Boris A. Hayrapetyan (Boris Boglar) (June 23, 1955 , Yerevan , USSR ) - Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter and producer, composer, film artist. Winner of international awards, the founder of the national awards "Saint Anna" ( 1993 ).
| Boris Hayrapetyan | ||
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| Birth name | Hayrapetyan Boris Alexandrovich | |
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| Profession | philosophy teacher, film director, screenwriter, production designer, composer, producer, essayist | |
| Career | 1990 - present time | |
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Creative way
The beginning of Boris Hayrapetyan’s directorial career seemed very successful. His musical video “The Bridge” and the movie “ Where the Sky Lies on the Ground ” toured various international festivals where they were not only ignored, but were repeatedly rewarded: 1990 Chicago Film Association Award (1988 Where the sky lies on the ground ), 1989 KF Debut in Moscow Grand Prix (1988 Where the sky lies on the ground), 1989 Emmy Award of the American Academy of Arts and Television Sciences (1989 Most).
Boris Hayrapetyan’s full-length debut was the film “ The Murderer ” (1994 IFF in Mannheim. Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, film “One Picture Festival”) - a complicated and somewhat confused intonation author's statement, where the motifs of religious quest intertwined, the reflection about the cinematographer and the cinematographer made a strange intertwining intonation. to musical idols - Beethoven and the Beatles .
After “The Killer”, Boris Hayrapetyan left directing for an indefinite period and found himself in the production career, creating and leading the annual contest of student and debut works “Saint Anna” . The competition has been held since 1993 and includes course and diploma works of students of film schools in Russia, the CIS, and since 1998 - and far abroad. "Saint Anne" is not a tool for meeting the exorbitant ambitions of sponsors. She sets herself other tasks, and in this sense, the role that Saint Anna has played and will play in the modern cinematographic process is unique: today it is the only festival in Russia where the generation of filmmakers entering the professional life at the end of the millennium is represented.
Biography
- 1972 - graduated from A. Spendiarov Yerevan Music School in violin class (teacher - Sh. Bagdasarov ).
- 1981 - graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow State University named after MV Lomonosov . He specialized in the department of "Ethics and Aesthetics".
- 1981-1983 - taught "Aesthetics" and "Ethics" in the Yerevan Polytechnic Institute .
- 1989 - graduated from the directing department of the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography .
- 1989 - Member of the Union of Cinematographers of the Russian Federation . Member of the Guild of Film Directors of Russia .
- 1989–1991 - taught directing at VGIK.
- 1993 - established and organized the ABC studio.
- 1993 - Founder and President of the annual contest of student and debut films for the national awards of Russia “Saint Anna”.
- 1997—2002 - Secretary of the Union of Cinematographers of Russia
Awards
- Medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree ( July 20, 2009 ) - for merits in the development of national culture and art, many years of fruitful activity [1] .
