Interview for the Armenian Music Project with Tigran Arakelyan

Compositions

A Tale for Two Violins (2014)
* Commissioned by the Dilijan Chamber Music Series (Los Angeles)

In this performance:
Ani and Ida Kavafian, violins

Listen to the individual movements below:

A Tale for Two Violins: I. Introduction / Over The Plateau
Kristapor Najarian
II. Kef / Festivities (Loy Loy)
Kristapor Najarian
III. Rendezvous (Ambets Gorav, Lousengan)
Kristapor Najarian
IV. Capture (Groung)
Kristapor Najarian
V. Misty Morning (Lament)
Kristapor Najarian
VI. Escape (Nehavent Longa)
Kristapor Najarian


Une promenade dans les bois de Pan
for flute solo (2020)

In this performance:
Eleni Kappa, flute


2131
for cello solo (2020)
* Commissioned by the Mu Phi Epsilon Foundation and the Armenian Music Program at UCLA

In this performance:
Jason Pegis, cello

Rhapsodic Fantasy for cello duo (2017)
* Commissioned by Antonio Lysy and Patricia Smith

In this performance:
Antonio Lysy and Charles Tyler, cellos

A closer look at the premiere: watch the interview between composer Kristapor Najarian, violinist and music director Movses Pogossian, and cellist Antonio Lysy


Vastedad de Pinos for soprano and piano (2019)
Based on the poetry of Pablo Neruda

In this performance:
Teja Kim, soprano / Oliver Chan, piano

The Year 1915 for string quartet (2015)
* Commissioned by Patricia Hicks and the Santiago String
Quartet (Orange, CA)

In this performance:

Anna Kouchnerov and Ben Bartelt, violins
Sean Lyons, viola
Christopher Votek, cello



Vastedad de Pinos
for flute, oboe, and horn (2014)
* Commissioned by the Incidental Chamber Players
(Pittsburgh)

Vastedad de Pinos
Based on the Poetry of Pablo Neruda

In this performance:
Kristine Rominsky, flute
David Fitzpatrick, oboe
Carrie Vertin, horn

Performances

Beethoven: Romance for Violin and Orchestra in F, Op. 50
Kristapor Najarian

Kristapor Najarian, Violin
Kathleen Bradley-Najarian, Piano

Baghdassarian: Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra
Kristapor Najarian

Kristapor Najarian, Violin
Kathleen Bradley-Najarian, Piano