DATE AND VENUE

10 June 2015, Holy Vortvots Vorodman Church

CONCERT INFO

KIM KASKASHIAN viola
PÉTER NAGY piano

CONCERT PRORGAMME

• Johann Sebastian Bach
  Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Cembalo No.1 in G Major, BWV1027
• Tigran Mansurian
  New Opus ^*
• Komitas
  Armenian Songs
• Béla Bartók
  Rhapsody for Violin and Piano No.1, Sz86

^* World premiere, Istanbul Music Festival commission.

Lasts 120’ inc. interval.

Meet the artist: Tigran Mansurian intervıewed by Hagop Mamigonyan ^*
20.00-20.30 The garden of Holy Vortvots Vorodman Church

^* To be held in turkish.

Istanbul Music Festival’s commission to the leading Armenian composer of our era will earn another gem to the world classical music heritage, while this world premiere in the hands of Kim Kashkashian, a most celebrated champion of the composer’s music who is renowned for her lyricism and her love for the melodic line, will earn the festival followers a truly unforgettable musical experience. This concert brings Kim Kashkashian to the Istanbul Music Festival again with pianist Péter Nagy, after their much acclaimed performance in 2013.