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 CADENCE
Ensemble
ABOUT THE CADENCE ENSEMBLE
The Cadence Ensemble was formed in February 2004 by five outstanding Armenian instrumentalists under leadership of pianist Armen Babakhanian, initially to perform the works of Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992).
The Ensemble’s premier concert took place in April 2004, followed by several others that attracted the attention of fans and promoters. The Cadence Ensemble at once became one of the leading and most popular music groups of Armenia. Soon the ensemble expanded its repertoire to include masterpieces of classical and contemporary European, American, Russian and Armenian composers – while maintaining and affinity for Piazzolla. Arrangements of many famous works, including classical, world music and pop are now included in the ensemble’s musical menu. Also included are specially composed pieces dedicated to the Ensemble and its members.
Cadence has enjoyed international exposure through live broadcast of its concerts, and the production of several CDs and DVDs. As a result the Cadence Ensemble gets invitations to perform in Russia, the European, Asian, Gulf and Middle East countries.
The first international tour of the ensemble took place in April 2005: the Cadence has performed in the Teatro Colon and Teatro Servantes, Buenos Aires (Argentina).
In July 2005 the ensemble and its soloists gave concerts and master-classes within the frames of the Pazaislis Festival in Kaunas and Vilnius (Lithuania).
In December 2005 the ensemble participated in international music festivals taken place in Tehran (Iran) and Tbilisi (Georgia). In May 2006 the Cadence gave concerts in Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Dubai (UAE), in September 2006 - in Cairo and Alexandria Opera Houses (Egypt). In 2007 the ensemble gave concerts in Beirut, Byblos (Lebanon), Paris (France), London (UK) and Brussels (Belgium), Shenyang and Beijing (China). In 2008 the ensemble has performed concerts in Montreal (Canada), Nicosia (Cyprus) and Beirut (Lebanon).
In October 2007 the Cadence Ensemble has recorded in London two CDs at the Abbey Road Studios of EMI. The CDs recording was done by the Richmond Studios (UK). Both CDs produced by the Signum Classics (UK) in 2008 have wide international distribution.
The CD “Expressia: Armenian Metamorphoses” got in November 2008 the Luxemburg “Pizzicato” Music Magazine’s prestigious Supersonic Award.
In May 2009 the ensemble has performed twice at the Pasadena Auditorium (Los Angeles, USA), in October 2009 it gave a concert at the Parnassos Hall in Athens and took part in the Dimitria Festival, Thessaloniki (Greece).
ABOUT THE MUSICIANS
ARMEN Babakhanian Piano
HAKOB Jagatspanyan Guitar
ASHOT Khoyetsyan Violin
GEVORG Gasparyan Accordion, Bandoneon
LUSINE Hairapetyan Contrabass
ARMEN BABAKHANIAN (Piano)
A prize-winner at several of the world's most prestigious international piano competitions including the Leeds, the Van Cliburn, the Guardian Dublin, the William Kappell, the Gina
Bachauer, and the World Piano Competition, Armen Babakhanian has captured the imagination of audiences and critics alike through the intensity and honesty of his performances.
Armen has given recitals in the USA, Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, Italy, France and Spain. He has appeared as soloist with the City of Birmingham Symphony
Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Irish National Symphony, National Symphony Orchestra ( USA), Dallas
Symphony, with Saint Petersburg Philharmonic under Yuri Temirkanov, with Moscow Philharmonic under Valery Gergiev and the Israel Philharmonic.
Festival appearances include the Aspen, Interlochen, Santander and Baalbec music festivals.
Babakhanian’s performance of the Shostakovich Piano Quintet with the Takács Quartet during
Santander Festival in Spain was named the best chamber music performance of the festival. He has recorded for the ASV and Real Sound labels and his performances have been broadcasted on
BBC, PBS (USA), ORF (Austria) and RAI (Italy) television networks. His recent recording of the Tchaikovsky piano sonatas has received rave reviews in the European press.
In addition to his performing career, Armen has served as jury member for several international piano competitions, including the Gina Bachauer, Prokofiev and the Rachmaninoff piano competitions. In 1999, he founded and served as Artistic Director for the Armenian Legacy International Piano Competition in Yerevan, Armenia. He has taught numerous master-classes in Russia, United Kingdom, Spain, Japan and the United States. He is currently an Artist-in-residence at the Komitas State Conservatory in Yerevan, where he also received his musical education.
During the 2001/2002 season, Armen Babakhanian appeared in concerts in 17 cities in Japan, the United States, Canada, Australia and Finland. He also he had a concert tour in France which included a recital in Lyon’s famed Salle De Molliere.
During the latest seasons Mr. Babakhanian performed in Germany, China, Sweden, Denmark, Russia, USA, China, Lebanon, Syria, Japan, Israel, Lithuania, Switzerland, Slovenia, Argentina, Iceland.
Has more than 15 CD productions.
HAKOB JAGATSPANYAN (Guitar)
Born in Yerevan, Armenia, Hakob took up guitar at age of seven getting first lessons in the Yerevan Music Salon - School. In 1978-1982 he studied in the Romanos Melikian Music College, guitar department, class of professor Edouard Badalian, in 1990-1994 he was a student of Yerevan State Conservatory.
