Takemitsu

1930 - 1996

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Ashot Zohrabyan,

1945 - 2023

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Wolfgang Rihm,
b.1952

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Pascal Dusapin,

b.1955

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Toshio Hosokawa
b.1955

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György Kurtág,

1926 - 2019

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David Balasanyan,
b.1983

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Jean-Pierre Deleuze,

b 1954

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Kaija Saariaho

b.1952

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Apolline Jésupret,

b. 1983

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Artur Akshelyan,
b.1984

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Aram Hovhannisyan,

b.1984

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Anton Webern,

1883-1945

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Ashot Ghazaryan,

b.1961

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Sergey Umroyan,
b.1991

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Pierre Boulez,

1925-2016

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Jorg Widmann,
b.1973

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Dmitri Pchelintsev,

b.1998

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Yoshihisa Taira,
1937 - 2005

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Luis Quintana,

b.1988

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André Boucourechliev,

1925-1997

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David Gyodakyan,

b.1992

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Arman Guschyan,
b. 1981

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Arsen Babajanyan,

b.1986

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Vahram Sarkissian,

b. 1981

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Michel Petrossian,

b.1973

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Stepan Rostomyan,

b. 1956

Guest artists

EVE EGOYAN, pianist and composer (Canada)

YURI KASPAROV, composer (Russia)

HAYK MELIKYAN, piano (Armenia)

GASCIA OUZUNIAN, musicologist and sonic theorist (Great Britain)

LAURENCE MEKHITARIAN, piano (Belgium)

ENSEMBLE ASSONANCE (Armenia)

Students of Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory (Armenia)

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Eve Egoyan, pianist, composer

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Ensemble Assonance

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Gascia Ouzunian, composer

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Yuri Kasparov, composer

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Hayk Melikyan, pianist

April 3, 19:30 | Komitas Institute-Museum, Yerevan

Eve Egoyan, piano (Canada)

Program

Eve Egoyan (1964, CAN) - A Doubling (2020-21, AP)

Michael Finnissy (1946, ENG) - Folklore II (1993-94, AP)

Linda Catlin Smith (1957, CAN) - Nocturnes and Chorales (2013, AP)

Eve Egoyan (1964, CAN) - Ghosts beneath my Fingertips (for Viva) (2022, AP)

April 4, 11:00 | Yerevan. Master-class at Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory

Eve Egoyan, piano (Canada)

April 7, 10:00 | AGBU, Yerevan

Gascia Ouzunian (Great Britain) 

Scoring: Yerevan 

[workshop and performance with participation of Eve Egoyan 

and musicians of the Ensemble Assonance]

April 9, 17:00 | GTC, Gyumri

Eve Egoyan, piano (Canada)

Program

Eve Egoyan (1964, CAN) - A Doubling (2020-21, AP)
Michael Finnissy (1946, ENG) - Folklore II (1993-94, AP)
Linda Catlin Smith (1957, CAN) - Nocturnes and Chorales (2013, AP)
Eve Egoyan (1964, CAN) - Ghosts beneath my Fingertips (for Viva) (2022, AP)

April 11, 17:00 | Babajanyan Ground Floor, Yerevan

Round table with composers Tigran Mansurian, Yuri Kasparov,

Aram Hovhannisyan and musicologist Svetlana Sarkisyan.

April 11, 19:30 | Babajanyan Hall, Yerevan. 

Ensemble Assonance 

Program

Tigran Mansurian (1939, ARM) - String quartet N3 (1993)
Aram Hovhannisyan (1984, ARM) - Nourail for alto flute solo (2021)
Yuri Kasparov (1955, RUS) - Wind, Ash gloomy and Rain after the last battle for ensemble (2013, AP)
Ashot Zohrabyan (1945-2023, ARM) - An der Knaben Elis for voice, clarinet, cello and piano (1994)
Michel Petrossian (1973, ARM/FRA) - Liber Secretorum Henoch for string quartet (2019)
Valentin Silvestrov (1937, UKR) - Postludium I [“DSCH”] for voice, violin, cello and piano (1978)

April 12 | Acoustic Laboratory, Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory 

Yuri Kasparov, composer (Russia)

11:00 | Master-class with student composers

16:30 | Meeting with composer 

April 14, 20:00 | Cafesjian Center for Arts, Yerevan. 

