Presentation/Composer Konstantin Petrossian CD Release

2007 release
from composer Konstantin Pertossian

Sunday, October 14, 2007 – 4 PM
ALMA – 65 Main Steet, Watertown, MA

Performances by:
Noune Karapetian, soprano from Massachusetts
Gary Alexander, tenor from Rhode Island
Stephanie Masoian, mezzo soprano Rhode Island
Composer Konstantin Petrossian, piano

Co-sponsored by Amaras Art Alliance and ALMA

Reviews . Composer’s Biography . Purchase the CD online and listen to tracks

This new CD [Hayrenee Ghoghanjner] by renowned Armenian composer Konstantin Pertossian was recorded live in 2003 at Aram Khachaturian House-Museum Hall in Yerevan, Armenia. A choral cycle consisting of ten folk songs arranged by Pertossian, offers varying genres and themes which give an exquisite and picturesque illustration of life in the Armenian countryside. The CD also includes a vocal cycle called “Menakhosutyun” (Monologue), a suite for piano, four miniatures for string quartet, and songs “Hayastan”, “Diramayr”, “Mer Azgee Sirt, Ararat”. Click here to see all 11 pages of CD insert

The 2003 concert, organized by the Armenian Musical Assembly, featured soloists Anna Shiroyan, soprano; Garo Nichanian, bass-bariton; Fr. Emmanuel Vartanian; Babin Bogossian, tenor; Alina Pahlevanian, soprano; Arevik Khalatian, piano; the Komitas Chamber Choir directed by Hovhannes Mirzoyan and String Quartet of the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory of Music.

Maestro Konstantin Pertossian is the Cultural and Music Director of Sts. Sahag and Mesrob Armenian Church in Providence, Rhode Island . He serves as the Artistic Director and Conductor of the Armenian Chorale of Rhode Island and the Armenian Chorale of Greater Worcester, Massachusetts.