Evening Piano Recital, with drinks and light bites available
Doors open at 6:30pm, with the performance beginning at 7:30pm
A brief intermission at 8:00pm, and the second half beginning at 8:20pm
The event will end at 9:00pm
£25 per person, Patrons free admission
Programme
Komitas – Four Dances (Yerangi, Unabi, Marali, Shushiki). 8 minutes.
Gérard Gasparian – Poème (1989), on a song by Sayat-Nova. 6 minutes.
Gérard Gasparian – Ballade (1988), on a song by Sayat-Nova. 6 minutes.
Arno Babadjanian – Prelude & Vagharshapat Dance, Impromptu, Capriccio. 12 minutes.
Aram Khachaturian – Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia, from Spartacus. 8 minutes.
Intermission
Liszt/Verdi – Coro di festa e marcia funebre, from Don Carlos. 8 minutes.
Liszt/Verdi – Danza sacra e duetto finale from Aida. 12 minutes.
Liszt/Verdi – Concert Paraphrase on Rigoletto. 8 minutes.
Liszt/Verdi – Miserere from Il Trovatore. 8 minutes.
Jean-Paul Gasparian
Jean-Paul Gasparian’s fifth album, released in 2023 on the Naïve label and dedicated to Debussy, was hailed as one of the year’s top twelve classical recordings by Crescendo magazine. His previous albums featuring Rachmaninoff and Chopin were equally praised, with BBC Music Magazine describing him as “A Highly Accomplished Chopinist.”
Winner of the Thierry-Scherz Prize in 2020, Jean-Paul recorded Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Bern Symphony Orchestra. In 2021, he was nominated for the Victoires de la Musique Classique, and in 2022, made his debut at the Philharmonie de Paris. His performances have earned him acclaim for their depth and artistry, including the 2023 French premiere of Howard Shore’s Ruin and Memory with the Philharmonique de Radio France.
Jean-Paul has collaborated with major orchestras across Europe, including the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio-France and the Nürnberger Symphoniker. Notably, he stepped in for Christian Zacharias in 2018 to perform Mozart’s 24th Piano Concerto under conductor Leopold Hager.
Born in 1995, Jean-Paul studied at the Paris National Conservatory from the age of 14, later honing his craft with leading pianists across Europe. He is a Steinway Artist and an artist in residence at the Singer-Polignac Foundation, recognized as one of the most promising pianists of his generation.