Festivals and awards
- 1989 - KF "Debut" in Moscow Grand Prix - "Where the sky lies on the ground"
- 1989 - Emmy Award of the American Academy of Television - “Bridge”
- 1990 - Chicago Film Association Award - "Where the sky lies on the ground"
- 1990 - Festival in the Louvre, the opening of the "Pyramid" - "Where the sky lies on the ground"
- 1991 - Toronto IFF nominee - “Where the sky lies on the ground”
- 1991 - Nominee of the ICF in Montreal - “Where the sky lies on the ground”
- 1991 - Nominee of the IFF in Munich - "Where the sky lies on the ground"
- 1994 - ICF in Mannheim. Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - “The Assassin”
- 1994 - Nominee for the Istanbul IFF - “The Killer”
- 1994 - Nominee for the IFF in Tokyo - “The Killer”
- 1999 - Moscow IFF "The Best Male Role" - " Fara "
- 1999 - Film Festival “Window to Europe”, “Special Jury Prize” - “ Fara ”
- 2000 - “Listopad” International Film Festival, Minsk, the audience award - “Na Bis”
- 2002 - Cannes Filmmaker's “Two-Week Directors” - “Place on Earth”
- 2002 - Golden Apricot IFF, Yerevan, “Best Film” - “Place on Earth”
- 2003 - Five nominations "Golden Mask" - the play "Norma"
- 2006 - Amf Autumn, “For the scale of the plan” IFF - film-opera “Norma”
- 2006 - Closing of the Russian Culture Week in Rome “On the Trevi Square” - film-opera “Norma”
- 2006 - Opening of the Russian Film Week at the Europe-Sinima festival in Valence (France) - film-opera “Norma”
- 2006 - Year of Armenia in France , Paris - film-opera “Norma”
- 2006 - Closing of the Year of Russia in Armenia - film-opera “Norma”
- 2006 - World distribution “DEKKA” - “Universal” - film-opera “ Norma ”
- 2019 - Winner in the nomination "Best Short Film Director" for the film “YES! TODAY”. Romford Film Festival, London, UK [2]
Works
Director
- 1988 - “Where heaven lies on earth”
- 1989 - The Bridge
- 1993 - The Killer
- 2001 - the play "Norma"
- 2005 - film opera "Norma"
Screenwriter
- 1988 - “Where heaven lies on earth”
- 1989 - “Bridge” (joint with P. Matsukato)
- 1993 - The Killer
- 1999 - Fara (joint with L. Akhinzhanova)
- 2005 - “Norma”
Production Designer
- 1988 - “Where heaven lies on earth”
- 1993 - The Killer
- 2001 - the play "Norma" (set design, light)
Composer
- 1988 - “Where heaven lies on earth”
- 1999 - " Fara "
Producer
- 1999 - " Fara "
- 2001 - "Place on earth"
- 2005 - “Norma”
Essayist
- 2011 - “Failure of the meeting” from the cycle “Random meetings, casual acquaintances” [3] [4]
- 2013 - “By the Wake of Time” from the “Random Meetings, Casual Dating” series [5]
In draft
- Film for the big screen - "Testament"
- Performance "Simon Boccanegra" by G. Verdi
- Large-scale project for the big screen - "Suvorov"
- Feature film - “The Play of Caligula” based on the works of Albert Camus
Criticism and Reviews
Norma Film Opera
Svyatoslav Belza
| Pushkin once wrote to Vyazemsky that he was writing "Eugene Onegin" - not a novel, but a novel in verse, and emphasized: "The devil's difference." The film and the opera film is also a devilish difference. Sad but true: with us, the film-opera is being shot now until it is offensively small. And as a rule, possessed artists, priests of pure Art, turn to this genre. It is to this glorious, but not numerous cohort, belongs to Boris Hayrapetyan, who made the film version of “Norma” by V. Bellini. He managed to find like-minded people, to pick up a wonderful ensemble of singers, actors, among which are Hasmik Papyan and Gegham Grigoryan. As a result, the tragedy opera created 175 years ago received an impressive incarnation on the screen. |
Alisa Strukova
"Norma": from bel canto to art house:
| A real surprise for moviegoers, music lovers, and for all true connoisseurs of beauty gathered at the festival "Window to Europe" in Vyborg, will be the premiere of a film unique to our time in its genre. On the big screen, stretched in the courtyard of the main Vyborg attraction - the ancient knight's castle of St. Olaf of the XIII century, events are even more ancient: the 50s of the 1st century BC. Director and philosopher, screenwriter and producer Boris Hayrapetyan shot the first opera film in new, post-Soviet times. Material for the film served as the opera of the same name by Vincenzo Bellini "Norma" ... [6] |
Dmitry Morozov
Belkanto close-up: Boris Hayrapetyan shot the opera film “Norma”:
