SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN FESTIVAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA TO ARRIVE IN YEREVAN THIS WEEK

Noyan Tapan

Ju ne 20, 2008

YEREVAN, JUNE 20, NOYAN TAPAN. Schleswig-Holstein Festival Symphony
Orchestra will perform on June 25 at Aram Khachatrian Concert Hall. The
conductor is Christoph Eschenbach and the soloist is Daniel Muller
Schott (cello). Bernstein, Dvorzhak, and Tchaikovski are in the
concert program.

The concert is part of the Prospects of 21st annual Yerevan festival.

Schleswig-Holstein Festival Symphony Orchestra consists of the 100
best young performers of the world, who are selected in advance
every year. The orchestra travels about several cities of Europe
on tours every year, and Yerevan has been chosen as one of the six
cities this year. The orchestra will leave Dresden for Yerevan,
then for Vilnius, from where it will leave for Saint Petersburg to
Valery Georgiyev Festival. It is an exclusive fact that one of the
greatest conductors of the century, Christoph Eschenbach, arrives in
Yerevan with the orchestra along with superstar soloist Daniel Muller
Schott. It is the first time in festival’s history when a symphony
orchestra consisting of 100 members arrives in Armenia.

The Prospects of 21st festival was founded in 2000. Its Chairman is
composer Stepan Rostomian. The festival has reached an unprecedented
art quality and was first in the whole region to become a member
of the European Festival Association. Among festival’s guests in
different years were: Yuri Bashmet and Moscow Soloists Orchestra, Gidon
Kremer and the Kremerata Baltika Orchestra, Vienna Boys Choir, London
Symphonietta, Kronos Quartet, Tokyo String Quartet, Borodin Quartet,
Hilliard Ensemble, Hortus Musicus ensemble, Amadinda Percussion
Instruments Orchestra, soloists Misha Mayski, Boris Berezovski,
Steven Isserlis, Christoph Poppen, David Geringas, and other famous
performers.

The 9th Prospects of 21st festival of 2008 was opened in April with
days of Krzysztof Penderecki in Armenia (five concerts), which was
followed by Days of Rodion Schedrin in Armenia (four concerts) on
June 11-14. Both of them were a success.

The festival’s sponsor is the RA Ministry of Culture. Its main partner
is the Yerevan magazine. The festival is held under the high patronage
of RA President Serge Sargsian.