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Pegasus: The Orchestra’s founder, principal conductor, and artistic director, Karén Hakobyan, launches the 2025–2026 season with a luminous tribute to Maurice Ravel’s 150th anniversary, celebrating the composer’s dazzling textures, grace, and innovation.

Pianist and composer Nicolas Namoradze, First Prize winner of the 2018 Honens International Competition, joins Pegasus for the evening’s centerpiece: Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G Major.

The program begins with Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin, a neoclassical tribute that transforms Baroque dance forms into shimmering modern poetry, followed by his ethereal Introduction and Allegro for harp and ensemble. Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 1, “Classical,” complements Ravel’s work with its wit and elegance; while Ravel evokes French restraint, Prokofiev offers sharper contrasts and satire—yet both reveal a reverence for form and the past.

The program also features Ravel’s tender Pavane pour une infante défunte, setting the stage for a brilliant finale with his effervescent and jazz-infused Piano Concerto.

“Nicolas Namoradze: ideally laconic and debonair, weighty yet exquisite, and exactingly precise in tone and touch.” — The Guardian

“Karén Hakobyan’s Brahms Fourth with Pegasus: The Orchestra is a shattering experience not to be missed” – Fanfare Magazine

“Pegasus is a truly first-rate ensemble.” —New York Concert Review

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Nicolas Namoradze, piano
Karén Hakobyan, conductor
Pegasus: The Orchestra

RAVEL – Le Tombeau de Couperin
RAVEL – Introduction and Allegro (for solo harp)
PROKOFIEV – Symphony No. 1 in D Major, “Classical”
RAVEL – Pavane pour une infante défunte
RAVEL – Piano Concerto in G Major