"ONLY A NATION HAVING SUCH A POWERFUL CULTURE CAN GIVE BIRTH TO A SIMILAR GENIUS" SAID AFTER SERGEY KHACHATRIAN’S CONCERT IN BRATISLAVA

Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Jan 17 2007

BRATISLAVA, JANURAY 17, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The final
concert of the "Armenian Cultural Days" festival with participation
of famous violinist Sergey Khachatrian took place in Bratislava
on January 11. Aram Khachatrian’s Concert for Violin was performed
the last sounds of which were standing up accepted by the audience:
not hiding the emotions, everybody greeted the musician with a storm
of applauses.

In words of the Noyan Tapan correspondent, even Ambassador of France
to Slovakia Henry Cuny and his wife who listened to Sergey Khachatrain
earlier as well were exited. The Ambassador who recently finished
his diplomatic mission in Armenia stated that the years he spent
in Armenia tied him with the Armenian culture as much that he did
not imagine his life without it any more. He stated that he will
certainly be present at the Sergey Khachatrian’s concert to take
place this year in Paris as well.

As famous pianist Rena Hendlerova, orchestra conductor Jean Hendler’s
wife characterized the performance, it seemed that not a young but
an exclusive, maybe about 5 thousand years old musician was on the
stage in who the Armenian culture and history of the same age were
thickened. "Only a nation having such an old and powerful culture
may give birth to a similar genius."

Under the patronage of Ashot Grigorian, the Chairman of the Armenian
Organizations in Europe Representation which is the organizer of the
Armenian Cultural Days, and the Chairman of the Armenian community of
Slovakia, a reception followed the concert during which the violinist
was addressed numerous greetings.

The administration of the Slovakia Ministry of Culture and of the
Philharmony expressed their deep gratitude for organization of
the concert, mentioning that today a new page was written in the
history of Slovakia on the way of presenting and propagating the
Armenian culture. A special gratitude was expressed for the fact
that Bratislava was paid a tribute of unprecedented respect: this is
the first country in the region where sounds of Sergey Khachatrian’s
violin were performed: he will for the first time perform in Vienna
only this summer, and there is still no information about his concerts
in Prague and Budapest.

As Sergey Khachatrian mentioned he also lives great moments of hapiness
when he has possibility to perform unforgettable work of his great
namesake: the Concert for Violin which he has already performed during
the recent years more than three dozens of times. He and his main
head: the father, famous musician and pedagogue Vladimir Khachtrain,
stated that they estimate very highly the organization and holding
of the Armenian Cultural Days in countries of middle Europe, of
course, agreeing that the Armenian people, the greatness of culture
of which is incomprehensible even for Armenia and the necessity of
representation of which Europe and the whole world have so much,
has relied and rely on such patrons of arts. Vladimir Khachatrian
and Ashot Grigorian agreed to again hold a similar concert within
the framework of another festival late this year.

In his final speech Mr.Grigorian expressed deep gratitude to the
officials shown assistance in organization of the Armenian Cultural
Days, including Bratislava Mayor Andrey Dyurkovski, Minister of
Culture of Armenia Mrs.Hasmik Poghosian, etc, however, mentioning
that the denial position displayed in the issue of those events by the
Armenian Embassy in Vienna and expecially by the Ambassador must still
be given its worthy estimation for which he still waits, hoping that
"similar deeds must publically be blamed with a perspective to get
assistance in future instead of farther obstacles."