| The opera film is a paradox genre. To put a horse in one cart, I mean cinematography, and a “quivering doe”, that is, an opera, which have completely different relations with time and space and a completely different measure of conditionality, is very, very difficult. Nevertheless, there are masterpieces of Ingmar Bergman, Francesco Rosie, Joseph Losey and Franco Zeffirelli, especially prolific in this regard, who have already become classics of the genre, there are interesting recent experiences - for example, “Tosca” by Benoit Jacquot. In this list is missing, however, the names of our domestic directors. We have always considered this genre as marginal and, accordingly, nothing competitive in comparison with Western products was created. Now this film has appeared ... ... So, after a twenty-year break, we again had a film-opera of domestic production. The premiere of "Norms", filmed with the support of Roskultura, was successfully held in the House of Cinema, it is expected to be shown on the TV channel "Culture" However, the prospects of this genre in Russia remain as vague as the further fate of the film, to which so far have shown interest mainly in other countries. Hollywood company "Universal" is going to release it on DVD. So the scenario in which this "Norma" will return to us as an imported product is quite likely ... [7] |
Valery Kichin
"Russian newspaper":
Opera V. Bellini "Norma" Scenography - Boris Hayrapetyan
| ... The case has already gone so far that for the first time in half a century in the country, Tchaikovsky and Glinka shot a new film-opera. And on the material is not the most famous in Russia "Norma" Bellini. And again - successfully. Director Boris Hayrapetyan gathered a star cast of performers, people from his native Armenia who sing in the leading theaters of the world, and made not just a film performance, but a full-fledged film - dynamic and dramatic, largely overcoming the style of monumental statics typical for a filmmaker. The picture has very vague chances to reach the conservative domestic screens, but the American company Universal has already bought it, intending to release it on the world video and television markets. So Russia declared its competitiveness in the field of modern musical cinema ... [8] |
| ... "Norma", shown in Vyborg, takes first with love. Genuine, natural and therefore infectious. The viewer feels this because of the special emotional trembling that always arises in the opera hall at the first sounds of tuning instruments. The cinema makes it possible to translate musical dynamics into physical - traditionally static scenes of the 1st act with the Druids directed by Boris Hayrapetyan turned into a rapid installation stream of shots of the rebellion of Gauls against Roman rule ... ... The austerity of the director must be recognized as the rarest dignity of the film. Nowhere does he lend himself to the temptation of formal artistry or decoration - his work is extremely laconic and is completely subject to the laws by which the music of the opera is developed. Hayrapetyan here is primarily a musician and, along with the conductor, manages his complex plastic orchestra - from acting expression to camera movement, which is also impeccably musical ... [9] |
Cinema Manager is a magazine for professionals
| ... For the first time in the history of Russian cinema, Universal Studio has released a Russian film on DVD and VHS in six languages. This film was "Norma" directed by Boris Hayrapetyan, produced by the studio ABC with the support of the Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography of Russia ... [10] |
Elena Smolenskaya
"High Norma":
Opera V. Bellini "Norma" Scenography - Boris Hayrapetyan
| ... Ingmar Bergman, Franco Zeffirelli, Joseph Losey, Francesco Rosi turned to the opera classics. We have been shooting opera films for about twenty years. Too troublesome thing. Not only cinema needs to know, love, understand, but also music. In his screen "Norma" Boris Hayrapetyan overcame the convention and static character of the opera performance. He pushed his boundaries. And he did it with cinematic means. The action develops vigorously, thanks to the active movement of the camera by the rapid installation of frames. The film was shot in Armenia, in historical places, where the temple, erected by the ancient Romans, stands. And the music seemed to break free, merged with the sound of a waterfall, wind, foliage. "Norma" have already wished to acquire many foreign TV channels. Will our viewers see the film? It's hard to say yet. I wish they also took the risk. Do not lose. [eleven] |
Culture TV Channel
| ... Boris Hayrapetyan’s film “Norma” is a unique experience in our time of translating into cinematographic language of the most complicated genre of music and vocal art, which is opera. "Director and philosopher, screenwriter and producer Boris Hayrapetyan made the first opera film in the new post-Soviet times. The material for the film was Norm's opera by Vincenzo Bellini." [6] "The risk is unheard of! In the opera world, Norma is considered to be very difficult due to its static nature: as a matter of fact, the events unfold in one night in a small number of scenes. The directors of this magic opera needed to find the right clue to its mystery. The stage production of the most complex opera of the era of the classical bel canto, which premiered on December 26, 1831 in Milan, was not very successful. [12] |
