The Festival of Contemporary Music in Nischni-Novgorod, October 1999:
On the way to spiritual unity: Avet Terterian and his friends
The festival On the way to spiritual unity: Avet Terterian and his friends took place in Nishni-Novgorod, Russia, October 7 to October 10, 1999, organised by the Conservatory of Nishni-Novgorod, the Nishni-Novgorod Regional Organisation of the Russian Union of Composers, the Nishni-Novgorod State Symphonic Orchestra, the Nishni-Novgorod Armenian Society and the Institute “Open Society” (Soros Foundation).
The Festival Program:
- October 7, 1999:
The Musical Soloist-Ensemble Sofia performed:
Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa
Avet Terterian: Quartett #2, chamber orchestra version
Sofia Gubaidulina: “The last Seven Words” - October 8, 1999:
The Municipal Chamber Choir of Nishni-Novgorod and a Boys-Choir sang compositions for Choir by the following composers:
Avet Terterian: Composition for a poem of Hovhannes Shiras
Alfred Schnittke
Makar Ekmalian
Yuri Falik
Komitas
Robert Petrosian: “Hatschkar”
Maksim Beresovski: Concert #18
The Student’s Symphonic Orchestra of the Conservatory of Nishni-Novgorod, conductor: Evgeni Scheiko :
Avet Terterian: Symphony #8 - October 9, 1999:
Students and Aspirant Students of the Conservatory of Nishni-Novgorod performed compositions by the following composers:
Geguni Tzitzian
Sofia Gubaidulina: Sonatina for Flute and Fortepiano
Alfred Schnittke: Sonata for Violin and Fortepiano #2
Onute Narbutaite: Interludium for Flute, Violincello and Organ
Alfred Schnittke: Quartett #3
Sofia Gubaidulina: “In Croce” for Violincello and Organ - October 10, 1999:
The Symphonic Orchestra of Nishni-Novgorod, conductor: Alexander Ckulskij
Avet Terterian: Symphony #5, Solist: Akop Chalatyan (Kamancha)
Bela Bartok: Concert for two Fortepiano, Symphonic Orchestra and Percussion
The Programm of the Symposion:
- Heinz-Erich Gödecke, Workshop and Lecture
- Irina Tigranova-Terterian opened the conference officially
- Yuri Kobev, Chief Editor of the magazine “Musikalnaja Akademija”
- Margarita Rukhina, Portraits of Avet Terterian
- Svetlana Sarkisjan, Structural aspects of Phonism in the Music of Avet Terterian
- Lydia Ptuschko, The Dramaturgy of symphonic Macrocycles of Avet Terterian
- Akop Chalatyan, Lecture on the instrument Kamantcha
- Audrone Ziuratyte, The Oratorium “centones meae urbi” by Onute Narbutaite
- Svetlana Sawenko, Paraliturgic Elements in the Contemporary Russian Music
- Valentina Chaloova, Spiritual Aspects in the Opera “Lolita” by Rodrion Shedrin
There exists a recording of the symposion.
There will be more documentation in the future.
Hamburg, October 13, 1999