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04-Jul-2014
Video: Nick Ariondo, Memorial Concert Tribute to Edward Hosharian - USAby Harley Jones |
 Video Published on Jun 12, 2014.The Edward Hosharian/Nick Ariondo "Accordion Concerto in G Minor" for accordion and orchestra evolved through many years of working and collaborating together. The three separate movements: Maestoso-Allegro con fuoco, Lento con espressione, Danza Viva, showcase the accordion's massive range, diversification and challenging virtuoso style. Upon Edward Hosharian's passing in 1990, Ariondo finished the incomplete 1st and 3rd movements, adding a second movement for final completion. The accordion concerto is composed in a modern contemporary style with shades of Khatchaturian, Prokofiev and Shostakovich, embodying the melodic inventiveness of Armenian folk music with the dramatic and rhapsodic Russian classic idiom. Armenian pianist Gevork Gyulatyan has an enormous reputation and plays the orchestral accompaniment with Nick Ariondo in this video of the Memorial Concert Tribute to Edward Hosharian. Edward Hosharian first heard Nick performing at the famous Russian-Armenian Kavkaz nightclub-restaurant in West Hollywood where a mutual respect and a longtime friendship transpired. Hosharian, born in Kiev, Russia, of Armenian parents, was a highly educated teacher, musician, conductor, composer and founder/director of the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra (Hosharian featured Ariondo as soloist with the orchestra as well as an orchestra member). |