{"id":33718,"date":"2020-11-24T14:42:56","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T19:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/interviews-panm360\/anna-saradjian-un-havre-de-paix-et-de-beaute-nomme-bach\/"},"modified":"2020-11-28T14:38:18","modified_gmt":"2020-11-28T19:38:18","slug":"anna-saradjian-un-havre-de-paix-et-de-beaute-nomme-bach","status":"publish","type":"interviews","link":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/interviews-panm360\/anna-saradjian-un-havre-de-paix-et-de-beaute-nomme-bach\/","title":{"rendered":"Anna Saradjian: A haven of peace and beauty named Bach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PAN M 360 met the Montrealer of Armenian origin and talked with her about music, about neighbours disturbed by her piano, and about her native country.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&#038;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fhistoryofmusic2016%2Fvideos%2F1794674784165781%2F&#038;show_text=false&#038;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PAN M 360:<\/strong> Let\u2019s start with your career history, if we could.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Anna Saradjian:<\/strong> I grew up in Armenia, in a very musically inclined family. My grandfather was my first teacher, he created a music school over there. Then my father took over the school and my music education. When I was 18 years old, I went to Juilliard to study, then to the Royal Academy of Music in London. That\u2019s where I studied with Hamish Milne.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PAN M 360:<\/strong> Did your initial studies in Armenia anchor you in the so-called \u201cRussian school\u201d of piano? (<em>Editor&#8217;s note: the &#8220;Russian school&#8221; is a way of teaching and playing the piano with an emphasis on large, very expansive phrases, a sense of improvisation and freedom minimized by the French and German schools, and above all a powerful underlining of the emotions inherent in the scores<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>AS:<\/strong> I have a hard time differentiating between these concepts concerning my playing. I was trained in many different traditions and, besides, my grandfather was himself brought up in the Liszt tradition, who certainly studied in the German style, but was very independent-minded for his time. Anyways, I think it\u2019s becoming more and more impossible to be attached to a specific style of playing in our 21st century. It may have been meaningful a hundred years ago, but everything is so interconnected nowadays that the only way to differentiate ourselves as musicians is to understand and play music in our own individual voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PAN M 360: <\/strong>Is there a breadcrumb trail running through the program of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quartierdesspectacles.com\/en\/activity\/28684\/anna-saradjian\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>your concert on Tuesday, November 24<\/strong><\/a> at the Montreal Bach Festival?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>AS: <\/strong>There is one, kind of. We first programmed the <em>Aria variata alla maniera italiana, BWV 989<\/em>, the only set of themes and variations written by Bach other than the famous <em>Goldberg Variations<\/em>. It\u2019s not very well known, but a must-discover piece! Then I added the <em>Partita no 4 BWV 828<\/em>, which is sometimes referred to as the \u201cItalian partita\u201d. Finally, because I\u2019ve been thinking of playing the <em>Italian Concerto BWV 971<\/em> for a long time, the connection happened naturally, being the italian thread of the concert. I added a couple of pieces that are a bit outside of this idea, but which I wanted to play very much because I love them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PAN M 360:<\/strong> Like for example an excerpt from the <em>St. Matthew Passion,<\/em> which you have arranged for the keyboard. You often make arrangements, why do you do this exercise?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>AS:<\/strong> I make more of them now, because COVID gave me more time on my own, ironically. I like writing transcriptions because each time I hear a Bach piece I love, be it for orchestra, choir or any other instrumentation, I want to play it! Many times, I hear the piano version in my head as I listen to the piece! I make my choices based mainly on my heart, with music that touches me directly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lockdown Bach No.9\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_t9BQ7VYSIA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PAN M 360:<\/strong> When you play Bach, it is mainly emotions that guide you, or architectural rigour?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>AS: <\/strong>I feel Bach on a deep and very emotional level, that\u2019s true. Since I was very young, his music has been a haven of peace and personal intimacy, and I go back to it each time with great joy. But, before I go in front of the public and share this experience, I work very hard on all the small details and study every intellectual facet of it. Then, I like playing it as I feel it, with the hope that the public will feel the same way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PAN M 360:<\/strong> On your Facebook page, I saw you playing on an electronic keyboard. Isn&#8217;t that heresy for a classical pianist?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>AS: <\/strong>(<em>laughs<\/em>) In reality, I have two real pianos at home, but some neighbours do not always agree with my playing, so I bought this electronic version that gives me liberty to practice when I want and need to. Besides, it gives me the opportunity to try Bach with a harpsichord sound sometimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PAN M 360: <\/strong>Do you sometimes play it on a real harpsichord?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>AS: <\/strong>Unfortunately, no. I need to work much more on harpsichord playing before presenting myself to the public with that instrument.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PAN M 360:<\/strong> Do you have any plans for the post-COVID period (which we hope to arrive as soon as possible!)?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>AS: <\/strong>Nothing in particular, other than more actively involving myself with a music festival directed by my uncle, which was moved from Italy to Armenia not long ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PAN M 360 : <\/strong>Speaking of Armenia, are you concerned about the situation (<em>Editor&#8217;s note: armed conflict with Azerbaijan over a territory claimed by both countries, Nagorno-Karabakh<\/em>)?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>AS:<\/strong> Yes, I am worried, of course. I still have family over there, and obviously, this situation will only hurt music and musicians more, on top of COVID. This is happening at a terrible time. I do not wish to get involved in politics, but I think this is time to understand, all of us, the importance of music, and arts, education. I think that even if young people do not become musicians and artists, sensibility linked to music learning can build a new generation of adults who will simply not want to go to war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PAN M 360:<\/strong> On this beautiful reflection, I thank you for your time, Anna, and wish you all the best for the future! And above all, enjoy the concert!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>AS:<\/strong> Thank you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PAN M 360 met the Montrealer of Armenian origin and talked with her about music, about neighbours disturbed by her piano, and about her native country. PAN M 360: Let\u2019s start with your career history, if we could. Anna Saradjian: I grew up in Armenia, in a very musically inclined family. 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