{"id":28509,"date":"2017-03-11T18:51:49","date_gmt":"2017-03-11T16:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/norkhosq.net\/?p=28509"},"modified":"2017-03-18T10:46:05","modified_gmt":"2017-03-18T08:46:05","slug":"noubar-aslanyan-the-composer-by-boris-turchinsky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/norkhosq.net\/?p=28509","title":{"rendered":"Noubar Aslanyan: The Composer by Boris Turchinsky"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 183px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent.ftxl1-1.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t1.0-9\/380531_10150352934846046_1008280745_n.jpg?oh=066a64678781ec4dc1ee0c2a3f3b704c&amp;oe=596621C9\" alt=\"\" width=\"183\" height=\"268\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Famous composer Noubar Aslanyan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Noubar Aslanyan: The Composer<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">by Boris Turchinsky<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Armenia\u2026 A silent question,<br \/>\nA soul of love, the only one,<br \/>\nYou have been carved from women\u2019s tears<br \/>\nFrom stones, and sorrows, and the sun.<br \/>\n\u00a9 \u201cArmenia\u201d by Albina Sadovskaya<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The \u201cFestive Fanfares\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The \u201cFestive Fanfares\u201d: such was the name for the large concert of  \u201cMerkaz Yuval\u201d music center\u2019s wind orchestra. The concert held in Haifa  Auditorium marked the 70th birthday of the composer Noubar Aslanyan. The  spectators granted him a standing ovation and saluted each of his  pieces with applause.<br \/>\nOur conversation started right after the show and right on the stage  which was still full of flowers from the grateful audience of Haifa. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8211; Dear Noubar, I\u2019ve read a lot about you on the internet. However, it was all mostly about your music.<br \/>\nAnd now, let us tell our readers first about how little Noubar got  acquainted with the world of art. Who or what was the trigger for that?<br \/>\nThis is a rather sad story of a boy from a poor family\u2026<br \/>\nI was born in Greece in 1943, but our family relocated to Yerevan later.<br \/>\nI had to start working as a construction man after I finished 7-year  school just to be able to buy a new pair of trousers and a harmonica I  was dreaming about. When my Mom learned about it, she got me out of  there, but by that time I had enough money to buy all that plus a new  shirt. Later, I enrolled at the evening shift electromechanic college.  I  had to work, so I found a job at the All-Union Electric Equipment  Research Institute, and I kept working there for ten years.<br \/>\nWe had a mandolin at home, and we all used to play it \u2013 it was our  legacy from our father who had passed away very young. In Greece, our  father played guitar, mandolin, accordion and violin in a band.  He was a  musically gifted man, and I think I\u2019ve inherited that from him.  Besides, we also had his French horn at home.<br \/>\nIt seems as I was fifteen, a neighbor I was friends with said he was  going to go to the Palace of the Pioneers to have his musical abilities  tested, and that he wanted to start learning to play a musical  instrument.  \u201cLets\u2019 go together\u201d, he suggested.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 448px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent.ftxl1-1.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t1.0-9\/11173330_10206130462877860_8162211063741955862_n.jpg?oh=013a7a39e965fe5d97f77dbb70357cb2&amp;oe=592E5ABD\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"251\" \/> <figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u0544\u0561\u0580\u057f\u0578\u0582\u0576  \u053b\u057d\u0580\u0561\u0575\u0565\u056c\u0575\u0561\u0576\u0568 \u057e\u0565\u0580\u0565\u0582\u056b \u0577\u0561\u0580\u0584\u0578\u0582\u0574 \u0567,\u053f\u0578\u0576\u057d\u057f\u0561\u0576\u057f\u056b\u0576 \u054a\u0565\u057f\u0580\u0578\u057d\u0575\u0561\u0576\u056b \u056f\u0578\u0572\u0584\u0568:\u0535\u0580\u0580\u0578\u0580\u0564 \u0577\u0561\u0580\u0584\u0578\u0582\u0574  \u0562\u0578\u056c\u0578\u0580 \u056f\u056c\u0561\u057d\u056b\u056f\u0576\u0565\u0580\u0576 \u0565\u0576\u055d \u054e\u056c\u0561\u0564\u056b\u056c\u0565\u0576 \u0532\u0561\u056c\u0575\u0561\u0576,\u0533\u0565\u0582\u0578\u0580\u0563 \u0531\u0580\u0574\u0565\u0576\u0575\u0561\u0576,\u0533\u0580\u056b\u0563\u0578\u0580  \u0540\u0561\u056d\u056b\u0576\u0575\u0561\u0576...\u0546\u0578\u0582\u0562\u0561\u0580 \u0531\u057d\u056c\u0561\u0576\u0575\u0561\u0576..