December 10, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Jazz Legend Abraham Laboriel Sr. Performs Piazzolla at Dilijan Series’ Holiday Concert
LOS ANGELES – Astor Piazzollas Tangos and Four Seasons of Buenos Aires will highlight Dilijan Series’ traditional Holiday concert on Dec. 20, 2009 at Zipper Hall in downtown Los Angeles. Jazz great Abraham Laboriel Sr. will be joined by soprano Juliana Gondek, violinists Armen Anassian and Movses Pogossian, pianists Artashes Kartalyan and Randy Kerber, bass player Michael Valerio, and students of the Lark Conservatory. The program also includes works by J. Haydn, E. Mirzoyan, and a World Premiere by Bruno Louchouarn.
Highlights of Dilijan Series’ 5th season include three world premieres commissioned by the Series, and appearances by distinguished musicians such as violinists Guillaume Sutre and Roger Wilkie, violist Paul Coletti, cellists Antonio Lysy and Ronald Leonard, pianists Constantine Orbelian and Eric Stumacher, and singer Juliana Gondek, among others.
The January program, featuring renowned pianist and Music Director of the Moscow Chamber Orchestra Constantine Orbelian, is a retrospective of music by Arno Babajanyan, “Armenian Bernstein”. It presents the brilliant composer’s wide-ranging styles, from Soviet-Romantic through 12-tone compositions and popular songs. The March program brings back the critically acclaimed Apple Hill Chamber Players, and presents a World Premiere by A. Zohrabian, quartets by F. Schubert and A. Hovhaness, and E. Chausson’s masterpiece, Concerto for violin, piano, and string quartet, with pianist Gavin Martin and violinist Movses Pogossian. The final concert in April, in commemoration of the Armenian Genocide, marks the debut of the conductorless string orchestra of UCLA faculty and students in Beethoven’s Grosse Fugue and music by Komitas/Aslamazyan, closing the season by the rendition of J.S.Bach’s Goldberg Variations in a transcription for string trio.
Founded in 2005 by members of the Glendale, California-based Lark Musical Society, the Dilijan Series is dedicated to promoting Armenian chamber music, as well as showcasing masterpieces of Western classical music. It is financed primarily by individual contributions. Tickets are available by calling (818) 572-5438, at the door, or online at http://dilijan.larkmusicalsociety.com/tickets.php. Please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to the Dilijan Chamber Music Series online at http://dilijan.larkmusicalsociety.com/support.php