In the period of 1985-1991 Hakob was soloist of the Armenian State Philharmonic Society.
Hakob has worked as a teacher of guitar in music schools and in the Yerevan School of Arts.
Since 1995 he is professor of the Yerevan State Conservatory. He was named Laureate of the Third All-Union Festival of Guitarists (1982, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine), the most prestigious professional guitarists festival in the former Soviet Union.
Hakob has given concerts and master-classes in Ukraine, Russia, Georgia, Estonia, Belarus, Germany, Syria, Poland, Czech Republic, Belgium, France, Italy, Lebanon, the USA, Lithuania. His repertoire has major concerts and works for guitar by Vivaldi, Bach, Paganini, Ponce, Albenis, Granados, Moreno-Toroba, Rodrigo, Mikrotikos, Spanish flamenco, Latin American music, works and arrangements of modern composers.
Hakob has 4 CD productions.
ASHOT KHOYETSYAN (Violin)
Ashot was born in 1980 in Yerevan, Armenia.
Graduating from The Tchaikovski Music School he got higher music education as a violinist and composer at the Yerevan State Conservatory (1997-2002, classes of professors Genrikh Smbatian and Edvard Mirzoyan). Prize-winner of three national music competitions.
While studying in the conservatory in 2002 he was invited by the Virtuosi of Armenia Chamber Orchestra to tour in Iran. The same year he joined the Yerevan Radio Symphony Orchestra.
Since 2003 he works in the Symphony Orchestra of Armenian National Opera and Ballet Theatre. In 2005 he was invited by maestro Valeri Gergiev to join the International Symphony Orchestra to perform in Moscow the jubilee concert celebrating the 60th Anniversary of Victory
in the WWII. Took part in the tours of the Symphony Orchestra of the Armenian National Opera
and Ballet Theatre in Russia, Turkey and Greece.
Ashot has joined the Cadence Ensemble in March 2006
GEVORG GASPARYAN (Accordion)
Gevorg is the leading accordionist and the only bandoneon player in Armenia.
He got higher music education at the Culture Department of the Yerevan State Pedagogical University studying accordion and brass instruments. He was member of known pop music groups until getting in 1987 position of director of the “Akunk” State Radio Ensemble.
Over ten years Gevorg was accompanying the State Dance Ensemble of Armenia.
His creative music activities were accompanied by teaching accordion in different music schools of Yerevan. Gevorg as virtuoso accordionist took part in international music festivals in the UK and France. With different ensembles he toured in the UK, South Korea, Russia, Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan, Canada, the UAE. He takes part in numerous recording projects, appearing also in video clips of known Armenian instrumentalists and pop singers.
Since 2004 he is member of the international orchestra accompanying great Lebanese singer Fairuz. Since the day of its foundation Gevorg is member of the Cadence Ensemble
LUSINE HAIRAPETYAN (Contrabass)
Lusine was born in 1984 in Yerevan (Armenia). She has graduated from the Arno Babajanyan Music College, piano department. In 2003 she entered Yerevan State Conservatory (class of prof. I.Mamikonova). She worked in the «Armen Hakob» Symphony Orchestra (conductor
K. Durgaryan). Lusine is member of the Youth Symphony Orchestra (conductor – S. Smbatyan). which recently has performed in Moscow, Paris and Berlin.
Lusine has joined the “Cadence” Ensemble in 2007
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BEST OPTION PROGRAM
Armenian Folk Metamorphoses (Based on themes of songs by KOMITAS (1869-1935), SAYAT NOVA (1712-1795), SHIRIN (1827-1857)
Krunk / Kujn ara, gna-gna / Qani vur jan im / Dance
ALEXANDER ARUTYUNIAN (b.1920)& ARNO BABADJANIAN (1921-1983)
Armenian Rhapsody
ARAM KHACHATURIAN`(1903-1978)
Suite from “Gayaneh” Ballet
Dance of Girls in Pink / Lullaby / Sabre Dance
Intermission
GEORGE GERSHWIN (1898-1937)
Fantasy on Themes of “Porgy and Bess”
HECTOR STAMPONI (1916-1997)
Tango “El ultimo café”
NARINE ZARIFYAN (b.1958)
Tango “Expressia”
CARLOS GARDEL (1890-1935)
Tango “Por una cabeza”
ASTOR PIAZZOLLA (1921-1992)
Tango del Diablo
Poem & Muerte del Angel
Concerto para Quinteto
FIRST POGRAM
Vivaldi- Concerto Grosso in D minor
Khachaturian – Suite from “Spartacus" Ballet
Gershwin- Fantasy on a Theme of "Porgy and Bess"
Shostakovich - Piano Quintet in G minor, op. 57
Dvorak – Piano Quintet in A major, op.81
SECOND PROGRAM (Western Classical and Contemporary Music)
Works of Western European, Russian and American classical and contemporary composers
THIRD PROGRAM (Armenian Music)