\u057e\u0561\u0575 \u0579\u0567,\u0577\u0583\u0578\u0569\u0565\u0581\u056b...<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">At the entrance exam for music college I played my pieces: waltzes,   foxtrots, tangos\u2026 I was admitted and put into the class of the composer   Grigor Akhinyan, whom I really owe a huge debt to.<br \/>\nYears went by, and as I was passing the state exams, the examination   board was chaired the same composer who accepted me into the college   some years ago \u2013 the famous Eduard Baghdasaryan. He looked at me for a   moment, and then he said: \u201cNoubar, look what kind of stuff you entered   with (tangos, a waltz) and what kind of things you\u2019re leaving with! I   was graduating with a string quartet and a concerto for flute and   orchestra. By the way, the concerto was performed the same year by State   Chamber Orchestra of Armenia, and then it was also performed at the   conference of Baltic and Transcaucasian Republics.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<dl class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 500px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent.ftxl1-1.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t1.0-9\/10951419_1603761676505097_5983296076031201879_n.jpg?oh=8c503735ab83b1d6f9934dfe0ae7fcb5&amp;oe=592B807E\" alt=\"\" width=\"490\" height=\"370\" \/><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\"><em><span style=\"color: #888888;\">30 January, 2015 Ram Oren\/trumpet (Israel) Ruben Asatryan\/Conductor<\/span><\/em><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">By that time I had already left the institute and I had enrolled at the   conservatory. I was composing, was married with a son. I was studying   composition in the composer\u2019s Grigor Egiazaryan\u2019s class. And in 1973, I   graduated from Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan.<br \/>\nStep by step, I was growing professionally, and my family was very   supportive. My son started learning to play the piano when he was seven   and started learning to play the trumpet later.  My daughter also   followed her Dad\u2019s footsteps: she finished the conservatory\u2019s   composition department. My wife, Alla, has been teaching music theory,   sol-fa and piano at a music school for twenty years!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<dl class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 485px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" src=\"https:\/\/scontent.ftxl1-1.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t1.0-9\/10392280_1564343557113576_7423043245065758897_n.jpg?oh=ac3e8ca2ccba44cc8daccc26f6c4b5cb&amp;oe=5931FEE1\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"277\" \/><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\"><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>\u0570\u0578\u056f\u057f\u0565\u0574\u0562\u0565\u0580,2014,\u0535\u0580\u0565\u0582\u0561\u0576::\u054f\u0580\u0578\u0574\u0562\u0578\u0576\u056b \u056f\u0578\u0576\u0581\u0565\u0580\u057f\u056b \u056f\u0561\u057f\u0561\u0580\u0578\u0582\u0574\u056b\u0581 \u0570\u0565\u057f\u0578\u055d \u0562\u0565\u0574:<\/em><\/span><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Mr. Aslanyan has lived in Israel since 1994. He mostly occupies  himself  with composing. Noubar\u2019s pieces have a distinct Armenian spirit,  while  some of them have the features of traditional Jewish music.  Besides,  he writes in multiple different styles and genres.<br \/>\nHis pieces are well-known both among performers and among students.  I  am talking about his pieces for solo instruments and vocal soloists,   choral music, music for chamber, wind and symphonic orchestras.<br \/>\nOne of his favorite styles is \u201cprogram music\u201d depicting the events   happening around us or going on in his life.  I am not exaggerating by   saying that Noubar continues the traditions of such prominent Armenian   composers as A. Khachaturian, A. Spendiarov, G. Yeghiazaryan, G.   Akhinyan, E. Oganesian, E. Mirzoyan  and others.<br \/>\nHis pieces have been performed in the USA, Canada, in the former   Yugoslavia states, Greece, Bulgaria, Sweden, Switzerland, South Korea,   Germany, on the territory of the former USSR, in Armenia, Israel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So, Israel. How did Your New Homeland Greet You?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8211; This is my  traditional question for all repatriating musicians.  Noubar, what were  your first impressions of reality in the new country  and how do you  feel about it today?