"Осенью 2017 года ко мне обратился мой давний друг, профессор Московской государственной консерватории им. П. И. Чайковского Александр Винницкий, с просьбой сделать аранжировку Адажио из балета "Спартак"...
Composer Vladimir Agopov (of Armenian descent, former surname Akopian) was born in Ukraine and received his composer’s diploma at the Moscow Conservatory in 1977 after having studied with Aram Khachaturian...
This composition was awarded 1st prize in the Yrjö Kilpinen Soсiety Lied Composition Contest 2017, Finland.
It's a very interesting piece of Finnish contemporary vocal music.
"Although orientally exotic on the surface, Agopov as a composer nonetheless belongs very much to the modern western world of music." - Einojuhani Rautavaara
This composition was awarded 1st prize in the Yrjö Kilpinen Soсiety Lied Composition Contest 2017, Finland.
It's a very interesting piece of Finnish contemporary vocal music.