Laurence Mekhitarian, piano (Belgium)

Program

Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996, JAP) - Les Yeux clos II (1988)
György Kurtág (1926, HUN) - Márta ligatura (2020) and Adieu à Andras Wilheim (2022, AP)
David Balasanyan (1983, ARM) - 8 microludes (from Books I and II) (2016-18)
Jean-Pierre Deleuze (1954, BEL) - Tigranakert (2021 AP)
Kaija Saariaho (1952, FIN) - Prélude (2007) and Ballade (2005, AP)
Sergey Umroyan (1991, ARM) - 3 pieces after Gerhard Richter (2015)
Apolline Jésupret (1983, BEL) - Lueurs immergées (2019) and De glace (2022, AP)

April 17, 19:30 | AGBU, Yerevan.

Students and Alumni of the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory

Program

Pascal Dusapin (1955, FRA) - Etude N2 [Igra] for piano (1998, AP)
Jorg Widmann (1973, GER) - Fantasie for clarinet (1999)
Pierre Boulez (1925-2016, FRA) - Anthems I for violin (1991, AP)
Anton Webern (1883-1945, AUT) - Variations for piano op.27 (1936)
Ashot Ghazaryan (1961, ARM) - 5 character pieces for 2 clarinets (1999)
Armen Gevorgyan (2001, ARM, Bac. I) - New work for clarinet, violin and piano (2023, WP)
Dmitri Pchelintsev (1998, RUS, Bac. I) - Variations on a Clumsy Theme for piano (2023, WP)
Leon Poghosyan (1997, ARM, Bac. II) - Andante imperioso for trombone, cello and piano (2023, WP)

April 20, 19:30 | Komitas Institute-Museum, Yerevan

Hayk Melikyan, piano (Armenia)

Program

Pascal Dusapin (1955, FRA) - Etude N7 (2001)
Yoshihisa Taira (1937-2005, JAP) - Sho-Ro (Campanile) (1993)
Toshio Hosokawa (1955, JAP) - Mai (2012)
Artur Akshelyan (1984, ARM) - Where the farthest stars sink down... (2000-21)
Wolfgang Rihm (1952, GER) - Auf einem anderen Blatt (2000)
György Kurtág (1926, HUN) - Splinters op.6d (1978)
Luis Quintana (1988, PRI) - Grooves & Whispers (book 1, 2020, WP)
André Boucourechliev (1925-1997, BUL/FRA) - Orion III (1982)

April 22, 19:30 | AGBU Hall, Yerevan

Île Thélème Trio

Natalia Sokolovskaya, piano
Dmitri Prokofiev, cello
and
Karen Shahgaldyan, violin

Program

Tory Takemitsu (1930-1996, JAP) - Distance de feè for violin and piano (1951, AP)
Isang Yun (1917-1995, KOR) - Nore for cello and piano (1964, AP)
Beat Furrer (1954, CH) - Voicelessness for piano solo (1986)
Kuzma Bodrov (1982, RUS) - Charmed for cello and piano (AP)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963, GER) - Cello Sonata op. 25 no.3 [for cello solo, 1922]
Kirill Arkhipov (1987, RUS) - Only changes are not changeable for piano (2020, AP)
Alexei Retinsky (1986, RUS) - Trio for violin, cello and piano (2007, AP)

April 26, 19:30 | Babajanyan Hall, Yerevan

Ensemble Assonance

Program

David Gyodakyan (1992, ARM) - The Choices We Make for 6 instruments (2022-23, WP)
Arman Gushchyan (1981, ARM/USA) - Time.fragment for clarinet, violin and piano (2009, AP)
Arsen Babajanyan (1986, ARM/GER) - Cycle II for flute and piano (2019, WP)
Ashot Zohrabyan (1945-2023, ARM) - Trio for violin, cello and piano (2022, WP)
Vahram Sarkissian (1981, ARM/CAN) - Quiet Songs for 2 voices, clarinet, cello and piano (2023, WP)
Stepan Rostomyan (1956, ARM) - Tagh to the Angel for voice and ensemble (2001)

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