<br \/>\n&#8211; Well, our occupation is the only profession which is trusted here is   Israel: people don\u2019t say we bribed someone to get our diplomas. As I had   been a member of the Union of Composers of the USSR, I was accepted   into the Union of the Composers of Israel, and I have been a member ever   since.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8211; What kind of inspiration did the land of Israel give you?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The first piece I wrote here was the sonata for solo cello   \u00abEntebbe-20\u00bb. I dedicated it to Yonatan Netanyahu, who perished in 1976   on the hostage-rescue mission\u2026 This sonata was performed at the   beginning of a festive concert dedicated to the 56th anniversary of the   independence of Israel in 2004 in Yerevan.<br \/>\nThen, I was introduced to different music bands, such as \u201cKinneret\u201d and   \u201cZamir\u201d, who started playing my quartettes; I was invited to work in   Sweden, later, I was invited to represent Israel in South Korea. My a   capella cantata \u201cThe Feast of Booths (Sukkot)\u201d was performed by Polish   Radio Choir, and I must say, this was probably the best performance of   this piece.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8211; Noubar, tell us about your friendship and cooperation with the Israel Defense Forces Orchestra.<br \/>\n&#8211; This wonderful orchestra has performed my three pieces: \u201cDream of a   Soldier\u201d, \u201cThe Speed March\u201d  and \u201cTroopers Don\u2019t Give Up\u201d. I\u2019d like to   express my gratitude to Michael Yaaran, the ex-conductor, who followed   the traditions of the famous military orchestra music performer in our   country, the conductor and composer Izhak Graziani.<br \/>\nIn 2007, the Ministry of Defense organized a contestant for the best military march.  Quote by  M. Yaaran:<br \/>\n\u201cBeing the Principal Conductor of the Israel Defense Forces Orchestra, I   had to pick the winners out of 70 pieces written by our contestants.    It was a very interesting job, but also a very challenging one. As I  was  working, I marked three marches which were different from the rest  due  to their originality and their rich, professional orchestration.  The  power and the beauty of their music reminded me of marches by  Alexander  Chernetsky, co-founder of the genre of Russian military  march.  There  was another thing I liked: all the marches by the author I  picked  resembled of traditional Armenian music. I\u2019m happy to hear he\u2019s  a famous  composer and his pieces have been performed not only in  Israel and  Armenia, but all around the world. Much health and much  inspiration to  Noubar!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<dl class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 452px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent.ftxl1-1.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t31.0-8\/12045614_10205463882461222_9160151870815851243_o.jpg?oh=33075e3544bff35fe794b055c93a3c2a&amp;oe=5925A74E\" alt=\"\" width=\"442\" height=\"295\" \/><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\"><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>\u0535\u0580\u056f\u0578\u0582 \u0585\u0580 \u0561\u057c\u0561\u057b,\u053b\u057d\u0580\u0561\u0575\u0565\u056c,\u0535\u0580\u0578\u0582\u057d\u0561\u0572\u0565\u0574\u056b \u00ab\u0546\u0578\u057f\u0580  \u0534\u0561\u0574\u00bb\u057c\u0565\u057d\u057f\u0578\u0580\u0561\u0576\u056b \u0562\u0561\u0581\u0585\u0569\u0575\u0561 \u057d\u0580\u0561\u0570\u0578\u0582\u0574, \u0540\u0561\u0575\u0561\u057d\u057f\u0561\u0576\u056b \u0540\u0575\u0578\u0582\u057a\u0561\u057f\u0578\u057d \u057a\u0580\u0576.\u0551\u0578\u0582\u056c\u0561\u0563 \u0544\u0578\u0574\u057b\u056b\u0561\u0576\u056b  \u0576\u0561\u056d\u0561\u0571\u0565\u057c\u0576\u0578\u0582\u0569\u0575\u0561\u0574\u0562 \u0576\u0577\u057e\u0565\u0581 \u0540\u0561\u0575\u0561\u057d\u057f\u0561\u0576\u056b \u0531\u0576\u056f\u0561\u056d\u0578\u0582\u0569\u0575\u0561\u0576 \u0585\u0580\u0568:\u0546\u0565\u0580\u056f\u0561 \u0567\u056b\u0576 \u0540\u0561\u0575\u0561\u057d\u057f\u0561\u0576\u0578\u0582\u0574  \u053b\u057d\u0580\u0561\u0575\u0565\u056c\u056b \u0564\u0565\u057d\u057a\u0561\u0576 \u0547\u0574\u0578\u0565\u056c \u0544\u056b\u0580\u0578\u0574\u0568 \u0565\u0582 \u0566\u0561\u0576\u0561\u0566\u0561\u0576 \u0565\u0580\u056f\u0580\u0576\u0565\u0580\u056b \u0564\u056b\u057e\u0561\u0576\u0561\u0563\u056b\u057f\u0561\u056f\u0561\u0576 \u056f\u0578\u0580\u057a\u0578\u0582\u057d\u056b  \u0576\u0565\u0580\u056f\u0561\u0575\u0561\u0581\u0578\u0582\u0581\u056b\u0579\u0576\u0565\u0580,\u0570\u0578\u0563\u0565\u0582\u0578\u0580\u0561\u056f\u0561\u0576\u0576\u0565\u0580:\u0546\u056f\u0561\u0580\u0578\u0582\u0574\u055d \u0540\u0575\u0578\u0582\u057a\u0561\u057f\u0578\u057d \u0544\u0578\u0574\u0578\u057b\u056b\u0561\u0576\u056b  \u0578\u0580\u0564\u056b\u0576,\u0540\u0575\u0578\u0582\u057a\u0561\u057f\u0578\u057d\u0568,\u0556\u0580\u0561\u0576\u057d\u056b\u0561\u0575\u056b \u0570\u0575\u0578\u0582\u057a\u0561\u057f\u0578\u057d\u0568 \u0565\u0582 &#8230;<\/em><\/span><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Author\u2019s remark.