Musical Armenia

To the 100-year anniversary of the foundation of Komitas National String Quartet

Gohar Karlen Shagoyan — 2024-08-09

Musicologist, Founder-Editor-in-chief journal “Musical Armenia” Gohar Karlen Shagoyan. - “To the 100-yearanniversary of the foundation of Komitas National String Quartet”.The article is primarily written within the framework of Komitas Studies, focusing on the performing arts, as adedication to the 155th anniversary of Komitas. It is devoted to the history of the Komitas National String Quartet,the activities of its members, and its artistic directors, People’s Artists of the USSR Avet Gabrielyan and EduardTadevosyan. The article highlights the jubilee concerts held during the quartet's centennial year, the ceremonial eventat the Komitas Chamber Music House, which included the presentation of the quartet's cassette and commemorativebook, the awarding of the quartet's honorary medals to its musicians and public figures, and the official concert atthe Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall. The Komitas National String Quartet is presented as a bearer, preserver, andpromoter of national culture worldwide, particularly during its jubilee year.

Great in Everything

Villi Vahan Sargsyan — 2024-08-12

Honored Artist of the Republic of Armenia, Professor at Yerevan State Conservatory, pianist Villi Vahan Sargsyan.- “Great in Everything”.The article by pianist, Honored Artist of the Republic of Armenia, and Professor at Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory Villi Vahan Sargsyan presents the musician's memories of the outstanding violinist Avet Karp Gabrielyan. It recreates the emotional atmosphere of his concerts and conveys unforgettable artistic experiences associated with Avet Karp Gabrielyan s solo and ensemble performances. V. V. Sargsyan s recollections cover events that took place at the Dilijan Composers' Creativity House during the summers of the second half of the 1960s.

A Jubilee Portrait of a Honored Artis

Anahit Artavazd Kirakosyan — 2024-10-12

Ethnomusicologist, Docent at Yerevan State Conservatory after Komitas Anahit Artavazd Kirakosyan. -"A Jubilee Portrait of a Honored Artist: Tovmas Poghosyan 70th Birthday".The article is dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the beloved singer, People’s Artist of Armenia, ashugh scholar,Doctor of Philological Sciences, and Professor of the Conservatory Tovmas Gevorg Poghosyan. The artist is presented as a bearer, preserver, promoter, and devoted representative of national culture, particularly in the field of ashugh studies, his cherished area of expertise. The focus is on the series "Treasury of Ashugh Songs", with several volumes published during his jubilee year (the work is ongoing).

On the Musicality of Parajanov’s Film “The Color of Pomegranates””

Svetlana Koryun Sarkisyan — 2024-10-24

Doctor of Arts, Professor at Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory, Svetlana Koryun Sarkisyan. - “On the Musicality of Parajanov’s Film “The Color of Pomegranates'”.The article was written by S. K. Sarkisyan in 1969, when she was a student at the Theoretical and Composition Faculty of Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory, for the literary magazine "Garun" (Spring).At the suggestion of the editor-in-chief Alexander Topchyan, the material was intended to highlight the musicin Sergei Parajanov's new film "The Color of Pomegranates", specifically the work by composer Tigran Mansurian. However, due to a shift in the analytical perspective, the article was not accepted for publication(this task was successfully carried out by musicologist Nikoghos Tahmizian). Later, in 1987, during apersonal meeting with S. I. Parajanov, the author personally handed him the article. After the director’s, thanks to the initiative of Svetlana Shcherbatyuk (the director’s widow), Sarkisyan’s article from the archive of the Parajanov House-Museum in Yerevan, richly illustrated with frames from the film "The Color of Pomegranates", was published in the Ukrainian language in the journal "Kino-Theatre" (Kyiv, 1999, pp.43-46). At the end of the article, there is an editor's note: "The article was read and approved by Sergei Parajanov". The Russian version (original) is now being published for the first time with minor authorial revisions. The ideas presented in this article were further developed and theoretically expanded in the essay"The Musical Phenomenon in the Films of Sergei Parajanov", published in Armenian in the magazine"Garun" (Yerevan, 1994, No. 2, pp. 87-93). This was followed by its publication in Russian in Moscow("Iskusstvo Kino", "Musical Academy"), Kyiv ("Ukrainian Musicology"), Novosibirsk (the universityperiodical "Criticism and Semiotics"), Saratov (the collection of articles "Dialogue of Arts and ArtParadigms"), and in French in Zagreb (the academic quarterly "International Review of the Aesthetics andSociology of Music") and Paris (the selected articles and interviews "Sergei Parajanov. Cineaste, Trublionet Martyr"). Moreover, the essay "The Musical Phenomenon in the Films of Sergei Parajanov" wasincluded in S. Sarkisyan 's authorial collection of articles "At the Boundary of Centuries. Music and its Spheres" (Moscow, 2014).