A multi-faceted celebration of the 150th birthday of the \u201csoul of Armenian music,\u201d Father Komitas Vartabed .<\/p>\n
\u201c[Komitas] …singlehandedly laid the foundations for Armenia\u2019s classical tradition. And as a collector and arranger of folksongs, he did for Armenia what Bart\u00f3k did for Hungary, turning simple material into bewitchingly sophisticated polyphony. After a Komitas concert in Paris, Claude Debussy declared that on the basis of a single song, he deserved to be recognised as a great composer.\u201d (The Guardian<\/em>)<\/p>\n Amici Chamber Ensemble has a 30-year legacy of innovative, evocative programming and a passion for presenting the best chamber music and musicians. Artistic Directors clarinetist Joaquin Valdepe\u00f1as, cellist David Hetherington, and pianist Serouj Kradjian invite some of the finest musicians to join them in celebrating friendship through music.<\/p>\n At this special concert, Amici will be joined by baritone Russell Braun, renowned for his luminous voice \u201ccapable of the most powerful explosions as well as the gentlest covered notes\u201d (The<\/em>\u00a0Toronto Star<\/em>), soprano Lynn Isnar, violinist Mark Fewer, violist Barry Shiffman, Elmer Iseler Singers, Canadian Children\u2019s Opera Company, Canadian Children\u2019s Opera Company, Young Voices Toronto, and Hamazkayin Toronto \u201cErepuni\u201d Dance Ensemble.<\/p>\n Co-presented with Amici Chamber Ensemble<\/em><\/p>\n Performers:<\/p>\n Amici Chamber Ensemble Mark Fewer, violin Elmer Iseler Singers A multi-faceted celebration of the 150th birthday of the \u201csoul of Armenian music,\u201d Father Komitas Vartabed . \u201c[Komitas] …singlehandedly laid the foundations for Armenia\u2019s classical tradition. And as a collector and arranger of folksongs, he did for Armenia what Bart\u00f3k did for Hungary, turning simple material into bewitchingly sophisticated polyphony. After a Komitas concert in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":62592,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[5052],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/62591"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62591"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/62591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62593,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/62591\/revisions\/62593"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62591"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=62591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nRussell Braun, baritone
\nLynn Isnar, soprano<\/p>\n
\nBarry Shiffman, viola<\/p>\n
\nCanadian Children\u2019s Opera Company
\nYoung Voices Toronto
\nHamazkayin Toronto \u201cErepuni\u201d Dance Ensemble<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"