A fusion of Ravel, Improvisation and Live Electronics at Sigurd Køhns Hus

Success for CreaTeME-lunch Event #1– Classical Lunchtime Concert

A fusion of Ravel, Improvisation and Live Electronics at Sigurd Køhns Hus

In a display of musical innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration, Sigurd Køhns Hus played host to an extraordinary concert on January 31, 2024. The event featured Maurice Ravel’s “Trois Poèmes de Mallarmé” and “Chanson Madécasses,” blended with improvisation and live electronics. This concert went beyond traditional boundaries, offering a fresh perspective on Ravel’s compositions.

The lineup boasted of accomplished artists, including Mariam Kharatyan on piano, Oda Marita Norevik lending her mezzo-soprano voice, Evdoxia Metso on cello, Mirjam Eszter Pálfai with the flute, and Mia Heilberg and Jakob Sæterstad creating live remixes. Each performer brought their distinct flair, contributing to an atmosphere of creativity and exploration.

https://createme.uia.no/success-for-createme-lunch-event-1-classical-lunchtime-concert/

“Unikt musikksamarbeid gav meirsmak” – Universitetet i Agder

Read the article about Mariam Kharatyan’s Artistic research and performance project in collaboration with CreaTeME at the University of Agder.

“Unikt musikksamarbeid gav meirsmak”

https://www.uia.no/om-uia/fakultet/fakultet-for-kunstfag/flere-nyheter-fra-kunstfag/unikt-musikksamarbeid-gav-meirsmak

Aram Khachaturian’s Piano Concerto with Mihkel Kütson and Niederrheinische Sinfoniker in Krefeld and Mönchengladbach, Germany

In four concerts in Krefeld and Mönchengladbach, Mariam Kharatyan will perform Aram Khachaturian’s Piano Concerto with the renowned conductor and music director Mihkel Kütson and the Opus Klassik prize-winning orchestra Niederrheinische Sinfoniker.

22 August, 20:00 Seidenweberhaus, Krefeld

23 August, 20:00, Theatre Concert Hall, Mönchengladbach

24th August, 19:00, Kaiser-Friedrich-Halle, Mönchengladbach

25 August, 20:00, Seidenweberhaus, Krefeld

Detailed information about concerts and links to tickets are available via following links:

 

https://theater-kr-mg.de/spielplan/1-sinfoniekonzert-2023-24/

https://theater-kr-mg.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Konzertjahresheft_Niederrheinische-Sinfoniker-2023-2024_Einzelseiten.pdf

Lær å Lytte Podcast

Listen the Podcast “Lær å Lytte” with Adrian McAllister and Mariam Kharatyan talking about her Artistic research project Armenian Fingerprints.

The podcast link: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5cbuubdMKhxV5CoHjLy9Ku

Interview – Meet the Artist with Frances Wilson

It was a great pleasure to be part of Meet The Artist online interview series. Thanks a lot to @ Frances Wilson @The Cross-Eyed Pianist. Read the complete interview through this link below:

Mariam Kharatyan, pianist
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“It is an entirely different experience to perform for an audience and to record to the microphones without a live audience present. The live audience, and the energy that flows to the stage from the audience, creates moments of spontaneous musical choices, and magical moments that are impossible to fully describe in words; I find the opposite in a recording process/situation. During the recording process, there are different aspects that have to be focused on, and to me, it has been very important during my album recordings to have all the takes as complete performances.

When I was recording the album Komitas, Shoror with the folk musician Vigen Balasanyan, who played the ancient Armenian folk instruments blul and duduk, all our takes were complete performances of each folk song. I believe it is crucial to achieve this uninterrupted/unedited flow of music, both in duo with folk instruments and in folk dances on solo piano.”

 

Մարիամ Խառատյան. Հայ երաժշտական ուսումնասիրությունները արտերկրում ներկայացնելու խնդիր կա

Read the Interview in Cultural.am:  http://cultural.am/hy/norutyunner/harcazruyc/3582-mariam-kharatyan-hay-erajshtakan-usumnasirutyunnery-arterkrum-nerkayacnelu-xndir-ka

ORER.eu – Concert in Oslo, Dedicated to Komitas’ 150 Anniversary

ORER.eu about the release concert of Komitas and Khachaturian Albums in Sentralen, Oslo.

http://orer.eu/en/allcategories-en-gb/72-hy-am/7192-concert-in-oslo,-dedicated-to-komitas-150-anniversary.html

Interview with Armenian National Music (ANM)

Mariam Kharatyan’s interview with Armenian National Music www.anmmedia.am (in English) about her Artistic research project Armenian Fingerprints and about the release of Komitas and Khachaturian Albums.

https://anmmedia.am/en/news/armenian-fingerprints-komitas-and-khachaturian-in-light-of-armenian-folk-music/?fbclid=IwAR22zcoYr0ZyiGJChsLucqGaIvEtJzZt5hwUyHKMB5O-bdJ_5Vg_2eHFoXA

Հայկական մատնահետքեր. Կոմիտասը և Խաչատրյանը հայկական ժողովրդական երաժշտության լույսի ներքո

Mariam Kharatyan’s interview with Armenian National Music (in Armenian) about her Artistic research project Armenian Fingerprints and about the release of Komitas and Khachaturian Albums.

https://anmmedia.am/hy/news/armenian-fingerprints-komitas-and-khachaturian-in-light-of-armenian-folk-music/?fbclid=IwAR3T5WoY0pkOYDkP5NosKorN-eI8tlPzBq2lAk2S4NCAEbVQSSyV1KhyIrI

ARAM KHACHATURIAN – CHAMBER MUSIC

The Album Aram Khachaturian – Chamber Music is released in Simax Classics.

Aram Khachaturian created his art in the Soviet realm and gained worldwide recognition through the piano and violin concertos, symphonies, and the Spartacus ballet. On this album, we hear music written as early as 1926, and also the neglected violin sonata, written in 1932, but published for the first time in 1984. Mariam Kharatyan – pianist is at the helm presenting Khachaturian’s chamber compositions, inspired by their common native ground of the Armenian folk music. Through her Artistic Research Project “Armenian Fingerprints,” Kharatyan has investigated extensively on how her piano playing can be transformed and impacted by the Armenian Folk music and what interpretational possibilities may emerge in works of Khachaturian within these explorations. Kharatyan sums up the intentions: “together with Adam Grüchot, Stig Nordhagen and Leonardo Sesenna, we have aimed to create a meaningful musical expression for the listener, as the music comes forth more like an improvisation, as without bar lines, with the freedom and improvisational sense of the performance which would give the impression of as performers playing by ear, rather than by learning.”

The album is available to listen on Spotify, iTunes and YouTube!

For orders – grappa.no and simax.no

https://grappa.no/no/albums/simax-classics/aram-khachaturian-chamber-music/