Dilijan Chamber Music Series
Movses Pogossian, Artistic Director
Media Contact: Mihran Toumajan
Email: press.dilijan@larkmusicalsociety.com
543 Arden Ave., Glendale, CA 91203

April 23, 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Masterworks by Bach, Komitas, and Mozart at Dilijan Chamber Music Series’ Season Finale

LOS ANGELES –Mozart’s sublime Clarinet Quintet will close Dilijan Series’ successful fourth season, with an Armenian Genocide commemorative concert on Friday, May 1st at Zipper Hall in downtown Los Angeles. The program also features a unique version of Bach’s Chaconne for violin and choir, string quartet miniatures by Komitas/Aslamazyan, and a Holocaust victim Victor Ullmann’s Songs of Consolation.

The performers are clarinetist Gary Bovyer, violinists Roger Wilkie, Searmi Park, and Movses Pogossian, violist Roland Kato, cellist Kim Scholes, soprano Noune Kartalyan, and the Lark Musical Society Choir, under the direction of Vatsche Barsoumian.

Highlights of the Dilijan Series’ Fourth Season include three world premieres commissioned by the Series, and appearances by distinguished musicians of international reputation such as violinists Ida Kavafian and Guillaume Sutre, violists Kim Kashkashian and Paul Coletti, cellists Ronald Leonard and Antonio Lysy, and clarinetist Michele Zukovsky, among others. At the upcoming concert, the Dilijan Series will also unveil its exciting 2009-10 season program. Discounted subscriptions for the 5th season will be available for purchase at the concert.

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. Tickets are available by calling (818) 572-5438, or, for the first time, for online orders from the link below.

Komitas/Aslamazyan – String Quartet Miniatures