The Gurdjieff Ensemble & Hewar
Focus on the Caucasus
The Armenian Gurdjieff Folk Instruments Ensemble was founded by the pianist and composer Levon Eskenian to play »ethnographically authentic« arrangements of piano music by G. I. Gurdjieff. In this concert the ensemble teams up with the Syrian trio Hewar, which features clarinettist Kinan Azmeh, and which combines Arabic music with jazz and Western classical influences.
Performers
The Gurdjieff Ensemble
Avag Margaryan blul, zourna
Armen Ayvazyan kamancha
Meri Vardanyan kanon
Vladimir Papikyan santur, voice
Aram Nikoghosyan oud
Davit Avagyan tar, saz
Mesrop Khalatyan dap, dhol
Emmanuel Hovhannisyan duduk, zourna, pku
Norayr Gapoyan duduk
Eduard Harutyunyan tmbouk, cymbals, bell
director Levon Eskenian
Hewar
Kinan Azmeh clarinet
Dima Orsho vocals
Jasser Haj Youssef viola d'amore, violin
Basilius Alawad violoncello
Programme
Armenische und Syrische Musik
Tigran Mansurian
Tun Ari / Auftragskomposition von Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Morgenland Festival Osnabrück und Holland Festival Amsterdam
Issam Rafea
Neues Werk
/ Auftragskomposition von Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Morgenland Festival Osnabrück und Holland Festival Amsterdam.
Festival
Caucasus
Live Broadcast
Das Konzert wird mitgeschnitten und am 6.Mai 2018 um 22 Uhr auf NDR Kultur ausgestrahlt.