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Petros Shoujounian "Group of Seven" Musical Exhibition for Two Piano
This music is published by J.W. Pepper
Concert performance – December 6 th , 2023 Salle Bourgie, 1339 Sherbrooke St W, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1G2
Performers
Pianist Louise Bessette –Â http://www.louisebessette.com/english/
Pianist Corey Hamm –Â https://coreyhammpiano.com/
Petros Shoujounian Twelve Etudes for Two Violins (2017)
Komitas museum concert hall
Anna Petrosyan violin
Diana Sagasyan violin
Recording produced by Sergey Umroyan
This music is published by Armenian national Music.
Petros Shoujounian Twelve Etudes for Two Violins (2017)
Arno Babajanyan Concert Hall
Narek Sahakyan violin
Narek Sahakyan violin
Recording produced by Sergey Umroyan
This music is published by J.W Pepper
Petros Shoujounian Piano Trio No 5, 6, 7
Piano Trio No 5
Shahane Aghakaryan piano
Gevorg Gasparian violin
Vahe Danielyan cello
Piano Trio No 6
Olya Hovhannisyan piano
Narek Sahakyan violin
Mikayel Navasardyan cello
Piano Trio No 7
Zaruhi Karamijyan piano
Gevorg Gasparian violin
Vahe Danielyan cello
Recording produced by Sergey Umroyan
This music is published by J.W Pepper
Petros Shoujounian Piano Trio No 2, 3, 4
Piano Trio No 2
Olya Hovhannisyan piano
Narek Sahakyan violin
Mikayel Navasardyan cello
Piano Trio No 3
Shahane Aghakaryan piano
Gevorg Gasparian violin
Vahe Danielyan cello
Piano Trio No 4
Zaruhi Karamijyan piano
Narek Sahakyan violin
Mikayel Navasardyan cello
Recording produced by Sergey Umroyan
This music is published by J.W Pepper
Petros Shoujounian Six Cello Duos
Cello Duos
Six Movements
Arno Babajanyan Concert Hall
Petros Shoujounian
Six Cello Duos
David Voskanyan cello
David Pitchikyan cello
Recording produced by Sergey Umroyan
This music is published by J.W Pepper
Petros Shoujounian Six Melodies for Cello Quartet
Cello Quartet
Six Movements
Arno Babajanyan Concert Hall
Petros Shoujounian
Six Melodies for Cello Quartet
Mikayel Navasardyan cello
Vahe Danielyan cello
David Pitchikyan cello
David Voskanyan cello
Recording produced by Sergey Umroyan
This music is published by J.W Pepper
Tork Angegh
Piano 4 hands
5 movement
This music is published by ‘’Armenian National Music inc.’’
Performed at ‘’ Komitas Museum’’ in Armenia.
Performers; Anahit Dilbaryan / Lika Zakaryan pianists
The full income of this publication goes to help the wounded soldiers from the last war in Artsakh.
Thank you
Petros Shoujounian
Composer
Twelve Duos for Trombones
Petros Shoujounian, an Armenian/Canadian composer has written Twelve Duos for Trombones based on the folksong collection of the Armenian priest Komitas, known as the founder of the Armenian national school of music and one of the pioneers of ethnomusicology.
Twelve Duos for Trumpets
Petros Shoujounian, an Armenian/Canadian composer has written Twelve Duos for Trumpets based on the folksong collection of the Armenian priest Komitas, known as the founder of the Armenian national school of music and one of the pioneers of ethnomusicology.
Twelve Duos for Tubas
Petros Shoujounian, Armenian/Canadian composer has written Twelve Duos for Tubas based on the folksong collection of the Armenian priest Komitas, known as the founder of the Armenian national school of music and one of the pioneers of ethnomusicology.
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Five Musical Moments for Brass Quintet
Five Musical Moments for Brass Quintet by Petros Shoujounian is a work of contrasts. Each movement inspired by Armenian folk song is unique and different from the others, yet they have an integrated feeling when performed as a whole work.
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Twelve Concert Duos for Two Violins
These concert duos composed in a very short time, having a unique source of inspiration for each piece. They were named after being composed, according to the natural phenomenon that inspired it. At the core of the melodies lies Armenian Sacred Music from 10th to 15th century.
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Twelve Folk Duets for Two Horns
Twelve Folk Duets for Two Horns was composed by Petros Shoujounian in 2018.
They are based on ancient Armenian folk songs from Van region (Western Armenia).
Those songs were collected by musicologist Bedros Alahaydoyan.
Petros Shoujounian brought to life to those beautiful melodies using the horn’s vocal quality.
