Trumpet Concerto

His gained the most popularity TRUMPET CONCERTO IN A-FLAT MAJOR. Arutiunian originally intended to write it in 1943 especially for Zsolak Vartasarian, who was the principal trumpet in the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra. However, Vartasarian died in the war and the concerto was not completed until 1950. Aykaz Messlayan was the first performer of the Concerto and Timofei Dokschitzer was the first to record this concerto and present it for the first time in the United States. Arutunian's engaging and idiomatic trumpet concerto was quickly assimilated into the standard trumpet repertoire worldwide, earning highest international praise from audiences, critics and performers, fascinated by the specific melody, carrying the aroma of Armenian folk songs, instrumental virtuosity and dynamic vital overall radiance. In an interview for The New York Times, Philip Smith, the former principal trumpeter of the New York Philharmonic, observed that Arutunian's Trumpet Concerto was frequently chosen as an audition piece at Juilliard. And prof. Anatoly Selyanin related in 2004, "In January I headed the jury of an American competition devoted to the Arutiunian trumpet concerto. 34 trumpeters played only this concerto." Dozens of the most famous trumpet players worldwide performed it on the concert stage, after the first recording of Timofei Dokschitzer it was released many times by record companies in Russia, France, Finland, Bulgaria, USA, England, Scotland, Texas, Germany, Czech Republic, Japan, etc. The concerto was conceived of and written as a single-movement concerto which consists of seven major sections which are all performed without break. And the final virtuoso cadence - a variation of the main theme, was written by Timofei Dokschitzer.