Music, like life itself...
The concert dedicated to the music of Giya Kancheli
Andrea Cortesi Violin
Giorgi Zagareli Viola
Sergey Smbatyan Conductor
Armenian State Symphony Orchestra
Venue: Republic hall, Mediterranean Conference Center
17
april
20:00
Music, like life itself, is inconceivable without romanticism. Romanticism is a high dream of the past, present, and future – a force of invincible beauty which towers above, and conquers, the forces of ignorance, bigotry, violence, and evil.
— Giya Kancheli
Kancheli’s sound-world has something incredibly natural about it. His musical structures are orientated on emotional aspects such as intensifi cation and tension, excitement and calm. He works with dynamic extremes and not infrequently demands extreme slowness. In terms of atmosphere, Kancheli’s music is closely connected with his homeland of Georgia without actually quoting Georgian folklore. Nostalgia and melancholy, as well as sadness over the political conditions in the former Soviet Union (“Life without Christmas”) and the destruction of the Georgian civil war mark his production.
Programme
Giya Kancheli
Chiaroscuro for Violin and Chamber Orchestra
Soloist: Andrea Cortesi (violin)
Letters to Friends for Viola
and Chamber Orchestra
Soloist: Giorgi Zagareli (viola)
Instead of a Tango
for Violin, Viola, Piano
and String Orchestra
World premiere
Soloists: Andrea Cortesi (violin)
Giorgi Zagareli (viola)
Tickets & Info
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