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Secrets of Armenia: Mikael Ayrapetyan Solo Recital at Carnegie Hall (Site)
Wednesday May 10, 2023, 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Performer
Mikael Ayrapetyan, Piano
Mikael Ayrapetyan is an Armenian pianist, composer, researcher and producer with a specific goal: to deliver hidden gems of the Armenian classical repertoire. In his Carnegie Hall debut, Ayrapetyan revives the forgotten names of composers by recording and performing world premieres of a treasury of Armenian music. Music in Armenia has a long and rich history, stretching back before the Middle Ages, with its origins in popular folksongs.
Program
CHUKHAJIAN Impromptu in B-flat Minor, “Cascade de Couz” (US Premere)
KARA-MURZA Pot-purri (US Premiere)
EKMALIAN Amen Hayr Surb (arr. Mikael Ayrapetyan; US Premiere)
ELMAS Mazurka in F-sharp Major (US Premiere)
ELMAS Mazurka in C-sharp Minor (US Premiere)
KORGANOV Ein Traum (A Dream) (US Premiere)
TIGRANIAN Druz Par (US Premiere)
TIGRANIAN Round Dance of Gyumri (US Premiere)
KOMITAS Shushiki of Vagarshapat
KOMITAS Orôr (arr. Villy Sargsyan for piano; US Premiere)
KOMITAS Krunk (arr. Villy Sargsyan for piano; US Premiere)
MELIKIAN I am a Nightingale (US Premiere)
MELIKIAN The Rose (arr. Villy Sargsyan for piano; US Premiere)
SPENDIARIAN Folk Song (US Premiere)
SPENDIARIAN Dance (US Premiere)
SPENDIARIAN Khaytarma (US Premiere)
BARKHUDARIAN Naz Par (US Premiere)
BARKHUDARIAN Nocturne (US Premiere)
STEPANIAN Prelude in G Minor (US Premiere)
STEPANIAN Prelude in F-sharp Minor (US Premiere)
STEPANIAN Prelude in B Minor (US Premiere)
KHACHATURIAN Lullaby
KHACHATURIAN “Sabre Dance” from Gayane (arr. Villy Sargsyan for piano)
DOLUKHANIAN Etude (US Premiere)
CHEBOTARIAN Dedication in D Minor (US Premiere)
EGIAZARIAN Prelude, “At Midday” (US Premiere)
EGIAZARIAN Prelude, “Early Spring” (US Premiere)
SARIAN Dance for Piano (US Premiere)
ARUTUNIAN Prelude-Poem (US Premiere)
BABADJANIAN Vagharshapat Dance
BABADJANIAN Elegy (In Memory of Aram Khachaturian)
MIRZOIAN Toccata (US Premiere)
TIGRAN MANSURIAN Two Preludes (US Premiere)
BAGDASARIAN Prelude in E Major
BAGDASARIAN Prelude in D Minor
ARTHUR MITINYAN Toccata (World Premiere)
ABRAMIAN Prelude in E Minor (US Premiere)
ABRAMIAN Prelude in C-sharp Minor
ABRAMIAN Prelude in G-sharp Minor
ROBERT AMIRKHANIAN Spring Drops (US Premiere)