7TH REPUBLICAN COMPETITION OF YOUNG VIOLINISTS AND VIOLONCELLISTS TO START IN YEREVAN ON APRIL 26

Noyan Tapan
Apr 19 2007

YEREVAN, APRIL 19, NOYAN TAPAN. The 7th republican competition of
young violinists and violoncellists after Avet Gabrielian and Sargis
Aslamazian will start at the Sayat-Nova music school of Yerevan, on
April 26. As competition jury Chairman, professor Eduard Tadevosian
stated at the April 19 press conference, the goal of the competition
having been held once in three years since 1987 is to reveal gifted
and talented young performers.

E. Tadevosian mentioned that gifted children of 5-8th grades of
stringed departments of music and art schools of not only Yerevan
but also marzes placed 39 orders for participation in the competition
being held at two stages.

The solemn awarding and closing ceremony of the competition will take
place on May 6, at the Chamber Music House of Yerevan. Monetary prizes
are defined for winners.

Members of the Komitas stringed quartet and professors of the Yerevan
Komitas Conservatory are involved in the staff of the competition jury.

The initiators of the 7th republican competition of violinists and
violoncellists are the RA Ministry of Culture and Youth Issues,
All-Armenian Youth Foundation, the Union of Composers and Musical
Critics of Armenia.