PUBLICATIONS BY "1900+"

Karen Ananyan, "The Black & White," 2011
for piano

Edward Sadoyan, Sonata "Dedication to Arshil Gorky," 2011
for piano, gong and campana

Jirayr Shahrimanyan, "Four Tankas," 2011
for piano

Mosh Sahakyan, "Désordre," 2011
for piano and electroacoustic sounds

Edward Sadoyan, Sonata-Monologue, 1989
for piano

THE RESULTS OF THE CALL FOR
PIANO WORKS OF ARMENIAN COMPOSERS |հայերեն|
May 05, 2011

The Call which was announced within “1900+” project about four months ago, is now over: four composers’ works were selected from over 30 applications. The selected ones will be performed during the World Piano Music Concerts Series:

Edward SADOYAN (1938)
Sonata “Dedication to Arshile Gorky” (2011)
for piano and percussion (Tom-tom, Tam-tam and Campana)
work for one performer

Mosh SAHAKYAN (1983)
“Désordre” (2011)
for piano and electroacoustic music

Karen ANANYAN (1976)
“Black and White” (2011)

Jirayr SHAHRIMANYAN (1988)
Four Tankas (2011)

The listed Works will be recorded and performed by Hayk Melikyan in Armenia and several European countries. In addition, the Works will be published and included into a special CD in 2012.

CALL FOR PIANO WORKS OF ARMENIAN COMPOSERS |հայերեն|
December 15, 2010

The organizing committee of the "1900+" World Piano Music Cycle of the 20th Century and Contemporary Music and its Artistic Director Pianist Hayk Melikyan announce a Call for Applications for Armenian Composers according to the following four categories:

• Special work for piano (maximum duration: 15 minutes)
• Special work for piano and electroacoustic sounds (maximum duration: 15 minutes)
• Special work for prepared piano (maximum duration: 15 minutes)
• Special work for prepared piano and electroacoustic sounds (maximum duration: 15 minutes)

The Special work should only be composed for the “World Piano Music Cycle of the 20th Century and Contemporary Music” project. The works, which have been performed, recorded and published previously, are not eligible for the Application.

The Call is open to all Armenian composers both from Armenia and abroad.

The four selected best compositions will be performed by pianist Hayk Melikyan during 2011-2012 concert season both in Armenia and Europe as well as those works will be recorded in 2011-2012 fall-winter season and will be published in 2012.

The works submission deadline is May 02, 2011. The Applicants should submit the scanned versions of the works to info@haykmelikyan.com. Please, use the same email address in case you have any questions.

HAYK MELIKYAN AND HIS CONCERT SERIES OF THE 20th CENTURY AND CONTEMPORARY WORLD PIANO MUSIC IN ARMENIA
For 2009-2013 Period

03 October 2009, Aram Khachaturyan Museum Hall
1st Concert: RUSSIAN MUSIC
Program: Sergey Rachmaninov: Cavatina of “Aleko” from opera “Aleko” (H.Melikyan’s transcription), Alexander Scriabin: Three Preludes from op.11, Nikolay Medtner: Two Lyric Fragments op.23, Igor Stravisnsky: Three Movements from “Petrushka”, Alexander Mosolov: Sonata op.11, nr.4. Sergey Prokofiev: Sonata op.28, nr.3, Dmitry Shostakovich: Five Preludes from op.34, Galina Ustvolskaya: Five Preludes, Rodion Shchedrin: “Basso Ostinato”

30 April 2010, Chamber Music Hall
2nd Concert: FRENCH MUSIC
Program: Claude Debussy: Preludes “Ce qu’a vu le vent d’Ouest” and “Feux d’artifice”, Maurice Ravel: “Alborada del gracioso”, Olivier Messiaen: Preludes “La colombe” and “Chant d’extase dans un paysage triste”, Regard nr.10 “Regard de l’Esprit de joie”, Francis Poulenc: “A pied”, “En autobus” and “En diligence” from “Promenades”, Maurice Ohana: Etudes “Cadances libres” and “Main gauche seule”, Pierre Boulez: Sonata nr.2 (2nd and 3rd movements), Michel Karsky: Piano Piece 2, Pascal Dusapin: Etude nr.4

15 December 2010, Cafesjian Center for the Arts
3rd Concert: JAPANESE MUSIC
Program: Toru Takemitsu: “Rain Tree Sketch II”, “Les yeux clos II”, “Pause Ininterrompue”, “Piano Distance”, Akira Miyoshi: “En vers”, Ichiro Nodaira: “Pas de resonance”, Shoko Natsuda: “Impromptue”, Yoshihisa Taira: “Sho-Ro” (“Campanile”), Naoko Kachi: “Expectation 2”, Yoritsune Matsudaira: Five Etudes (nr.17, nr.18, nr.19, nr.26, nr.33)

25 November 2011, Arno Babajanyan Concert Hall
4rd Concert: POLISH AND ARMENIAN MUSIC
Program: Karol Szimanowski: Two Mazurkas op.50, Andzej Panufnik: Three Miniature Etudes, Witold Lutoslawski: “Bukoliki”, Krzistof Meyer: Three Preludes, Grazyna Bacewicz: Piano Triptych, Henryk Gorecki: Sonata op.6 nr.1, Arno Babajanyan: Two Pictures, Jirayr Shahrimanyan: Four Tankas, Edward Sadoyan: Sonata “Dedication to Arshil Gorky”, Hayk Meliyan: Postlude to the Memory of Alexander Gourgenov

Please, check this page for new updates on the upcoming concerts within this Project.

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