EDVARD MIRZOYAN: LIFE ITSELF DICTATES THAT “NATIONAL GALLERY” FESTIVAL SHOULD BECOME TRADITIONAL

Noyan Tapan
Apr 19 2006

YEREVAN, APRIL 19, NOYAN TAPAN. The “National Gallery” second musical
festival consisting of 8 series of concerts will start on April 20
in Yerevan. As festival founders Mariam Shahinian and Garik Nazarian
informed at the April 19 press conference, on that day at the Armenian
National Gallery’s wall-paintings hall the music-lovers will listen to
classical works by Armenian and foreign composers to the accompaniment
of the Armenian State Chamber Orchestra. According to Mariam Shahinian,
the “National Gallery” festival can be considered as completely
established. The newly founded festival already has an artistic
council headed by famous Armenian composer Edvard Mirzoyan. According
to maestro Mirzoyan, life itself dictates that this festival should
become traditional and should serve “our noble people”. As E.Mirzoyan
stated, the evidence of it is the experience and responses received
from the first festival. Member of the festival’s artistic council,
composer Tigran Mansurian congratulated those present and said that
this musical event is the best occasion for the best Armenian classical
musicians ans creators to perform. According to the organizers, this
year they have tried to include new names and new works than have been
never performed in Armenia. They mentioned that the wall-painting hall
having 350 seats is small for the spectators but they have done their
best for the students and the art-lovers to have an opportunity to come
to the concert by invitation cards or tickets bought at affordable
prices. They promised to invite foreign creators and performers as
well to the festival in the future.