Longing and Belonging
Eve Egoyan weaves a dialogue between memory, travel, and creation in a piano program featuring composers from Armenia and the diaspora.
Free online reservations starting Friday, May 8 at 1:00 PM.
Description
Canadian pianist Eve Egoyan presents Longing and Belonging, a musical program that explores her Armenian heritage.
The program reflects Eve Egoyan’s personal journey, exploring the intersection of her Armenian heritage and her piano practice. Born in Canada to Armenian parents, she traveled to Armenia in 2022 and connected with the music of contemporary composers.
She performs works by Komitas Vardapet and composers from Armenia and the diaspora: Vatche Sharatyan, Mary Kouyoumdjian, Narine Khachatryan, Boghos Gelalian, Tigran Mansurian, and Egoyan herself. Through this music, she seeks a space between memory and the present, creating her own musical universe.
Program
Tigran Mansurian (b. 1939) Lullaby for the Knight (2010)
Vatche Sharafyan (b. 1966) excerpts from Goat Rite (2014)
Boghos Gelalian (1927-2011) Tre Cicli (1969)
Mary Kouyoumdjian (b. 1983-) Aghavni (Doves) (2009)
Narine Khachatryan (b. 1979) 4 Monodien fur Klavier (2011)
Eve Egoyan (b. 1964) Ghosts beneath my Fingertips (for Viva) (2020)
Komitas Vardapet (1869-1935) Seven Dances for Piano
Eve Egoyan
Eve Egoyan is an internationally acclaimed Armenian-Canadian artist whose medium is the piano, and whose work focuses on contemporary creation, collaboration, and cultural dialogue. She has released many critically acclaimed solo recordings, including landmark interpretations of music by Canadian composers such as Ann Southam, which have been lauded by The Globe and Mail and The New Yorker. Deeply committed to equity in contemporary music, she is a leading advocate for gender representation and an important cultural ambassador between Canada and the global music community. Eve Egoyan continually reimagines the piano as a living, responsive instrument, presenting Canadian and international works on stages worldwide.
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