Elena Lipskaya
Opera V. Bellini "Norma" Scenography - Boris Hayrapetyan
| Taking up the film production of one of the most complex operas by Bellini "Norma" is truly a bold job. Moreover, the genre of the film-opera in Russia was "frozen" for about twenty-five years. The first education of Boris Hayrapetyan is a philosopher, the second is a film director, the occupation is a producer who dared not only to film, but also to interest “Norma” almost the whole world. [13] |
Franco La Magna
| Tra Italia, Europa, Stati Uniti e Cina. Oblovov di Michalkov , Hollywood e il grande cinema (ri) scoprono Bellini ancora con "Casta Diva". Vecchio e nuova: il terzo millennio, melodrammi e ribellismo giovanile. Gli utimi mesi di Maria Callas e il lmélo di Wong Kar Wai . La Norma di Boris Airapetian , girato in Armenia and Le seduttici in una scengrafica Amalfi degli anni '30. [14] |
| "Norma" del regista Boris Airapetian alla Mostra del Cinema dello Stretto. L'evento è curato dal critico cinematografico Franco La Magna. [15] |
Interview
“Voice of Armenia” - Armen Vatyan [16]
| BORIS HAYRAPETYAN - MAN OR BRAND? The film director, screenwriter, producer and essayist, Boris HAYRAPETYAN, winner of numerous international awards and awards, including the first-ever Emmy in the USSR (television Oscar, USA), does not position himself as a director. The influence of philosophical education, obtained by him in the walls of Moscow State University. Lomonosov, gives him a cultural studies, having the opportunity to practice their ideas. Each of his visits to Yerevan, as a rule, has the effect of a stone thrown into stagnant water. More recently, Boris Hayrapetyan’s struggle with the former Directorate of the Opera Theater for the right to decently restore his production Norma, which was held in 2003 on the New Stage of the Bolshoi Theater of Moscow, was in full swing. Yes, Yerevan’s performance restored in 2016 was applauded by Yerevan viewers - a criterion that the former management opposed to the director. However, considering the play to be frankly careless and not being able to eliminate the shortcomings, Boris Hayrapetyan, having shown a principle which is incomprehensible to many, is seeking to remove it from the repertoire. You do not often see this in our cultural life. |
Performance "Norma" by V. Bellini
Valery Kichi
"Russian newspaper"
| Triumph "Norms". Yerevan Theater opened to Bellini Muscovites. Everything - in "Norma" In Moscow, the trips of the Spendiarov Theater went on in triumph in Moscow. The opera "Norma" by Vencenzo Bellini was shown on the Bolshoi Theater's New Stage. Glimpse, for the first time, heard how good music with impeccable performance can sound in this hall. [17] |
Ekaterina Biryukova
"News"
| Armenian "Norma" made a splash in Moscow. Everyone has their own "Norma". [18] |
Festival "Saint Anna"
Valeria Olyunina [19]
| The name of film director Boris Alexandrovich Hayrapetyan (Boris Beglar) is very well known not only in Armenia, Russia, but also abroad. In Montreal, Munich, Toronto, Istanbul, Paris, where he participated in the festival "Louvre" at the opening of the "Pyramid". The list of his regalia, awards is impressive, only a few listings will already reflect the level of his talent and skill. Grand Prix at the Debut Film Festival in Moscow, the Chicago Film Association Award for the tape “Where the sky lies on the ground”, the Emmy Award of the American Academy of Television (television Oscar) for the Most film, IFF in Mannheim, where он получил приз экуменического жюри за «Убийцу», победа на Московском МКФ с «Лучшей мужской ролью» в фильме «Фара», МКФ «Листопад» г. Минск, приз зрительских симпатий — за ленту «На Бис». На МКФ «Золотой абрикос» в Ереване Борис Айрапетян получил премию «Лучший фильм» за фильм «Место на земле». |
Ереванский оперный театр
21 сентября 2018 года в интервью для онлайн-издания Armenia.im Борис Александрович Айрапетян публично высказал своё мнение о положении дел Ереванского оперного театра. [20]
«Но вопрос в том, что факты здесь не имеют силу воздействия, так как нет на них широкого запроса со стороны общества, его элиты и даже культурной прослойки. Отдельные критические статьи и выступления не в силах изменить ситуацию. Иначе столько лет не мог просуществовать, к примеру, тот же «Ануш», спектакль, словно отрицающий всякие художественные задачи. Или упомянутый вами «Реквием», в котором авторы постановки подвергают сомнению саму музыку великого итальянца. При таком раскладе ответственность всегда будет падать на две структуры – министерство культуры и руководство театра. Никому не отказывая в этом праве, можно засомневаться в художественном вкусе тех, кто допускает к репертуару подобные постановки».