<br \/>\nAs a token of gratitude and respect to the military orchestra and to   Michael Yaaran, Noubar Aslanyan wrote the piece \u201cA Walk\u201d, which he gave   as a gift to the orchestra and their conductor. The original note sheet   is a part of  Michael Yaaran\u2019s musical archive. The composer named his   piece \u201cA Walk\u201d as he believes that apart from the duty to defend their   country, the soldiers have their private lives: their families, their   girlfriends and their hometown they keep going back to. In short, it\u2019s   all very lyrical\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Seven Most Important Pieces<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8211; Noubar, you are a composer writing all sorts of genres. Do you find some of your pieces to be of primary importance?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8211; First of  all, it\u2019s my \u201cCantata for a mixed choir\u201d, my three  instrumental  concertos (for clarinet, trumpet, and for trombone), string  quartet  (which I dedicated to my parents), the \u201cElegy\u201d for string  instruments  and piano (which I dedicated to my mother) and the Sonata  for the  piano. All of these are what I call my program pieces. However,  to me,  all of my pieces are like my children, I love all of them  equally.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8211; I know about your friendship and communication with many musicians in Armenia, the country that you are very fond of.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8211; I used to  work as principal conductor of a wind orchestra, but my work  was not  only limited to music. I also was a MP and I helped many.  And  I\u2019ve  been helped by many as well. Probably, the Lord sees it all and  repays  us. My daughter went to Yerevan to for the oral defense of her  thesis.  As she came back to Haifa, she told me:  \u201cDad, your voters are  looking  for you!\u201d<br \/>\nI communicate with a lot of musicians and conductors.  You\u2019ve mentioned   the many concerts I\u2019ve had in Yerevan. Whenever I\u2019m there, there are   always meetings, long talks\u2026 Today, we are lucky to have these new   opportunities for communication. It certainly gives us more freedom.   It\u2019s like Armenia got a bit closer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8211; Tell us something about your meetings with famous performers, conductors and composers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8211; I\u2019ll tell a  funny one. It happened in 1972 in Moscow at the All-Union  Plenary  Meeting of Young Composers at the House of Composers of the  USSR.<br \/>\nOn the first floor, they were selling notes and records. A friend tipped   me that they had the vinyl records of the fourteenth symphony by   Shostakovich \u2013 the new one.<br \/>\nI nearly worshipped this composer! I ran downstairs and bought three   records at once. As I came back up to the hall, all of a sudden I saw   three great composers of the time: D. Kabalevsky, T. Khrennikov, A.   Khachaturian and beside them was\u2026  Dmitriy Shostakovich!<br \/>\nMy first thought was I\u2019d go and ask Shostakovich to sign a vinyl, as I   wanted his autograph! But\u2026 I was a scaredy-cat and couldn\u2019t make myself   come near him. I\u2019ve been regretting ever since.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">***<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Quote by Noubar\u2019s spouse, Alla:<br \/>\n\u201cNoubar is a gifted and a hard-working man. As his wife, I\u2019ve been   trying to maintain his comfort, so that nothing would distract him when   he works. \u201cSilence, Daddy\u2019s writing music!\u201d were the words our kids   heard very often. But I am also a professional musician and I\u2019ve always   been my husband\u2019s first audience. However, as the kids grew up and   became musicians as well, Noubar received three new spectators and   judges \u2013 the kindest ones! Apart from being a good husband, Noubar is a   great father and grandfather!<br \/>\n***<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<dl class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 468px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent.ftxl1-1.