Works of Armenian Composers
FOURTH PROGRAM (Astor Piazzolla)
The Seasons: Otono Porteno (Autumn), Invierno Porteno (Winter)
Primavera Porteno (Spring), Verano Porteno (Summer)
Romance del Diablo / Retrato de Milton Adios / Kicho / Milonga del Angel
Michelangelo 70
Serie SILFO Y ONDINA: Soledad / Fugata / Tangata
FIFTH PROGRAM (Astor Piazzolla)
Resurreccion del Angel
Tango # 2 from Tango Suite (Armen Babakhanian piano, Hakob Jaghatspanyan guitar)
Muerte del Angel
Cafe 1930 (Ashot Khoyetsyan violin, Hakob Jaghatspanyan guitar)
Adios Nonino / Mumuki / Contrabajissimo / Tango del Diablo
Tanguedia / Libertango / Concerto para Quinteto
SIXTH PROGRAM (Waltzes and Tangos)
Works by Johann Strauss, Aram Khachaturian, Astor Piazzolla , Carlos Gardel, Hector Stamponi and other Argentine and European composers
SEVENTH PROGRAM (World and Pop Music)
Famous world music masterpieces, Spanish and Flamenco music, internationally famous pop songs and arrangements
EIGHTH PROGRAM (Combined Version of the Seven Proposed Programs)
OTHER PROGRAMS AND TOURING PROJECTS
Beside the mentioned programs the Cadence Ensemble permanently works over new projects to perform Argentine, Armenian, Russian, Western composers’ classical and contemporary works arranged for this instrumental group. Depending on its program the Ensemble enlarges its staff up to 8 musicians to perform diverse and interesting music.
When performing Argentine, Latin American, Spanish and Armenian music programs the Ensemble could be accompanied by dancers, vocalists and some Armenian traditional instruments.
Concertos for Symphony and Chamber Orchestras
• Armen Babakhanian performs the major repertoire of piano concertos for symphony and chamber orchestras.
• Hakob Jagatspanyan performs the most well known concertos for guitar and orchestra.
Chamber Music
• Armen Babakhanian performs the major repertoire of classical chamber ensembles with piano
• Ashot Khoyetsyan performs a program with piano and guitar accompaniment
Recitals
• When touring Armen Babakhanian gives recitals of piano music: he could perform up to four different solo programs.
• Hakob Jagatspanyan performs a program of classical guitar music, sometimes accompanied by Armen Babakhanian, Lusine Hairapetyan and Ashot Khoyetsyan.
Master-classes
• Two of the Ensemble members, Armen Babakhanian and Hakob Jagatspanyan, being acting professors of the Yerevan State Conservatory, usually give master-classes in the conservatories, music colleges and schools of the visited countries.
Flamenco
• Hakob performs several programs of flamenco music.
• When touring abroad Hakob sometimes invites a percussionist to accompany him at his concerts of flamenco music.
Various
• The accordionist Gevorg Gasparyan performs a program of popular Armenian, Russian, Western European, Argentine, Moldavian melodies arranged for solo accordion, accompanied from time to time by violin and guitar.
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CD, NABP-055, 2004
DVD, NABP-DV002
“Tangata” Cadence Ensemble Performs Live Works of Astor Piazzolla,
11 April 2004, Aram Khachaturian Hall, Yerevan
CD, NABP-058, 2004
DVD, NABP-DV003
“Resurreccion del Angel” Cadence Ensemble Performs Live Works of Astor Piazzolla,
13 June 2004, Aram Khachaturian Hall, Yerevan
CD, NABP-065, 2005
DVD, NABP-DV005
Cadence Ensemble Performs Live in Teatro Colon
18 April 2005, Buenos Aires
DVD, NABP-DV009
Cadence Ensemble Performs Live in Tehran
15 December 2005,
CD, NABP-069, 2006
DVD, NABP-DV008
Cadence Ensemble and Michael Poghosian Perform Live in Yerevan Opera House, 15 March 2006, Yerevan
DVD, NABP-DV010
14 May 2006, Cadence Ensemble Performs Live in Abu Dhabi
DVD, NABP-DV011
“Expressia” Project, Cadence Ensemble Performs Live at the Purcell Room,26 October 2007, Southbank Centre, London
DVD, NABP-DV012
“Expressia” Project, Cadence Ensemble Performs Live at Aram Khachaturyan Hall
25 November 2007, Yerevan
DVD, NABP-DV014
“Expressia” Documentary Film by Artur Bakhtamyan
(film about the exhibitions of paintings by S.Hakobyan and concerts of Cadence Ensemble taken place in Paris, London and Brussels in October 2007)
CD, Signum Classics
EXPRESSIA: Armenian Metamorphoses
SIGCD129, 2008
CD, Signum Classics
EXPRESSIA: Tangos & Fantasies
SIGCD140, 2008
DVD, NABP-DV015 28 November 2008
Cadence Ensemble Performs Live in Nicosia
DVD, NABP-DV016 02 November 2008
Cadence Ensemble Performs Live at the Oscar Peterson Hall in Montreal, Canada
DVD, NABP-DV017 14 October 2009
Cadence Ensemble Performs Live at the Dimitria Festival in Thessaloniki, Greece
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