Upcoming Concert
In Memory of Genocide Victims Worldwide
Saturday , April 20, 2013 at 7 pm
First Baptist Church of Glendale
209 N. Louise St. Glendale, CA 91206
Tickets: $15-$100
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Starting our New Season!!!!!
Holiday Gala Concert
Sunday, December 9, 2012
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GPO Conductor Mikayel Avetisyan makes a guest appearance @ Torrance Symphony!
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Reviews and Press coverage of our concert on January 8th,2012
January 8, 2012
4 pm
Peter and the Wolf narrated by Emo Philips
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Mozart's " Magic Flute"
June 3rd-4th-5th.
Presented by Pasadena City College
Students of Pasadena City College Performing Arts program accompanied by members of the Glendale Phil.
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Glendale Philharmonic Introduces our new logo!!! 
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Past Events and Reviews
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Clip from Armenian Genocide Event
April, 2010
Second Season Opening Concert
November 7th,2010
Mikael Avetisyan, Artistic Director & Principal Conductor.
Repertoire includes
“Carmen Suite”
by Bizet-Schedrin for String Orchestra and Percussion
Special guests
Glendale Youth Orchestra
under the baton of conductor
Brad Keimach
Surprise piece!
Los Angeles Premiere of “Armenian Folks Tunes”
written by Ruben Altunian for Duduk and Orchestra
featuring Soloist Ruben Harutyunyan
“Cello Concerto”
by J.C. Bach with Soloist Ruslan Biryukov;
“Sonata For String Orchestra, #2”
by Gioachino Rossini.
Reviews
Glendale News-Press
Crescenta Valley Weekly
Review Plays
Glendale Philharmonic Trio
September 23,2010
Pierce College Performing Arts Center
Woodland Hills, CA
Glendale Philharmonic Trio
Ruslan Biryukov, cello
Limor Toren, violin
Leonid Levitsky piano
Program:
F. Mendelssohn – Trio in d minor No.1
D. Shostakovich – Trio No.1
Interview about Glendale Philharmonic Orchestra
September 22nd,2010
Horizon TV channel
Ruslan Biryukov -Orchestra Founder
with
Maestro Mikael Avetisyan
Closing Ceremony concert for
Arshile Gorky Exhibition at M.O.C.A
September 20th,2010
Glendale Philharmonic Orchestra preparing to perform
Maestro Mikael Avetisyan with Armenian Consul General Grigor Hovhannissian
at M.O.C.A
Glendale Philharmonic Quartet
Los Angeles City College Composers Club
May 21st, 2010
Shushan Akopyan, violin
Edgar Sandoval, violin
LaVette Allen, viola,
Ruslan Biryukov, cello
Concert.
Music by composers from LACC performed by Glendale Philharmonic Quartet.
Positive Motions Concert Series
presents
“FOR ALL OUR MOTHERS”
May 8th,2010
a concert in honor of Mother’s Day.
Mezzo-Soprano, Ruby Hinds will be accompanied on piano
by conductor Frank Fetta in her one-woman multi-media show,
“See there in the distance.”
The concert will also include the
World Premiere of “Splashes of Spring”
written by composer George N. Gianopoulos,
to be performed by cellists
Ruslan Biryukov and Maksim Velichkin.
Additional repertoire from composers
Pablo de Sarasate; Isaac Albéniz,
Antonin Dvořák; Alfred Reed, Roland Dyens,
William Grant Still and Nikolav Rakov.
will be performed by:
violinist Danielle Belen;
pianist Yana Reznik;
guitarist Iren Arutyunyan;
pianist Mary Au;
trumpeter Ilya Sergienko;
and the 16-year-old cellist Andrea Yu in her Los Angeles concert debut.
The concert will be performed in the First Baptist Church of Glendale, a recently restored 104-year-old architectural and acoustical jewel of Los Angeles.
Review
Crescenta Valley Weekly
Glendale Philharmonic Quartet
Friday, April 30,2010
Los Angeles City College Composers Club
Glendale Philharmonic Quartet
Shushan Akopyan, violin
Edgar Sandoval, violin,
LaVette Allen, viola,
Ruslan Biryukov, cello
Master-class.
Music by composers from LACC
performed by Glendale Philharmonic Quartet.
