Friday, February 24th, 2023, 7:30 pm
Piano on Park Live presents:
Hayk Arsenyan (piano)
SOLER’S WORLD
ANTONIO SOLER (1729 - 1783)
Sonata M2 in C Minor
Sonata M1 in C Minor
Sonata M4 in C Minor
Sonata M12 in C Minor
Sonata M9 in D Major
Sonata M8 in D Minor
Sonata R111 in D Major
Sonata M17 in E Minor
Sonata M13 in B-flat Major
Sonata R119 in B-flat Major
Sonata M21 in G Minor
Fandango in D Minor
2023 marks the 240th anniversary since Padre Antonio Soler’s death, a prominent composer of 18th Spain, bridging late baroque and pre-classical eras. Hayk Arsenyan, a scholar of 18th century Iberian music will present a program of Antonio Soler’s sonatas and his controversial Fandango. This recital will present the program in support of the newly released book “El Mundo de Soler”, which was published by the Boileau Editorial de Musica in Barcelona in May, 2022.
About:
New York based pianist Hayk Arsenyan has appeared in numerous recitals throughout Europe, Asia and the Americas, in venues such as Carnegie Hall (New York), Salle Cortot (Paris), Cadillac-Shanghai Concert Hall (China), Kumin Hall (Tokyo), Petranka Mozarteum (Prague), Auditorio Delibes (Valladolid), Dar-Al-Assad Opera House (Damascus), Sala Cervantes (Havana), MoBU (Sao Paolo), Tchaikovsky Hall (Moscow), Philippines National Museum (Bacolod), and televised recitals at the Dame Myra Hess Concert Series in Chicago, the Phillips Collection Series in Washington DC and at the Nixon Presidential Museum in Los Angeles.
At the age of 11 Mr. Arsenyan made his debut at the Armenian Philharmonic performing his own Requiem for the piano and orchestra. At the age of 17, he made his European debut as a soloist with the Radio France National Philharmonic Orchestra and was awarded a platinum medal by the City of Paris. In 2007, Mr. Arsenyan debuted at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall performing with Pinchas Zukerman and the Manhattan Chamber Sinfonia.
A long-time professor at NYU Tisch School, Dr. Arsenyan has presented guest lectures and masterclasses at universities and conservatories around the globe, such as University of Antioquia in Medellin, Colombia, the Hong Kong University, Waseda University in Tokyo, Manhattan School of Music in NY, University of Texas in Austin, and National Conservatory in Damascus. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from the University of Iowa and a Master’s degree from the Gnessins Music Academy in Moscow. In 2007 he received a full-tuition Yevgeny Kissin award for Professional Studies at Manhattan School of Music in New York. Mr. Arsenyan also studied the piano at École Normale Supérieure de Musique de Paris Alfred Cortot.
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