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Disabled and fone sales, please go on Ville de Genève ticket online sales Gurdjieff Ensemble presents Zartir An exceptional concert presenting the newly launched CD Zartir by ECM.   Zartir, the third album from Eskenian’s award-winning Gurdjieff Ensemble, is its most adventurous to date, and it opens several new channels of discovery. In several pieces with a focus on the voice, it situates Gurdjieff in a tradition of Armenian ashughs, bards and troubadours including Ashugh Jivani, Baghdasar Tbir and the legendary Sayat-Nova. Gurdjieff’s father, an ashugh who performed under the name Adash, was part of this tradition, and his wide-ranging repertoire would have exposed his son, at an early age, to music and verse from many places. The texts of these songs also resonate with Gurdjieff’s central messages, especially title piece “Zartir” by Baghdasar Tbir (1683-1768). “Zartir” means “Wake up!”, and its lyrics seem to anticipate Gurdjieff’s contention that Mankind is asleep and needs to be roused from its torpor.   "Powerfully hypnotic. The Gurdjieff Ensemble offers listeners a chance to hear the music in a way that is ethnically specific, and in jolting bright color."- Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim, “New York Times” “Delicate, haunting and atmospheric selection of instrumental pieces... they range from drifting, mesmeric arrangements for the duduk Armenian woodwind to subtle, sparse passages, or more sturdy dance pieces played on the zither-like kanon, the oud or the santur dulcimer. An intriguing, often gently exquisite set.” - Robin Denselow, “The Guardian” “The combination of instrumental voices, and the otherness of the voices themselves creates deep, mysterious yet marvelously relaxing soundscapes to sit awhile in.” - Phil Johnson, “The Independent” Programme : Zartir Paghtasar Dpir (1683 – 1768) Zartir  (Réveil du sommeil Royal)   Sayat Nova (1712-1795) Ashkharhes me panjara e (Notre monde est fenêtre ouverte) Ashkharhumes (Je ne soupirrai dans ce monde) Dard mi ani  (Ne vous affligez pas, mon amour)   Jivani (1846–1909) Kankaravior enker (Mon ami, ne m’envie pas)   G.I.Gurdjieff (1866-1949) Prière et désespoir  Sayyid : Chant et dance no 41 Duduki No 10 tirée des Chansons et Rythmes Asiatiques  Chanson Arménienne   Atarnakh Ho Ya Danse Orientale La Grande Prière Pythia Trembling Dervishes Introduction et marche funèbre  Trente gestes Danse ancienne grecque Mélodie Arménienne Danse Caucasienne