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Gary Kesayan’s “Ave Maria” to be performed at concert dedicated to Pope’s visit to Armenia

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Gary Kesayan’s “Ave Maria” to be performed at concert dedicated to Pope’s visit to Armenia

YEREVAN, JUNE 21, ARMENPRESS. Composer, jazz pianist and organist Gary Kesayan’s “Ave Maria” will be performed at the concert dedicated to Pope Francis’ visit to Armenia.

Kesayan’s “Ave Maria” will be performed for the first time by the National Philharmonic Orchestra on June 25 in the Republic Square of Yerevan.

“As an Armenian Christian, I always dreamed of writing “Ave Maria” – an ode to motherhood, ode to Virgin Mary. I thank God for the chance to write it”, Kesayan said.

From June 24 Kesayan’s Ave Maria will be available on CD.

Composer Kesayan thanked Russia’s “Development Fund”, entrepreneur Arman Sahakyan, who contributed to the release of the CD.

Gary Kesayan was born in Yerevan, Armenia. He graduated the Komitas Conservatory and became a famous jazz musician in the 1980s, after performing in the Moscow International Youth Forum festival.

From 1988-2003 he lived and worked in Los Angeles. He led a number of Jazz clubs while living in the U.S.

In 1990 he founded the Gary Kesayan Jazz Quartet .

The Los Angeles Times wrote : “Gary Kesayan's music is a new step in jazz. He uses new harmonic solutions, novelle forms and innovative methods of improvisational phraseology. His music accompanies the listener to beauty, and its freshness is forever. These works bring spiritual satisfaction and emotional balance, challenging the greatest creations of his time. Such compositions as "For You" and "Silence" are provocative and brilliant pure and subtle. They are about everlasting love and their explicit message is leading to eternity. Gary Kesayan Quartet is an exquisite blend of acclaimed misicians. Garner Thomas and Richard Taylor are top quality masters of American Jazz. Gary Kesayan himself was nominated as "Best Jazz Musician of the Year in USA 1998."

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