In Khachaturian's Piano Concerto, a flexatone, a percussion instrument, is typically used, but in this recording, it is replaced by a musical saw to achieve a softer sound.
Performer Biography
Nareh Arghamanyan, the pianist on this album, was born in Armenia in 1989 and was the youngest student admitted to the University for Music and Performing Arts in Vienna in 2004.
Composition History
Prokofiev composed his Piano Concerto No. 3 in the summer of 1921 while staying in the Breton seaside resort of St. Brevin-les-Pins, dedicating it to the poet Konstantin Balmont.
Notable Performances
Aram Khachaturian's Piano Concerto premiered on July 12, 1937, under the open sky in Sokolniki Park in central Moscow, with Lev Oborin as soloist.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Prokofiev described his work as an interaction between four main trains of thought: the classical, the innovative, the motoric, and the lyrical.
Notable Performances
Sergei Prokofiev himself was the soloist at the world premiere of his Piano Concerto No. 3, which took place in Chicago on December 16, 1921.
Compositional Technique
Khachaturian's Piano Concerto blends diverse influences, including Armenian folk songs, Transcaucasian male dance rhythms, and the styles of Russian composers like Glazunov, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, and Rachmaninov.
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