Music in Armenia has a long and rich history, stretching back to the Middle Ages and beyond, with its origins in popular folk-songs.

Mikael Ayrapetyan is an acclaimed Armenian pianist, composer, researcher and producer with a specific goal: to deliver hidden gems of the Armenian classical repertoire. Mikael and Yulia Ayrapetyan revives the forgotten names of composers by recording and performing world premieres of huge layers of compositions opening access to the treasury of Armenian music. Their recordings of Armenian music have a largest audience in more than 180 different countries.

The concert program will reveal the legacy of Armenian piano music over a 150-year period.

Program:

USA and World premieres by:

CHUKHAJIAN,

KARA-MURZA,

EKMALIAN,

ELMAS,

KORGANOV,

TIGRANIAN,

KOMITAS,

MELIKIAN,

SPENDIARIAN,

BARKHUDARIAN,

STEPANIAN,

KHACHATURIAN,

DOLUKHANIAN,

CHEBOTARIAN,

EGIAZARIAN,

SARIAN,

ARUTUNIAN,

BABADJANIAN,

MIRZOIAN,

TIGRAN MANSURIAN,

BAGDASARIAN,

ARTHUR MITINYAN,

ABRAMIAN,

ROBERT AMIRKHANIAN.

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