Edward Kazaryan

 

Auteur : V.Filatov

Livres

ISBN :
Année : 1995
Editeur : SOROS FOUNDATION KAZAKHSTAN ALMATY SORO FOUNDASION KAZAKSTAN ALMATI
Description : Means of mass media in numerous newspaper and magazine publications about Edward Kazarian speak about his versatile talented art, characterize him either as a world-famous, unsurpassed micro-miniature, or as an eminent master of violin, a gifted musician, a skilled sculptor, an excellent painter and cartoonist. Edward Kazarian (Ter-Kazarian Edward Avakov) was born in Yerevan in 1923. He graduated from the State Conservatory after Komitas (viola). At the age of 16 he substituted the concertmaster of the symphony orchestra of the opera. When the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra was established in Yerevan, he became one of those musicians who were the backbone of the orchestra. He played in concerts, and was awarded many honorable diplomas. Working as a concertmaster for nearly four decades, he retired. Since 13 years old he was engaged in violin playing, and at the age of 20 he was already a famous master. He has created hundreds of musical instruments – violins, violas, cellos. Edward Kazarian – a violin master -innovator, constantly being in search, “revived” the viola of Bach, which was “silent” for more than 270 years, because it was almost impossible to play on it. Eliminating the errors of the master of viola in the times of Bach, Edward Kazarian made the viola a playing instrument, returning this amazing instrument to life. His perfect play on viola admired millions of people in the U.S., and in many cities of Russia and Armenia. Edward Kazarian created the only quartet of unique instruments called “Dvin”. String organ of the quartet has no analogue in the world, it is a fruit of unrestrained imagination of the author. Though other instruments of the quartet are classic, they have been created according to his drawings. He has created the world’s smallest 7-millimeter violin. The famous machine of peace (according to the figurative expression of academician Dmitry Likhachev) of Edward Kazarian became a symbol of eternal aspiration of the Armenians to peace. On the case of this instrument, made of high quality wood, 40 miniature, musical instruments of different peoples are placed. They are all playing instruments, also made of wood. The size of the smallest violin is 16 mm. In 1947, in the House of Folk Art in Armenia his first micro-miniatures were demonstrated. This date was officially the start of his career of micro-miniature. In 1957 Edward Kazarian won a gold medal and the title of Laureate of V World Youth Festival in Moscow. His exhibition of miniatures in the pavilion at the Exhibition of Economic Achievements of Armenia in Moscow attracted thousands of guests. Among his works portraits of the world leaders – Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin, were just amazing, strikingly similar to the originals, but made together on a half grain of rice.