Oratorio on the genocide of the Armenians
An oratorio by the Russian-Swiss composer Alexander Brincken will be premiered in the Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall in Yerevan on April 30, commemorating the tragedy a century after the Armenian genocide.
The full-length work with a duration of 75 minutes requires a large symphony orchestra, Armenian folk instruments, a large choir and two speakers in Western and Eastern Armenian. It will be presented in the presence of the Swiss ambassador Lukas Gasser.
The composer Alexander Brincken comes from St. Petersburg, was a member of the USSR Composers' Association from 1977 to 1991 and has lived in Lucerne since 1992. Since August 1993 he has worked as a piano teacher at the music schools in Ennetbürgen and Beckenried and as principal organist at the Catholic parish of St. Martin Buochs (Nidwalden). His compositional output includes four symphonies for large orchestra, a ballet as well as works for string orchestra, chamber music and choral works.
