HAYASTAN ALL-ARMENIAN FUND CONTRIBUTES TO THE ARMENIAN COMMUNITIES OF BEIRUT, SYRIA AND ALEPPO

armradio.am
30.09.2008 16:01

On October 4, 5 and 6 the prominent pianist Vardan Mamikonian will
hold charity concerts in Beirut, Syria and Aleppo. The concert
is organized and managed by the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund Germany
affiliate, represented by its Chairman Gilbert Moumdjian, and Regional
committees of Lebanon and Syria. Proceeds from the concert will be
used to provide medical assistance, as well as foster educational and
cultural initiatives in the local Armenian communities. The concerts
also aim to strengthen cultural links between Armenia and Diaspora,
as well as educate young Armenian people in Diaspora.

After the series of charity concerts Vardan Mamikonian will arrive
in Yerevan to take part in the Classical Music Festival.

"For years Armenians in Diaspora have been a great moral and material
support to people in Armenia and Karabakh. Some of these Armenian
communities are experiencing difficulties, and it is our duty to
extend them a helping hand. Hayastan Fund’s projects such as this
serve this purpose too", says Mr. Moumdjian.

Vardan Mamikonian began his piano studies at the Yerevan Spendiarian
School of Music. He continued his studies at the Moscow Central
Music School and at the prestigious Tchaikovsky Conservatory where he
became a student of Valery Kastelsky, one of the last pupils of the le
gendary teacher Heinrich Neuhaus. Vardan Mamikonian always impressed
the public with his elegant technique and superb musicianship.

Mamikonian has played recitals at the Musikverein in Vienna, at
the Carnegie Hall in New York, the Théâtre des Champs-Ã~Ilysées
in Paris, the Herkulessaal in Munich, Wigmore Hall in London, the
Tonhalle in Zurich, at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco and at
the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., among others. Other engagements
have included performances as soloist in Germany and Holland, Shanghai,
Leipzig, Paris, Munich. During the season 2007-2008 upcoming recital
and orchestral engagements include performances with orchestras in
France, Germany, Italy and Sweden.

Since 1991 Mamikonian has made his home in Paris, France. In 1992 he
was the winner of the World Music Masters Competition in Monte Carlo,
reserved exclusively for winners of international competitions.

Vardan Mamikonian’s concert is not unprecedented: the world renowned
Armenian opera singer Hasmik Papyan years ago gave several charity
concerts in these communities. She then expressed willingness to give
benefit performances for Armenians in Diaspora and direct proceeds
from the concerts to the solution of their immediate needs.

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