- event type:Concert
- date:22 Sep 2021
- time:9:00pm
- city/area:Besançon
- venue:Petit Kursaal
- country:France
- style(s):Traditional, World
- event posted by:The Gurdjieff Ensemble
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The internationally acclaimed Gurdjieff Ensemble was founded by Levon Eskenian to play ethnographically authentic arrangements of the G.I. Gurdjieff/Thomas de Hartmann piano music. The Ensemble consists of leading musicians playing Armenian and Middle Eastern traditional instruments. Their debut album on the famous ECM records, “Music of Georges.I. Gurdjieff”, was widely acclaimed, and won prestigious awards including the Edison Award in the Netherlands.
The Ensemble has been touring the world with sold-out concerts at major festivals and concert halls in Europe, Australia, the Middle East, Russia, and South America. The Ensemble has performed in such prestigious festivals and venues as the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, the Boulez hall in Berlin, the Bozar Center in Brussels, the Holland Festival, the Morgenland Festival in Germany, the Albert Hall in Canberra, the Imago Dei Festival in Austria, the Gulbenkian Hall in Lisbon and many others.
Here is an excerpt of a live performance by the ensemble:
https://youtu.be/aWT5nw9PBbo
The Ensemble:
Levon Eskenian – arranger, artistic director
Emmanuel Hovhannisyan – duduk, zourna, pku
Avag Margaryan – blul , zourna
Armen Ayvazyan – kamancha
Aram Nikoghosyan – oud
Meri Vardanyan – kanon
Vladimir Papikyan – santur, voice
Davit Avagyan – tar, saz
Mesrop Khalatyan – dap/dhol
Norayr Gapoyan – duduk
Eduard Harutyunyan - tmbouk, cymbals, bell
Website: http://gurdjieffensemble.com/