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t31.0-8\/11001674_10204105130413270_1291400544430837374_o.jpg?oh=40533b1b26795ba077cfd7272fab4bc3&amp;oe=5965D433\" alt=\"\" width=\"458\" height=\"343\" \/><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\"><em><span style=\"color: #888888;\">In 2013, 20 of April, with soloist Ram Oren in Tel Aviv museum, after my Concertino.<\/span><\/em><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">On April  24th, 2015, the world commemorated the 100th anniversary of the   Genocide of Armenians. A series of concerts was dedicated to this sad   event. One of the most memorable ones was the<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">one of the National   Philharmonic Orchestra with their principal conductor and artistic   director, Eduard Topchjan who is also a Meritorious Worker of Art of   Armenia. Here is what he says:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cNoubar  Aslanyan is a very interesting composer, a very original one.  He has  mastered multiple musical genres. Many of his greatest pieces  have been  performed in Armenia. I was the one who arranged the premiere  of his  \u201cConcert-poem\u201d for trumpet and symphonic orchestra, which was  dedicated  to the genocide of the Armenian nation in 1915. The solo was  performed  by the wonderful Israeli trumpeter Ram Oren who was very easy  to  communicate and work with. It was a big success\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Let\u2019s now listen to Ram Oren:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8211; I was  honored to be the first performer of his concert-poem \u201cThe  Braves of  Sipan\u201d for trumpet and orchestra in Armenia in 2015. Noubar\u2019s  music  cannot go unnoticed, it charms you and it keeps you on the edge of  your  seat.<br \/>\nI did my best to both convey the composer\u2019s idea and to put my own   emotions into the piece I was performing. I hope I did it right: judging   by the Armenian spectators\u2019 reaction, they were deeply moved by the   music.<br \/>\nI wish much of inspiration to Noubar. We, the musicians of Israel, are   looking forward to many interesting pieces, and I\u2019d be delighted to   perform any of his new pieces for the trumpet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A Colleague about a Colleague: Boris Levenberg, Composer<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It so  happens that Noubar Aslanyan and I have something in common apart  from  being colleagues: we both had some absorption problems as we   repatriated to Israel in the aliyah of the 90th, and<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">we happened to be   neighbors. I remember our Saturday walks through our part of Haifa. I   felt like I met an interesting guy whose views on music and composition   were very close to mine. It was nice to know we both hummed the same   favorite tunes from Shostakovich\u2019s symphonies! I was also charmed by his   great sense of humor. You see, I first got acquainted with Noubar as a   person, and I heard his music later. However, as I listened to his   pieces, I wasn\u2019t disappointed: on the contrary, it made me like him and   respect him even more.  The world of Noubar\u2019s music struck me by the   number of different genres, I was stunned with Noubar\u2019s serious approach   to composing and by everything he achieved. In his music, I feel his   deep love to Armenian folk motives which is very natural for Noubar.   Many of his pieces are tragic, as is the fate of this ancient, most   wonderful and hard-working nation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<dl class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 481px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent.ftxl1-1.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t1.0-9\/319990_10150352937121046_119443733_n.jpg?oh=a5ad7c8341bf6bf48acdcde0cd4bbaec&amp;oe=592CD348\" alt=\"\" width=\"471\" height=\"314\" \/><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\"><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>At my exhibition opening ceremony in Yerevan (1988). \u2014 mit Vahan Atyav, Shahen Khachateryan, Jack Hagopyan, Noubar Aslanyan<\/em><\/span><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Moving and Insightful Music<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To understand the composer and to learn more about his music, I went to youtube and\u2026 I spent a long time there.