Komitas

Komitas
- The second release by the acclaimed Armenian Gurdjieff Folk Instruments Ensemble on which Eskenian and his musicians turn their attention to the music of composer, ethnomusicologist, arranger, singer and priest Komitas Vardapet (1869-1935), popularly held to be the founder of contemporary music in Armenia
The Gurdjieff Folk Instruments Ensemble
Levon Eskenian

Emmanuel Hovhannisyan: duduk; Avag Margaryan: blul; Armen Ayvazyan: kamancha; Aram Nikoghosyan: oud; Meri Vardanyan: kanon; Vladimir Papikyan: santur; Davit Avagyan: tar, saz; Mesrop Khalatyan: dap; Norayr Gapoyan: duduk
Eduard Harutyunyan: percussion

Artistic Director: Levon Eskenian

The Armenian Gurdjieff Folk Instruments Ensemble was founded by Levon Eskenian to play ethnographically authentic arrangements of the G.I. Gurdjieff/Thomas de Hartmann piano music. Their debut album on ECM, Music of G.I. Gurdjieff, was widely acclaimed, and won an Edison Award as Album of the Year in 2012. Now Eskenian and his musicians turn their attention to the music of Komitas Vardapet (1869-1935). Composer, ethnomusicologist, arranger, singer and priest, Komitas is popularly held to be the founder of contemporary music in Armenia, and in his work as a collector he explored the connections that uniquely bind together Armenian sacred and secular music. With their special focus on folk instrumentation and inspired arrangements the Ensemble illuminates the deep roots of Komitass compositions in this program recorded in Lugano in February 2015.
Country USA
Brand Verve Label Group
Manufacturer ECM
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber 17705959
Model 35217608
ReleaseDate 2015-10-02
UnitCount 1
UPCs 602547322463
EANs 0602547322463

Country	USA
Brand	Verve Label Group
Manufacturer	ECM
Binding	Audio CD
ItemPartNumber	17705959
Model	35217608
ReleaseDate	2015-10-02
UnitCount	1
UPCs	602547322463
EANs	0602547322463

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