Corso di duduk armeno con Gevorg Dabaghyan

11 — 13 November 2011

In collaboration with the music section of the Studies and Documentation
Centre of Armenian Culture, Venice, directed by Minas Lourian, the
Intercultural Institute of Comparative Music Studies has organized a
course on the duduk, a double-reed woodwind instrument made of apricot wood. A symbol of the Armenian musical tradition, the duduk
(conventionally called the “Armenian oboe”) is a very popular
instrument with a warm slightly nasal tone creating evocative sounds. It
is played to accompany songs and dancing in all the regions of Armenia
and is the principal instrument at weddings and funerals.
In 2005 the duduk (or dziranapogh in Armenian) was decreed
a masterpiece representing the Armenian musical tradition in the UNESCO
“Programme of Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of
Humanity”.

Gevorg Dabaghyan is a major living expert on this very
ancient instrument. He has founded several ensembles, including
Shoghaken, a group dedicated to conserving the very rich Armenian folk
music heritage. Liturgical music also features prominently in
Dabaghyan’s vast repertory and is a fundamental part of a thousand-year
old tradition characterised by strong Christian roots, going back to
when Armenia was the first country to proclaim Christianity as its state
religion in 301.

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