Gurdjieff Ensemble

The internationally acclaimed Armenian Gurdjieff Ensemble consists of leading musicians playing Armenian and Middle Eastern traditional instruments. The Ensemble was founded by Levon Eskenian to play ‘ethnographically authentic’ arrangements of the G. I. Gurdjieff/Thomas de Hartmann piano music, then diversely expanding the repertoire that now includes music from the Middle East, as well as ancient and medieval Armenian folk and spiritual music, troubadours songs from the Caucasus, and works by contemporary composers. Their albums “Music of Georges.I.Gurdjieff”, “Komitas” and “Zartir” on ECM Records received widespread acclaim, winning prestigious awards including the Edison Award in the Netherlands. The ensemble has been touring in nearly 150 cities across 30 countries spanning Europe, Australia, the Middle East, North and South America, and Asia, among which are sold-out performances at the Holland Festival, the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, the Boulez hall in Berlin, the Bozar Center in Brussels, the Morgenland and Rudolstadt festivals in Germany, the Gulbenkian Hall in Lisbon, the Budapest Spring festival in Hungary, the Sala São Paulo in Brazil, the Albert Hall in Canberra, the Chicago World music festival in USA and many more.