<br \/>\nThe concerto for trombone, the \u201cElegy\u201d for four trumpets, the \u201cWalk\u201d we   talked about, the sonata for cello solo, the sonata for flute and oboe,   the poem for trumpet\u2026 And the concerto for clarinet. This is where I   can\u2019t help admiring the music itself and the performance by the   Symphonic Orchestra and their soloist Jeffry Howard! I can relate to   him, being a clarinetist myself. Having watched the video, I sent a   short note of gratitude to Jeffrey. The very next day I got a message   from him:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Dear Boris,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Concerning  my performance of Noubar Aslanyan\u2019s concerto, I\u2019d like to say  that I am  on good terms with this amazing man and great composer. For  several  years, I\u2019ve had the pleasure to play some of his pieces. I  usually  followed his recommendations and played them the way he wanted.  Noubar  is a very subtle musician and a great person. His music often has   challenging technique, but it\u2019s not only about technique. The slow   parts are very moving and very insightful.<br \/>\nBefore Noubar wrote his clarinet concerto, I performed his<br \/>\n\u201cElegy\u201d for clarinet &#8211; and loved it. The music is amazing.<br \/>\nSome more details about the clarinet concerto.<br \/>\nThe first part and the third part are typical examples of Noubar\u2019s   unique style as you feel his love to his native Armenia and to Armenian   folk motives.  It gave me a huge inspiration, and as I played, I was   trying to feel the music, to picture Armenia as a county and a nation.   To feel it the way he feels, you know?  By doing that, I\u2019ve almost felt   like I was Armenian myself. And I enjoyed this transformation a lot!<br \/>\nWe went to Armenia to perform this concerto there with the National   Symphonic Orchestra. It was a grand success. It\u2019s big honor for me and   these are memories for a lifetime. I will always be proud of these   memories.<br \/>\nYou should have seen how we landed in Yerevan! Noubar was bursting with   joy and happiness! And he passed this love to me by his music. I   couldn\u2019t help but love this country after I met his many friends and   colleagues, some really nice people. Still inspired by that, I am   planning to visit this country once again and to bring my family with   me. I hope we do perform something else with the wonderful Armenian   orchestra I will be always grateful to Noubar for his wonderful music!<br \/>\nJeffrey Howard<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">***<br \/>\nNoubar\u2019s son Armen is a wonderful trumpeter. Like his parents, he lives   in Haifa, this great coastal city in the North which is sometimes   referred to as Israel\u2019s unofficial Northern capital. He is a   conservatory teacher and a member of a symphonic orchestra and a jazz   band. Here is what he says:<br \/>\n\u201cIf it wasn\u2019t for my father, I wouldn\u2019t become the musician and the man I am today!<br \/>\nAs a child, I played in a wind orchestra and my Dad was the conductor. He dedicated some of his pieces for trumpet to me.<br \/>\nE.g., I played Dad\u2019s five \u2013part album at the concert in Haifa Auditorium in 2013.<br \/>\nI play both classical music and jazz with a great pleasure. The most important thing for me is the quality of the music.<br \/>\nI play my father\u2019s pieces rather often. My father loves jazz, especially   if jazz music is linked with folk melodies. I can relate to him, so   we\u2019re same here.<br \/>\nI am proud of my father and I love him very much.<br \/>\n***<br \/>\nA nice resume, isn\u2019t it?..<br \/>\n(This article has been shortened)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.liveinternet.ru\/users\/3166161\/post409732772\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.liveinternet.ru<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Noubar Aslanyan: The Composer by Boris Turchinsky Armenia\u2026 A silent question, A soul of love, the only one, You have been carved from women\u2019s tears From stones, and sorrows, and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/norkhosq.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/norkhosq.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/norkhosq.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norkhosq.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norkhosq.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28509"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/norkhosq.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28546,"href":"https:\/\/norkhosq.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28509\/revisions\/28546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/norkhosq.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norkhosq.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norkhosq.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}