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New Music in Armenia

Tom Service explores the latest in new music from Armenia. Plus the latest new releases.

An exploration of new music from Armenia. We hear from composers and directors of the Assonance Ensemble, Aram Hovhannisyan and Sergey Umroyan, as well as vocalist and a director of the Notations Festival in Yerevan Lusine MLKE-Galstyan.

Plus the latest BBC recordings and new releases. Presented by Tom Service.

Producer: Michael Rossi.

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Music Played

  • Andriesh Gandrabur

    Cosmic Silence

    Composer: Simona Markevich. Performer: Lilia Voskanyan. Performer: Hayk Karoyi. Performer: Grigor Budaghyan. Performer: Tigran Suchyan. Performer: Simona Markevich.
    • And Sound Moves Toward Silence: The Great Cosmic Silence Notations Laboratory #1.
    • HOSQ.
    • 1.

  • Unsuk Chin

    Subito con forza

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leslie Suganandarajah.

  • Christian Wolff

    Not on the Screen (for solo piano)

    Performer: Tim Parkinson.

  • Varder Baghdasaryan

    The Rite of Passage (for ensemble and electronics)

    Ensemble: Notations Ensemble 2026. Conductor: Zygmund De Somogyi.

  • Fe

    Impro 1 bass duduk

    Composer: Hayk Karoyi. Performer: Hayk Karoyi.
    • Khaz.
    • FE.
    • 2.

  • Avet Terterian

    Symphony No. 3: II (second movement)

    Orchestra: Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Loris Tjeknavorian.
    • Terterian Symphonies 3 and 4.
    • ASV.
    • 2.

  • Simona Markevich

    Chord 87 II II III O

    Performer: Simona Markevich.

  • Traditional Armenian

    Mer Tagvor [Մեր Թագվոր]

    Music Arranger: Tiezerk. Ensemble: Tiezerk.

  • Andrew Hamilton

    Proclamation of the Republic

    Choir: Exaudi. Conductor: James Weeks.
    • Pocket Universe.
    • NMC.
    • 2.

  • Sergey Umroyan

    Lockdown

    Performer: Jason Pegis.
    • Lockdown.
    • ANM Media.
    • 1.

  • Арам Оганесян

    Synopsis

    Ensemble: Ensemble Assonance. Conductor: Artur Akshelyan.

  • Anna Sakhlyan

    Untitled

    Performer: Anna Sakhlyan.

  • Napoleon Poghosyan

    Neumatic Roots

    Ensemble: Notations Ensemble 2025.
    • And Sound Moves Toward Silence: The Great Cosmic Silence Notations Laboratory #1.
    • Hosq.
    • 1.

  • Lusine MLKE-Galistyan

    5 in 4/2

    Composer: Sonya Ovchinnikova. Performer: Lusine MLKE-Galistyan. Performer: Sonya Ovchinnikova.

  • Mileta Ghazanchyan

    Dissonant Mind

    Ensemble: Notations Ensemble 2025.

  • Simona Markevich

    The No-man's rose

    Performer: Hayk Karoyi. Performer: Ashot Ghazar. Performer: Davit Aydiyan.

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