“The issues of piano department in romances of Armenian composers (R. Meliqyan, E. Mirzoyan, E. Abrahamyan)”

Authors

  • Bella Arkadi Simonyan Yerevan State Conservatory

Keywords:

professionalism, performing analysis, piano maintenance, romanse, Armenian music

Abstract

Pianist, pedagogue of YSC Bella Arkadi Simonyan. - “The issues of piano department in romances of Armenian composers (R. Meliqyan, E. Mirzoyan, E. Abrahamyan)”. The author presents the romance genre with the examples of Romanos Meliqyan who is the founder of that genre, Edvard Mirzoyan, Aduard Abrahamyan. Presenting the peculiarities of music compositions and ideas of the Armenian composers, she especially mentions the interpretation of the performing arts especially in terms of piano music. We can consider the article as a professional interesting work as the author is a pianist and a concertmaster.

Author Biography

Bella Arkadi Simonyan, Yerevan State Conservatory

(born on July 25, 1955). She ended High special music school, class of the prof. M. R. Brener, docent S. M. Rosenfeld, Baku (1963-1974). Graduated from YSC a class of honored artist Arm. SSR, prof. A. A. Ambakumyan, docent E. G. Mamayev, honored actress of Arm.SSR, the prof. E. A. Ter-Ghevondyan (1974 - 1979). Concertmaster in YSC ,the head of National artist of Arm. SSR, professor T. T. Sazandaryan (1979). From 1979 worked in musical school after R. Meliqyan as a concertmaster, then as a pedagogue of a piano. From 1980-1981 worked as the leader in the Academic chapel of Armenia under the direction of national artist of USSR, Professor O. A. Chekidzyan. She had a postgraduate study in Leningrad State conservatory after Rimsky-Korsakov on profession "piano" (a class of honored artist of the USSR, prof. D. A. Svetozarov, prof. E. A. Murin, doc. arts. prof. S. M. Hentov, 1981). In 1984 and 1985 in the big hall after Glazunov executed two solo programs (L. Beethoven, F. Chopin, S. Prokofiev, R. Schuman). In 1986 in Yerevan, in the House of Chamber music after Komitas had a solo concert (I. S. Bach, R. Schuman, S. Prokofiev). In 1985 was on tours in the USA as a participant of the Academic chapel. In 2000 in Echmiadzin executed the concert program with an honoured actress, Professor Z. S. Petrosyan (F. Schubert, R. Shchedrin, A. Spendiarov, Komitas). In 1986 went on tour in Vladivostok, Khabarovsk with an honoured actress of Arm.SSR Z. S. Petrosyan (L. Beethoven, I. Brahms, A. Spendiarov, A. Khachaturian). Since 1986 till this days she is a pedagogue of the department of concertmaster preparation of YSC. From 2003 to 2015 took place cool concerts of students among which: S. Margaryan (the student of republican tender of concertmasters' after Ye. Ter - Ghevondyan), liu Chen Hua (China, nowadays studies in New York), who teaches in the Beijing conservatory; A. Azaryan got the leader's award at the tender "Renaissance of Gyumri". Records on CD with honored actresses Z. S. Petrosyan. In 2015 participated in a scientific and methodical conference with the report "Development of the piano equipment". Now combines pedagogical and performing activities, works as a concertmaster in a class of a violin of Professor Sh. H. Shahinyan.

References

Шахназарова И., Статья об эволюции национального в армянской музыке, М.: Музыка., 1985. Shakhnazarova I., Stat’ya ob evolyutzii natzional’nogo v armyanskoj muzyke., M.: Muzyka, 1985.

Брутян М. A., Вокальная музыка., М.: Музыка., 1985. Brutyan M. A., Vokal’naya muzyka, M.: Muzyka, 1985.

Закарян М., Исполнительский анализ., Ер.: Мугни., 2006. Zakaryan M., Ispolnitel’skij analiz., Yer.: Mugni., 2006.

Published

2018-03-22

How to Cite

Simonyan Б. А. (2018). “The issues of piano department in romances of Armenian composers (R. Meliqyan, E. Mirzoyan, E. Abrahamyan)”. Musical Armenia, 1(54), 73–78. Retrieved from https://yerazhshtakanhayastan.am/index.php/ma/article/view/35