The Armenian Music Program Presents
Piano Works of Koharik Gazarossian Concert
Performers
Nare Karoyan
Piano
Performer
See Bio
Nare Karoyan is an internationally acclaimed pianist based in Brussels, Belgium. Receiving her early education in Armenia, she studied at the conservatories in Berlin, Cologne, and Karlsruhe with Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Pascal Devoyon, Peter Eicher, and Anthony Spiri. Her CDs include Shadowlines (Quartziade, 2016) with music by Leoš Janáček, Federico Mompou, George Benjamin, and Robert Schumann; 24 Etudes by Koharik Gazarossian (Piano Classics, 2022), and Piano Works of Koharik Gazarossian (part of Stanzas in August: Armenian Music, New and Rediscovered, New Focus Recordings, 2026).
Repertoire
Cantique
Huit Variations sur un thème populaire du Père Komitas (1938?)
24 Etudes for the Piano
- Etude No. 3 in D-flat major
- Etude No. 7 in E-flat major
- Etude No. 10 in D minor
- Etude No. 18 in G-sharp minor
Préludes (1947)
- Mon enfant, ta mère et morte
- Chérie, ton nom estChouchan
- La lune de la nuit
- À travers les champs
Cantiques de Noël – Du monde céleste, les voix arrivent (1957)
Suite No. 2
- Prélude
- Au son duDavoul
- Nocturne
Messe arménienne (O mystère profond)
- Prélude
- Fugue
Trois cantiques pour la main gauche – O Sainte Vierge agenouillons-nous devant Toi (1946)
