June 15 (Saturday), at 7 pm
 Arno Babajanyan Concert Hall

POGOSSIAN FAMILY ENSEMBLE

• Movses Pogossian, violin
• Varty Manouelian, violin
• Cara Pogossian, viola
• Edvard Pogossian, cello
• Anoush Pogossian, clarinet

• Guest artist: Artur Avanesov, piano

Program

J. Haydn
String Quartet Op. 76 No. 3, “Emperor”
R. Schumann
Märchenerzählungen (Fairy Tales), Op. 132
A. Avanesov
Piano Trio “Tre-Sonate” (2022)
W. A. Mozart
Clarinet Quintet in A Major, KV 581

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐠𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐄𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞 is a family of classical musicians that frequently plays chamber music together in a variety of concert settings. They often perform to support Music for Food, a Boston-based non-profit which raises awareness for food shortages, and shares the powerful role music can play as a catalyst for change. During the recent pandemic, the family produced several online concerts, performing repertoire ranging from Mozart, Bartók, and Komitas to world premieres by Aida Shirazi, Ian Krouse, Artashes Kartalyan, and Timo Andres, written for the Ensemble.

Cellist 𝐄𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐏𝐨𝐠𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 was recently appointed Professor of Cello at the Royal Northern College of Music (UK), and is a member of the award-winning “Trio Isimsiz”. Named Overall Winner of the 2022 Tunbridge Wells International Music Competition, he has recently released his first solo CD on Linn Records, “Journey through Armenia”, which includes a world premiere of Tigran Hamasyan’s Cello Sonata written for him. Edvard tours with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and often performs as guest Principal Cellist with The Royal Northern Sinfonia (UK) and other European orchestras. He holds degrees from The Juilliard School, Royal College of Music, Royal Academy of Music, and The Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel.

𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐏𝐨𝐠𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 (Boston), a graduate of The New England Conservatory and The Curtis Institute of Music, is a sought after solo, chamber, and orchestral performer. She is Principal Violist of the Portland Symphony Orchestra (ME), and recently performed Bartók’s Viola Concerto in Jordan Hall as winner of the NEC Concerto Competition. She has performed at the Marlboro, Ravinia, Taos, and Perlman Music Programs and Festivals, and is also featured on the Delos label’s recording of E. Schulhoff’s chamber music.

A U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, clarinetist 𝐀𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐏𝐨𝐠𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 (New York) is pursuing her graduate studies at The Juilliard School, having completed her Bachelors in Psychology with honors at Columbia University. She is an avid performer of new music in solo and chamber settings, and is a long-time participant of the Yellow Barn Music Festival. Anoush is a teaching fellow through Juilliard’s Office of Community Engagement, working regularly as a teacher in K-12 public schools throughout NYC as well as in Juilliard’s Music Advancement Program.

Violinist 𝐕𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 is a member of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, as well as a Lecturer of Violin at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. A prizewinner of several international violin competitions, Varty has concertized widely internationally, and performed with many luminaries in chamber music settings such as Kim Kashkashian, Thomas Adès, Sergei Babayan, and members of the Juilliard, Guarneri, Tokyo, Brentano, Borromeo, and Mendelssohn string quartets. In addition to music, Varty’s biggest passions are her dogs Sophie and Mia, and the joys of hiking in nature, especially with her family.

𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐠𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 is an award-winning violinist and prizewinner of several international competitions. Harboring a special affinity for chamber and new music, he has premiered over 100 works, and has collaborated with some of the world’s greatest living composers such as György Kurtág, Tigran Mansurian, Kaja Saariaho, Gabriela Lena Frank, and many others. A committed educator and organizer, he is a Distinguished Professor of Violin at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, Founder/Advisor of the UCLA Armenian Music Program, and was the founder and artistic director of the Dilijan Chamber Music Series for 15 seasons. His multiple recordings on the New Focus, ECM, and Bridge labels have received critical acclaim.

𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐫 𝐀𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐯 is a composer, performer, and assistant professor of music at the American University of Armenia. Previously he was the chair of the Department of Musical Composition at the Yerevan State Conservatory where he previously studied piano and composition, and pursued postgraduate studies in composition. In 2005, he earned a Doctor of Arts degree with his research on Zen Buddhism in the music of the 20th century. Avanesov took piano master classes as a member of the Lucerne Festival Academy in Switzerland, and with Ensemble Recherche in Freiburg, Germany. He collaborated and performed with world-renowned musicians including Pierre Boulez, Krzystof Penderecki, Rohan de Saram, Kim Kashkashian, Anja Lechner, Vladimir Chernov, Tony Arnold, Tigran Mansurian, Movses Pogossian. His chamber, vocal, choral and piano compositions have been performed internationally, and recorded on major labels such as Deutsche Grammophon, Brilliant Classics, New Focus, Albany Records, etc. As a composer and performer, Avanesov contributed to the foundation of a number of Armenian and international contemporary music ensembles, and as a musicologist, his scholarship appeared in various publications.

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