Secrets of Armenia Yulia Ayrapetyan

• Kristapor Kara-Murza (1853 - 1902): Pot-pourri sur des airs arméniens:
• 1 Kara-Murza: Pot-pourri sur des airs arméniens 10:48
• Marche funèbre:
• 2 Kara-Murza: Marche funèbre 06:49
• Genari Karganov (1858-1890): Bayati:
• 3 Karganov: Bayati 06:03
• Rhapsodie Arménienne, Op. 15:
• 4 Karganov: Rhapsodie Arménienne, Op. 15 10:22
• Romanos Melikian (1883 - 1935): Zmrukhti (Arr. for Piano by Villy Sargsyan):
• 5 Melikian: Zmrukhti (Arr. for Piano by Villy Sargsyan): No. 1, Black Patridge 01:41
• 6 Melikian: Zmrukhti (Arr. for Piano by Villy Sargsyan): No. 2, The Night Has Come 02:38
• 7 Melikian: Zmrukhti (Arr. for Piano by Villy Sargsyan): No. 3, The Infant and the Brook 01:38
• 8 Melikian: Zmrukhti (Arr. for Piano by Villy Sargsyan): No. 4, Don't Cry 01:58
• 9 Melikian: Zmrukhti (Arr. for Piano by Villy Sargsyan): No. 5, You Shine 02:16
• 10 Melikian: Zmrukhti (Arr. for Piano by Villy Sargsyan): No. 6, I am a Nightingale 02:20
• 11 Melikian: Zmrukhti (Arr. for Piano by Villy Sargsyan): No. 7, Sprout 01:23
• 12 Melikian: Zmrukhti (Arr. for Piano by Villy Sargsyan): No. 8, Lullaby 01:52
• Vard (Arr. for Piano by Villy Sargsyan):
• 13 Melikian: Vard (Arr. for Piano by Villy Sargsyan) 02:37
• Ashun (Arr. for Piano by Villy Sargsyan):
• 14 Melikian: Ashun (Arr. for Piano by Villy Sargsyan) 02:08
• Sare Gyalin (Arr. for Piano by Villy Sargsyan):
• 15 Melikian: Sare Gyalin (Arr. for Piano by Villy Sargsyan) 02:43
• Total Runtime 57:16

Info for Secrets of Armenia

The music in this collection reflects the spirit of Armenia through dances and songs that have their origins in scenes from everyday Armenian life. Korganov’s pictorial Bayati is an especially vivid representation, while Kara-Murza’s Pot-pourri sur des airs arméniens is a significant work, combining Armenian folk music with the Western piano tradition. Melikian’s Emeralds is one of his famous cycles of romances, hallmarked by a strong sense of poetic narrative and a vivid emotional expressiveness. This album of Armenian piano discoveries is played by Yulia Ayrapetyan, a specialist in the music of Armenia.

“The album Secrets of Armenia, featuring selected piano works by Kara⁠-⁠Murza, Korganov, and Melikian, is a reflection of the mentality of the Armenian people through the prism of dance and songs that have their origin in everyday scenes of the people’s life. My favourite work in this album is Emerald Songs by Romanos Melikian for its emotional expressivity and extreme originality, and Melikian’s individuality itself above all through his rare organic unity of poetry and music.” (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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