On Gomidas Songs, the Armenian-Canadian soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian examines the legacy of Gomidas Vardabet, a well-traveled composer who made it his life's work to seek out, transcribe, and re-interpret the ancient liturgy, songs, lullabies, hymns, and folk dances of his Armenian homeland - more...
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Tango Notturno
For her latest recording for CBC RECORDS, the multi-talented Armenian-Canadian soprano ISABEL BAYRAKDARIAN turns her versatile voice to the sultry and steamy world of Tango - more...
First
prize winner of the prestigious Plácido Domingo
"Operalia" Competition in 2000 and a recipient
of the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee medal, Canadian
Armenian soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian made an impressive
series of appearances in the 2003/2004 season, including
return engagements at Chicago Lyric Opera and Los Angeles
Opera as Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro, and at the Metropolitan
Opera as Teresa in Benvenuto Cellini. She made a critically
acclaimed debut at San Diego Opera as Leila in Les Pêcheurs
de Perles and performed recitals and concerts in Toronto
with Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Tafelmusik (a program
of Cleopatra arias, which was recorded for her 3rd CD
with CBC Records), Vancouver, New York, Minnesota, Atlanta
and San Francisco...READ
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Juno-winning
Canadian-Armenian pianist Serouj Kradjian has been described
as "a keyboard acrobat" of "crystal virtuosity",
having "fiery temperament and elegant sound"
with "a technique to burn." Mr. Kradjian has
a wide-ranging concert career throughout Europe and
North America. Serouj Kradjian's concert performances
have included Rachmaninov's Second and Third Piano Concerti
with the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra, the Shostakovitch
First Concerto in Madrid, both Liszt Piano Concertos
with Germany's Göttingen Symphony, the Khachaturian
Piano Concerto in Toronto, Mozart performances with
the Vancouver and Edmonton Symphonies, and his recital
debut at Carnegie Hall, New York. Solo and chamber music
recitals have taken Mr. Kradjian from such Canadian
cities as Toronto (Roy Thomson Hall and Toronto Centre
for the Arts), Montreal, Ottawa, Vancouver....READ
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FINE
WINE &
SPIRITS
THE
BEGINNING..
There are many legends abouts the origin of
wine, and practically each winemaking region
has its own beautiful story.
According to the most realistic story in the
Bible, Noah came down from the top of Ararat
Mountain in Armenia and planted the first grape
vine. By this, he set the precedent for Viticulture.
Winemaking chronicles in Armenia are as old
as the Viticulture in the country. According
to the Greek's ancient history,premium quality
wines were being exported from Armenia about
two thousand years ago.
One of the leaders of wine-producing enterprises
in Armenia is Ijevan Wine Factory. Being located
in the northeast region of Armenia, its organic
vineyards have favorable climatic conditions
for the growth of the European varieties of
grapes such as Rkatsiteli, Aligote, Cabernet,
Pinu, etc. From these grapes premium champagne
wine-materials and unique wines are made. Ijevan
Wine factory exports its wines to the Baltic
States, The Ukraine, France, USA, Canada and
the Russian Federation.
At international tasting events, wines of Ijevan
have been awarded Golden and Silver medals and
Honorary Diplomas.