«В дискуссиях и разговорах об управлении оперным театром я не слышу слово из военного лексикона «Интендант». Почти что все ведущие оперные театры мира возглавляют интенданты. Как профессия, он утвержден на западе еще полвека назад. В постсоветском пространстве эта редкая квалификация руководителя – тактика и стратега в одном лице, отвечающего за актуальность и результативность. Пожалуй, Валерий Гергиев соответствует этой должности. Без учета этого явления, его структуры, основ и механизмов навряд ли можно обеспечить перспективу такому сложному образованию, каким является оперное искусство. Забавно будет здесь отметить, что легендарный интендант современности, Жерар Мортье, получивший за свои заслуги титул барона, по профессии был правоведом и журналистом».
Notes
- ↑ Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 20 июля 2009 года № 835 «О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации»
- ↑ The Romford Film Festival . www.facebook.com. The appeal date is July 7, 2019.
- ↑ Литературная газета - статья № 47 (6440) (27-11-2013)
- ↑ Газета Ноев Ковчег - статья № 20 (179) Октябрь (16–31) 2011 года
- ↑ Газета Голос Армении - статья издания "Мост" Пятница, 07 Февраль 2014 Архивировано 13 апреля 2014 года.
- ↑ 1 2 Группа компаний "Парадиз" , статья "Норма": из бельканто в арт-хаус Архивная копия от 1 июня 2016 на Wayback Machine , август 2005
- ↑ Культура , статья "Бельканто крупным планом" (недоступная ссылка) , 24 ноября 2005
- ↑ Российская Газета , статья "Русское кино на американских горках" , 23 декабря 2005
- ↑ Российская Газета , статья "В России впервые за многие годы сделали фильм-оперу" , 8 августа 2005
- ↑ Менеджер Кино , №1 Архивная копия от 18 июля 2012 на Wayback Machine , январь 2007
- ↑ Экран и сцена , №39-40 (785-786), статья "Не пора ли нам в оперу", декабрь 2005
- ↑ Телеканал "Культура" , статья "Премьера оперы... в Доме кино!" , 12 ноября 2005
- ↑ Менеджер Кино , №5 Архивная копия от 18 июля 2012 на Wayback Machine , март 2006
- ↑ Автор Franco La Magna, книга Vi ravviso, o luoghi ameni , 2007
- ↑ Автор Franco La Magna, статья "Norma" del regista Boris Airapetian alla Mostra del Cinema dello Stretto , 2007
- ↑ БОРИС АЙРАПЕТЯН - ЧЕЛОВЕК ИЛИ БРЕНД? www.golosarmenii.am. The appeal date is April 27, 2018.
- ↑ Российская Газета , статья Все - в "Норме", январь 2003
- ↑ Известия , статья Армянская "Норма" произвела сенсацию в Москве, 9 января 2003
- ↑ Его «Норма» и «Святая Анна»: кинорежиссер Борис Айрапетян (рус.) , Армянский музей Москвы и культуры наций . The appeal date is April 27, 2018.
- ↑ Восточный блеск и нищета Ереванской оперы: интервью с Борисом Айрапетяном . armenia.im. Дата обращения 6 декабря 2018.