NATIONAL GALLERY FESTIVAL FOR FIRST TIME INCLUDED IN ACTIVITY PLAN OF RA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

Noyan Tapan
April 16, 2008

YEREVAN, APRIL 16, NOYAN TAPAN. The holding of the National Gallery
International Music Festival has become traditional and one of the
most expected cultural events for art lovers. Mariam Shahinian,
the festival’s founder, said at the April 16 press conference.

According to her, the National Gallery fourth International Music
Festival to be held between April 17 to June 15 in Yerevan this
year for the first time has been included in the activity program of
the RA Ministry of Culture. In M. Shahinian’s words, the festival’s
peculiarity is that not only world-famous musicians, but also beginners
take part in it.

Paravon Mirzoyan, the Director of the National Gallery of Armenia,
said that the idea of holding music festivals in picture galleries
and museums is not new: for many decades it has been fulfilled
successfully in authoritative cultural centers of the world. In his
words, besides presenting pieces of world music art performed by
renowned musician-performers, orchestras, the festival also pursues
another goal: to acquaint the art loving society with the activity of
the given picture gallery, as well as with the masterpieces kept there.

It should be mentioned that both Armenian and foreign best musicians
and orchestras, including State Armenian Chamber Orchestra, Narekatsi
orchestra, Alliance quintet (Germany), Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi
(Italy), Alexander Chaushian (Great Britan), will take part in
the festival. In total, the festival will consist of nine series
of conerts.