Lusine Grigorian's piano album is an independent work that can also be seen as a complement to the Gurdjieff Ensemble's highly acclaimed Komitas recording. Both albums were recorded in Lugano in 2015 under the direction of Manfred Eicher and share some of the same repertoire. While Levon Eskenian and the Gurdjieff Ensemble explore the composer's sonic influences on traditional instruments, Lusine Grigorian expresses these timbres through her diverse piano articulation and exploration of sonic possibilities. Her playing hints at instruments such as the duduk, tar, or zurna, perhaps as Komitas intended. Levon Eskenian emphasized that Grigorian conveys a mysterious atmosphere typical of rustic and ritual music. Lusine Grigorian's ECM debut includes, among other works, Komitas's Seven Songs, Seven Dances, Children's Pieces, and Msho Shoror.[1][2][3]
