"FIRST ARTSAKH FESTIVAL" DEDICATED TO 15th ANNIVERSARY OF SHUSHI LIBERATION TO BE HELD IN NKR BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 11 TO 15

Noyan Tapan
Sep 6, 2007

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 6, NOYAN TAPAN. "First Artsakh Festival" dedicated
to the 15th anniversary of the Shushi liberation will be held in
Nagorno Karabakh between September 11 to 15 on the initiative of
the State Chamber Orchestra of Armenia. As Aram Gharabekian, the art
director and conductor of the orchestra, said at the September 6 press
conference, the best works of the Armenian and foreign composers will
be performed during the festival.

Within the framework of the festival, the chamber orchestra and the
chorus will have concerts in Stepanakert, Shushi, Martakert, Gandzasar
and in the village of Vank. And on September 15, the Artsakh State
Chamber Chorus and the Orchestra as well as the military brass band
will also take part in the gala-concert to be held in the Rebirth
Square of Stepanakert. It was mentioned that the RA Ministry of
Culture is the sponsor of the festival.

Touching upon the current situation of the Armenian art of singing,
A. Gharabekian said that there is a chaos in this field and there are
no values. "When you listen to today’s variety singers or to "stars"
as they call themselves, then you notice that the concerts with their
participation are like wedding parties", said A. Gharabekian. In his
words, it is unacceptable that the A. Spendiarian Opera and Ballet
National Academic Theater and the Aram Khachatrian concert hall are
given to any singer, because "those stages are only for professionals".