Singer Anna Mayilyan about her old and new collective
Anna Mayilyan, an honored artist of the republic of Armenia, a singer on the stage for over 20 years, is a welcome guest for the Armenian audience, as well as for foreigners. The ensemble “Masters” founded by her over 15 years ago, whose works lasted for about 7 years, figuratively speaking, was going to a concert tour to the western states in 12 months a year. Moreover, by the invitation of not the Diaspora but by other authoritative concert organizations, presenting mainly sacred music, Komitas, traditional songs and folk arts, as well as the works of Armenian contemporary composers.
It’s been a few years since Anna Mayilyan has founded a “Mayilyan” vocal trio, whose mission is the same, spreading the songs of the Armenian authors in various genres of music in Armenia and abroad. Recently, “Aravot” was present at the “Mayilyan” vocal trio (Anna Mayilyan, Armine Khachatryan, Eva Eganyan) concert (in the photo) at the Cafesjian Center of the Arts. As always, the program as well designed and organized, including almost all genres of the music. We believe that the singer was not surprised at exceedingly warm attitude by the audiences, which was expressed in bravos and encores.
At the end of the evening, we met with the singer. Half-jokingly and half-serious we asked whether there is a genre in the music that has not been addressed. The famous artist’s answer was brief and precise:
“I always refer to all genres of the music, except for rabiz.”
We asked the singer to eventually explain why the “Master” ensemble ended, and the activities of the vocal trio launched. The “Masters” was a project, which, of course, had a beginning and an end,”- said our interlocutor, adding that for the trio the songs are presented as a cappella, three-voiced, sometimes piano musical accompany becomes a necessity. Introducing the two members of the trio, she emphasized that Armine is her graduate students, currently studying at the Yerevan Komitas conservatory, in her classroom, and Eva is the 3rd prize winner of “National Singer” project over “Shant» TV.
During the conversation, we discovered that the trio performed in the U.S in spring, and it is not the collective’s first concert tour abroad.
To our observation of having non-public status, the overseas tours of Anna Mayilyan’s “Masters” and “Mayilyan” vocal trio seems not to be a problem …, the singer stated that in the beginning of her career, the tours have not been a super goal for her. “Simply, my name was registered by many foreign agencies, the number of my CDs, 15 of them, did their job … This is the reason of frequent travels of the vocal trio recently.”
To the replica whether it ever occurred in her mind to see the trio in the state status, especially when the collective is the only one of its kind in the field of Armenian music, Anna Mayilyan said, smiling,- “Who would refuse such an honor…?”
Samvel DANIELYAN
