The Primavera Foundation Armenia, which is an executive producer of this album, supports young musicians and aims to disseminate Armenian culture globally, especially given current threats to the country's culture.
Performer Biography
Sergey Shamov, the percussionist, has a PhD for his work on the expressive and form-building functions of percussion instruments and has recorded over ten albums.
Performer Biography
Yuri Medianik, a multi-instrumentalist and conductor, began his musical studies on Bayan at one and a half years old and has won numerous international competitions on the instrument.
Performer Biography
Artyom Dervoed, the guitarist on this album, has won sixteen first-place awards in various international competitions and is known as the 'Tsar of the guitar'.
Recording & Production
This album features world premiere recordings of transcriptions by Dmitry Borodaev and V. Venediktov/S. Goss of works by Astor Piazzolla.
Performer Biography
Vladislav Lavrik, the trumpet soloist and conductor, was appointed principal trumpet of the Russian National Orchestra at age 19 and later conducted the orchestra.
