The Cello Concerto No.1 was written and dedicated to Armen Ksajikian, principal cellist for the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.
For 20 years I have had the pleasure of working with Armen in the Hollywood recording Studios for SONY Pictures, 20th Century Fox, TCM, and others. The following series of video blogs will take you on our journey, a journey that will cover the work’s inspiration, the pulp-era weird fiction literature of Clark Ashton Smith, throughout rehearsals to the world premier itself. Enjoy!
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