KOMITAS STATE QUARTET WILL MEET ITS FANS
By Susanna Margarian
AZG Armenian Daily
13/12/2007
On December 11, members of Komitas State Quartet met the journalists
to inform them about their concert the next day in Komitas House of
Chamber Music. The concert is dedicated to well-known violoncellist
Sargis Aslamazian’s 110th anniversary of birthday.
The musicians, in Deputy Minister Karine Khodikian’s company, touched
upon their coming performances of the next two weeks. They also told
about their past successes and the new changes. They presented their
new audio-CD, the 4th for this generation of the Quartet.
Deputy Minister Karine Khodikian mentioned that this time the members
of the Quartet would be awarded with gold medals by the Ministry
of Culture.
Art director, the 1st violinist of Komitas State Quartet Eduard
Tadevosian presented the history of the work of Sargis Aslamazian.
The concert has a little melancholy as the 2nd violin of the Quartet
Suren Hakhnasarian will play with the Quartet for the last time. He
is going to leave for Moscow to join his family after 7 years. He
will continue his work in Moscow.
Eduard Tadevosian spoke about their 10-12 concerts in the provinces
of Armenia, also their benevolent performances.