"VAN, VANA, VANE, VANI"
STRING QUARTET
Bell Arménie
Orchestre Symphonique de Laval
2 Mars 2019
Église Saint – Maurice – de – Duvernay. 15h/ 3pm
Avec la participation Société littéraire de Laval
QUATUOR RHAPSODIE
Amélie Lamontagne violon
Ana Drobac violon
Nayiri Piloyan alto
Sophie Coderre cello
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Molinari String Quartet presents String Quartets No 3, 4, 5, 6
Petros Shoujounian – Composer
To commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
Armenian's Ark of Music. Part 1: The Heritage
Petros Shoujounian – Composer
Fine Art Music Company
Saturday, 4/16/2016, ARMENIA’S ARK OF MUSIC concert at Saint Mark’s Church
Sunday, 4/17/2016, ARMENIA’S ARK OF MUSIC concert at the Ethical Society Building
Dzez (1982)
Percussion, piano
Performers: Rober Leroux, percussion; Luise-Andree Baril, piano
Composer’s Note: This work is dedicated to my composition professor Gilles Tremblay’s 50th birthday, which was celebrated in Montreal in 1980. This is a 5-minute, energetic performance by piano and xylophone based on a rhythm of 5 and his favorite note, the F sharp.
Le jeu (1986)
Trio for piano, violin and cello
Performers: Dorothy Martirano, violin; Edward Willet, cello; Virginia Mitchell, piano
Composer’s Note:Â This work is composed for violin, cello and piano. Strings are specially tuned, either 1/4 tone up or 1/4 tone down, to give a new color to the music. Imagine a certain note playing and at the same time hearing three different sounds. Another different approach in this work is the use of performers as vocalists. The objective of this work is to play (jeu, jouer) as much as I could with a lot of varieties. Every time you play this work, it will sound different because of its special form and idea.
Arevagale (Rising Sun) (1991)
Trio for alto bassoon, cor French horn
Composer’s note:Â Sunrise represents an unending renewed source of life of all human beings, and unfortunately those who banish it from their inner lives live as shadows, sad and colorless. However, those who greet the rising star with enthusiasm, are nourished by the energy of its light, and are enriched with self-confidence, happiness and freedom.
Artzakh (1994)
Performers: Ensemble d’ondes de Montreal
Kour (1986) String quartet
Performes:
String Quartet of I Musici de Montreal
Rondo form, 4 couplet, 12 tone music with special tuning of instruments, 1/2 tone up and down, lot of sound effects, music experimental.
Composer’s Note:Â I try to describe the beauty of the river Kour that flows between Armenia and Georgia. Kour is a wild and noisy river in the mountains, and has a big influence on communities that live around it. The structure of this music makes you feel immediately the wild and noisy nature of the river. The rhythms are very complex and there are 12-tone series implemented as a theme.
Arax String Quartet (1980)
Performes:
String Quartet Morency
Composer’s Note:Â I try to describe the beauty of the river Kour that flows between Armenia and Georgia. Kour is a wild and noisy river in the mountains, and has a big influence on communities that live around it. The structure of this music makes you feel immediately the wild and noisy nature of the river. The rhythms are very complex and there are 12-tone series implemented as a theme.
Odzouni (Name of a village) (1987)
Performes:
Jean Laurendeau, ondes Martenot; Michele Gagnon, cor / French born; Alain Trudel, trombone; Robert Ellis, basse trombone basse; Robert Leroux, percussions; Alain Cazes, tuba.
Composer’s Note:Â This peace is based on a song of the 7th century, which evoked in me heightened state of power. It made me recreate this jewel of a folk-melody around a solo instrument.
Sassouni (name of mountain range) (1985)
For two Flutes and Harpsichord
Performers: Robert Lagevin and Lise Daoust flutes; Rejean Poirier, harpsicord
Composer’s Note:Â How small and powerless we feel in presence of immense and inaccessible mountains! Only the shepherds can feel a kinship, as they live most of their lives on their slopes, conversing with them, fearlessly climbing and descending from their peaks, Sassouni in Armenia is a varied chain of Mountains, where each height is either adored by green pastures, dark rocks or eternal glaciers.
Mashtotz (1982)
For 2 piano’s
Pierre Jasmin, piano 1; Koyen Lee, piano 2.
Composer’s Note:Â A monk, Mesrop Mashdotz, invented in 405 A.D. an alphabet with 36 characters reproducing the sounds of the Armenian language. An extraordinary invention wich enabled Armenians to take their destiny into their own hands through writing of their unique History and Culture.
