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Remembrance and Rebirth
This evening's program is dedicated to the 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
Its purpose is to create the experience of somber commemoration as well as the inspiration of a rebirth.
The Program.......
Ms. Poghosyan will perform works by the great masters: Bach, Beethoven, Schubert, Liszt, Komitas and Khachaturian.
She will opening with the serene Ave Maria and Bach's beloved A Minor Organ Prelude and Fugue, both transcribed for piano by Franz Liszt
The musical journey will continue on to works of great
life-affirming power.
The heartwarming Campanella will connect us to the child within. While the prophetic Sposalizio, inspired by Raphael's painting of the wedding of Virgin Mary to Joseph, will connect us to the tremendous joy of a true lasting love.
The first half of the program concludes with the powerhouse Rhapsodie Espagnole. It promises to bring us to our feet, as it were, with the fiery and empowering Spanish dance rhythms, reminding us of the sheer joy of life and inspiring us to live each day with the appreciation of this joy.
The second half of the program will begin with the beloved Moonlight Sonata, which needs no introduction. The concept of rebirth cannot be complete without the profound presence of Beethoven, whose entire life story is one powerful encouragement to "grab fate by its throat" and in spite of all challenges to always sing an Ode to Joy.
The program concludes with a selection of Armenian masterpieces: small gem Unabi - by Komitas Vardapet. It shall be followed by the piano transcription of the beautiful "Adagio" from Spartacus and the finale shall be from the tour-de-force Piano Sonata, both by Aram Khachaturian.
The Artist......
The exceptional Armenian pianist Kariné Poghosyan has been praised for her ability to get to the heart of the works she performs. She made her orchestral debut at 14 playing Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.1, and her solo Carnegie Hall debut at 23, and has since gone on to win numerous awards as well as perform in some of the world's most prestigious concert halls.
An avid musician who has been described as "extraordinary" and "larger than life," Kariné Poghosyan has performed in recitals at Carnegie's Well Recital Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, Steinway Hall, the Trinity Church Concerts at One series, the Beverly Hills Sundays at Two series, the Valley Committee for the LA Philharmonic, the Bach's Lunch Recital Series in California, the Young Artists International Peninsula Festival in California, and the International Keyboard Institute and Festival in New York.
In the fall of 2007, she organized and performed a three-recital concert series at the Yamaha Piano Salon titled Twentieth Century Piano Sonata.
She helped organize the "Requiem and Resurrection" concert in commemoration of the 95th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide at the Saint Vartan Armenian Cathedral in New York, where her performance of the Piano Sonata by Khachaturian received a standing ovation and was described as "jaw-dropping." The Armenian Mirror Spectator wrote, "The three-movement Khachaturian Sonataa rarely performed compositionis a real tour-de-force for the virtuoso pianist. Technically pristine, Ms. Poghosyan brought out the driven qualities of the outer movements, and the heart-rending beauty of the middle section."
Ms. Poghosyan has appeared as a soloist with numerous orchestras including the New West Symphony, Park Avenue Chamber Symphony Orchestra, Musica Bella Symphony Orchestra, the CSUN Symphony, and the Kokolo Ensemble, and the Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra, whose music director Dr. Choe described Ms. Poghosyan as "an audience magnet" and "a born performer."
She has participated in the master classes of distinguished artists such as Alicia de Larrocha, Claude Franck, Jon O'Connor, and Jerome Rose.
Ms. Poghosyan is the winner of the New West Symphony Discovery Artists Competition, the Thousand Islands International Piano Competition, CSUN Symphony Concerto Competition, Artists International Auditions and was a top prize winner in the Los Angeles International Liszt Piano Competition, Five Towns Music and Arts Competition, and the Arno Babajanian Piano Competition.
Ms. Poghosyan's music studies began in her native Yerevan Armenia in School of the Arts, No. 1, and later in Romanos Melikian College as well as Komitas State Conservatory. Her teachers in Armenia included Irina Gazarian, Vatche Umr-Shat, and Svetlana Dadyan. After moving to the United States in 1998, she received her BM, summa cum laude, from California State University in Northridge, under Professor Françoise Regnat, and her MM and D.M.A. degrees at the Manhattan School of Music, under Dr. Arkady Aronov, completing her D.M.A. in record-breaking two years with thesis on Aram Khachaturian for Piano. Ms. Poghosyan is currently based in New York, where she teaches at her alma mater Manhattan School of Music.
Please like Ms. Poghosyan's Facebook page Karine Poghosyan, Pianist for her concert schedule and updates.
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LocationSt. Leon Armenian Church
12-61 Saddle River Road
Fair Lawn, NJ 07410
United States
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