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...week's end, the orchestra went on to wow Moscow with the same program. Joining in the frenzy of enthusiasm were such musical greats as Violinist David Oistrakh, Composers Dmitry Shostakovich. Dmitry Kabalevsky and Aram Khachaturian. Said Khachaturian: "Marvelous, marvelous...
...repeated assaults on the President's treaty-making power, "our present Administration feels it cannot sign treaties affecting internal problems." The likelier reason, which no one would admit to, is that the U.S. did not wish to offend King Saud, and thereby endanger the Dhahran airbase negotiations or Aram-co's valuable oil interests in Saudi Arabia...
...plays, seven novels and some 1,500 short stories-could be sap-boiled down to a single sentence, it would read, "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus." In the days of The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze, The Time of Your Life and My Name Is Aram, Saroyan brought to this simple message an elfin charm, an infectiously wacky humor, and a flavor of childlike sweetness, as if his tales had been stolen from some happily hidden jam pot of life. But of late, the middle-aging (47) pixy of U.S. letters seems to have fallen into...
...seat theater - but his success was a mere icicle on an iceberg, compared with the Russian effort. Every year the Soviet Union dispatches culture delegations containing four to ten fine artists, e.g., soloists from the Leningrad ballet, violinists, singers, pianists, even chess players, and once sent Composer Aram (Sabre Dance) Khachaturian to conduct Iceland's national symphony. What makes Russian visits even more effective is the Russian practice of traveling to outlying communities to make music with local musicians...
...does not include something from contemporary life, it is like leaving out the meat and potatoes. Their career in contemporary music got its impetus from the fact that they are of Armenian descent. While still a student at Juilliard, in 1942, Maro had to prepare a concerto and chose Aram Khachaturian's now-famed Piano Concerto ("because he was an Armenian"), gave it its U.S. premiere. The concerto was an instant hit and Maro took it on a cross-country tour. Says she: "At that time, Khachaturian seemed very modern; now, of course, he is considered little more than...