Jean-Paul Gasparian - Babadjanian, Gasparian, Khachaturian & Komitas: Origins (CD)

Details: In 2022 the pianist Jean-Paul Gasparian completed his first album for naive dedicated to Debussy by a transcription made by his father - Rondes de printemps, the third of Debussy's Images for orchestra. It foreshadowed this new musical journey, going to the heart of Armenia, enhanced by the figure of Sayat-Nova, of central importance for the Armenian nation. From his instrument, the kamancheh, this bard and ashik of the 18th century distills all his poetic skill through songs that became one of the bases of Armenian culture.