The Armenian Genocide Commemoration
Friday, April 23, 2010
The City of Glendale will honor the Armenian Genocide
with a commemoration ceremony at the Alex Theatre.
This year's program will feature speaker Robert Papazian
and performances
by the Glendale Philharmonic and
the Armenian Dramatic Arts Alliance.
There also will be a special performance
by musicians Antranig Kizirian and Jivan Kasparyan Jr.
...This annual event is sponsored by the City of Glendale,
Glendale Arts and the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.
Welcome To All The Pleasures
Metropolitan Master Chorale
March 21st,2010 ( first show)
March 28th,2010 ( second show)
Featuring music from the Baroque era
and other times and places.
Guest Orchestra:
The Glendale Philharmonic Orchestra.
Palladio, Karl Jenkins (performed by the Glendale Philharmonic)
Welcome to all the pleasures, Henry Purcell
Bloom, Philip Silvey (arranged by Glenn Carlos)
Fame Is a Fickle Food, Ruth Morris Gray (based on a poem by Emily Dickinson)
Five Hebrew Love Songs, Eric Whitacre
The Frim Fram Sauce, Joe Ricardel & Redd Evans
Inscription of Hope, Z. Randall Stroope
Kpanlongo, arranged by Derek Bermel
Music’s Echo, Greg Gilpin (based on a poem by 18th C poet Thomas Moore)
Nothin Gonna Stumble My Feet, Greg Gilpin
Travelin’ Train, Rollo Dilworth (based on a poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay)
Wanting Memories, Ysaye M. Barnwell
Positive Motions Concert Series
presents
Limor Toren & Friends
March 6th,2010
Artistic Director-Ruslan Biryukov
performances by
Limor Toren
Maksim Velichkin
Leonid Levitsky
Shushan Akopyan
Laura Pearson
Levon Mrktchyan
Hovhannes Meghrikyan
Brianna Bandy
August Lee
Antonin Dvorak-Terzetto in C Major
Johannes Brahms-Piano Quintet in F minor
Felix Mendelssohn-Octet in E-flat Major
Positive Motions Concert Series
presents
Ruslan Biryukov & Friends
February 6th,2010
For nearly 400 hundred years people worldwide were fascinated by the sound of a cello,
the closest musical instrument to the human voice…
The greatest cellists were welcomed guests at the palaces of monarchs, dictators and presidents...Rostropovich, Casals, Yo-Yo Ma…
What is in the sound of a cello that attracts so many people for such a long time?... “
Ruslan Biryukov & Friends” present pieces
written by some of the greatest composers/cellists for cello ensembles.
Just imagine two cellos singing together…
Program:
George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759) – TRIO-SONATA for Cello Duo and Continuo
Johann George Albrechtsberger (1736 - 1809) –DOPPELFUGE for Four Cellos
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) – AVE VERUM CORPUS for Four Cellos
Luigi Boccherini (1743 - 1805) – SONATA for Cello Duo in C Major
Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893) – AVE MARIA for Five Cellos and Piano
Alfredo Piatti (1822 - 1901) – SERENADE in D major for Two Cellos and Piano (1890)
David Popper (1843-1913) - SUITE for Two Cellos, Op.16
- REQUIEM for Three Cellos and Piano, Op.66
WORLD PREMIERES:
Carol Worthey – “RUSSIAN SCENES” for Cello Duo
Deon Nielsen Price – “IF LIFE WERE TO SING!” for Cello Quintet
Glendale Philharmonic Orchestra Inauguration Concert
January 9, 2010
Alto Polis Music Management & Positive Motions Foundation
“Positive Motions” Concert Series
presents:
Glendale Philharmonic Orchestra Inauguration Concert
Artistic director & conductor
Mikael Avetisyan
Soloists: Ruslan Biryukov, cello
Maksim Velichkin, cello
Marine Abrahamyan-Abdasho, soprano
Program:
J. S. Bach - Prelude from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major, BWV10064
Karl Jenkins - Concerto Grosso “Palladio”
Andrey Rubtsov – “Andante DoLento“, for two cellos and string orchestra (World Premier)
Arno Babajanian - Vocalise
Edward Mirzoyan-Symphony for String Orchestra & Tympani
Reviews
Los Angeles Daily News
Review Plays
LA Times