Sogomon Sogomonian (Komitas)


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Upcoming concerts →

– Thu 24 Jul: DI ALTRI ASTRI for Sax alto and Piano (Premiere) Sala Colitto,Termoli,Italy
– Sat 26 Jul: Koorconcert, Tiramisu zomerkoor Lutherse Kerk, Maastricht, Netherlands
– Sun 27 Jul: Lines and Waves in Blue Deep for 5 accordions (wp) Tenri Cultural Institute, New York, USA
– Mon 28 Jul: Trio Stravinskij: contaminations from jazz, music-hall, cabaret and American folklore Astronomical Observatory, Loiano, Italy
– Tue 29 Jul: Trio Stravinskij: contaminations from jazz, music-hall, cabaret and American folklore Church in Piazza Giovanni XIII, Tolè di Vergato, Italy
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– Fitkin to be Composer in Residence in London 16 Jun 2008
– Composer Hay finds back score after 35 years 30 May 2008
– Sibelius plaque unveiled in Berlin 24 Apr 2008
– Lost Bach composition found back 22 Apr 2008
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– Alan Rawsthorne
– Max von Schillings
– Léon Walpot
– Padre Davide da Bergamo Felice Moretti
– Johann Gottfried Eckard
Events:
– (1964) Alberto Ginastera: Premiere of Don Rodrigo, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
– (1938) Richard Strauss: Premiere of Friedenstag, in Munich, Germany.
– (1828) Nicoló Paganini: Premiere of violin concerto no. 3 in E major, in Vienna, Austria.

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Born: 1869 — Kütahya — Turkey
Died: 1935 — Paris — France
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Studied in Ejmiatsin where he was attracted by the Armenian folksongs. Educated doctor in theology in 1896. Continued his musical studies in Berlin (1896-99), then returned to Ejmiatsin. Moved to Contantinople in 1910 where he founded a music school and a choir. Arrested and deported to the interior of Turkey in 1915. Moved to Paris in 1919, where he died in 1935.

<hiemkiankhotmail.com> adds: Komitas was an Armenian composer who became mentally ill because he saw the horrors of the Armenian Genocide which were commited by Turkish Gov. in 1915.

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