Continuity of Musical and Pedagogical Traditions: K. S. Sarajev - Y. H. Davtyan

Abstract

The article draws parallels between the activities of K. Sarajev, a teacher, and Y. Davtyan, a student, demonstrating the connection between times and traditions. A brief overview of Konstantin Solomon Sarajev's work, as well as some aspects of his pedagogical activity, is provided.
Sarajev has an extensive repertoire and has conducted numerous symphony concerts. Konstantin Solomon's conducting activities were based on the artistic principles and technical methods of his teacher, Arthur Nikish, as well as his own conducting and teaching methods. Along with conducting, he began teaching at the Moscow Conservatory, and then at the Yerevan Conservatory. B. Khaykin, M. Paverman, L. Ginzburg, S. Sakharov, A. Katanyan, G. Budaghyan, H. Voskanyan, Y. Davtyan and many others studied in Sarajev's class. Citing the work of the People's Artist of Armenia, conductor, Professor Yuri Davtyan, the author demonstrates the continuity of music and teaching traditions, that have survived to the present day. Yuri Davtyan led the most reputable orchestras of the Soviet Union: the orchestras of the Bolshoi and Mariinsky Theaters, the orchestra of the Saratov Opera and Ballet Theater. He was the chief conductor of the A. Spendiaryan National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre from 1953 to 2000, as well as the conductor of the Symphonic Orchestra of State Television and Radio of Armenia (1966-1994) and the orchestra of the Hakob Paronyan State Theatre of Musical Comedy (2007-2020). Yuri Davtyan has performed in Romania, Hungary, France, the United States, and Spain. The concert programs and repertoire of musical performances conducted by the musician are extensive. Davtyan is the bearer of the musical and teaching traditions of the Sarajev school. As a teacher, Yuri Hayk Yuri Davtyan developed his own performing principles and teaching methods, teaching the art of conducting, instilling culture and skills in his students of the XX and XXI centuries, students of the Technological Era, and a different approach to the classical phenomena of life in the broadest sense.