Komitas: Songs (Arr. V. Sargsyan for Piano) Yulia Ayrapetyan

• Komitas Vardapet (1869 - 1935):
• 1 Vardapet: Chinar es, keṙanal mi (Arr. V. Sargsyan for Piano) 02:34
• 2 Vardapet: Kuzhn aṙa (Arr. V. Sargsyan for Piano) 01:33
• 3 Vardapet: Akh, Maral djan (Arr. V. Sargsyan for Piano) 02:00
• 4 Vardapet: Antuni (Arr. V. Sargsyan for Piano) 04:51
• 5 Vardapet: Shogher djan (Arr. V. Sargsyan for Piano) 01:20
• 6 Vardapet: Kak'avi erg (Arr. V. Sargsyan for Piano) 00:55
• 7 Vardapet: Kanche, kṙunk (Arr. V. Sargsyan for Piano) 03:26
• 8 Vardapet: Es saren kugayi (Arr. V. Sargsyan for Piano) 01:41
• 9 Vardapet: Erkink'n ampel ē (Arr. V. Sargsyan for Piano) 02:54
• 10 Vardapet: Dsirani dsaṙ (Arr. V. Sargsyan for Piano) 02:33
• 11 Vardapet: Garun a (Arr. V. Sargsyan for Piano) 02:36
• 12 Vardapet: Hov arek' (Arr. V. Sargsyan for Piano) 03:47
• 13 Vardapet: K'ele, k'ele (Arr. V. Sargsyan for Piano) 01:43
• 14 Vardapet: Hoy, Nazan (Arr. V. Sargsyan for Piano) 01:35
• 15 Vardapet: Dsedseṙnak (Arr. V. Sargsyan for Piano) 02:04
• 16 Vardapet: Le, le yaman (Arr. V. Sargsyan for Piano) 01:16
• 17 Vardapet: Kṙunk (Arr. V. Sargsyan for Piano) 02:35
• 18 Vardapet: Mani asem (Arr. V. Sargsyan for Piano) 00:35
• 19 Vardapet: Dsaghik asem (Arr. V. Sargsyan for Piano) 00:36
• 20 Vardapet: Matnik'e matovs chēr (Arr. V. Sargsyan for Piano) 01:26
• 21 Vardapet: Al dzin naln inch kane (Arr. V. Sargsyan for Piano) 01:02
• 22 Vardapet: Alagyaz (Sarn ampel a) [3rd Setting] [Arr. V. Sargsyan for Piano] 01:22
• 23 Vardapet: Khnki dsaṙ (Arr. V. Sargsyan for Piano) 00:34
• 24 Vardapet: Chem kṙna khagha (Arr. V. Sargsyan for Piano) 00:53
• 25 Vardapet: Maron a kayne (Arr. V. Sargsyan for Piano) 01:13
• 26 Vardapet: Orôr (Arr. V. Sargsyan for Piano) 01:50
• 27 Vardapet: Ampel a kamar-kamar (Arr. V. Sargsyan for Piano) 01:08
• 28 Vardapet: Lorik (Arr. V. Sargsyan for Piano) 02:46
• 29 Vardapet: Habrban (Arr. V. Sargsyan for Piano) 01:48
• 30 Vardapet: Alagyaz (Bardzr sarin) (Arr. V. Sargsyan for Piano) 02:22
• 31 Vardapet: Garun (Arr. V. Sargsyan for Piano) 04:17
• 32 Vardapet: K'eler, tsoler (Arr. V. Sargsyan for Piano) 02:31
• 33 Vardapet: Zulo (Arr. V. Sargsyan for Piano) 02:58
• 34 Vardapet: Zinch u zinch (Arr. V. Sargsyan for Piano) 01:06
• 35 Vardapet: Al aylukhs (Arr. V. Sargsyan for Piano) 01:56
• Total Runtime 01:09:46

Info for Komitas: Songs (Arr. V. Sargsyan for Piano)

Komitas was a priest, a musician and a pioneer of ethnomusicology, considered to be the founder of the Armenian national school of music. A significant part of his life was taken up with travel to remote villages, collecting thousands of traditional songs. These range from simple melodies and poetic sketches of Armenian landscapes, to dramatic lyrics expressing mournful tragedy. Komitas was enthralled by the way ‘a peasant learns this art in nature’s embrace, with nature as his infallible school.’ Heard here in world première recordings, these idiomatic arrangements by Villy Sargsyan importantly preserve the composer’s modal-intonational system.

Komitas is one of the bright stars in the history of music, whose work built the foundations of Armenian classical music. Vocal folk music is culture at its purest and forms the basis of the musical nature of any country. Through Komitas' songs, you begin to understand the culture of Armenia. When you listen to these melodies, such as Krunk (‘The Crane’), Dsirani Dsar (‘Apricot Tree’), Garun (‘Spring’), the image of a strong-spirited people and nation immediately appears before you, and makes you want to learn more through this music. When I play these songs on the piano, I envision Armenia!” (Yulia Ayrapetyan)

Yulia Ayrapetyan, piano

Yulia Ayrapetyan
s a US-based pianist, producer and pedagogue. She has attracted international recognition for her exceptional artistry, displaying striking assurance, imagination, artistic approach, and remarkable consistency in the musical integrity and creative insight of her performances.

She has performed in the United States, Europe, Russia, Armenia and China.

Born in 1988 in Bryansk, Russia, she studied in Moscow, and continues to uphold the performing traditions of the Russian piano school. Her repertoire ranges from the Baroque to the contemporary and includes rarely performed works by Armenian composers. She performed the US, Chinese, Europe, Russian and Armenian premieres of forgotten Armenian piano music, which she rediscovered. It has since become her passion to perform this music on the world’s stages.

She actively supports and participates in recordings and concerts for her husband Mikael Ayrapetyan’s project, Secrets of Armenia.

Yulia Ayrapetyan has actively studied various musical and pedagogical systems, and in 2012 created and implemented her pedagogical methodology for children, based on accessibility, ease of perception and individual approach.

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