NIGHTINGALE OF ARMENIA FIRST REPUBLICAN CONTEST OF VOCALISTS T0 BE HELD IN YEREVAN
Noyan Tapan
Nov 18, 2008
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 18, NOYAN TAPAN. The first Republican Contest of
Vocalists under the title Nightingale of Armenia named after famous
opera singer Gohar Gasparian will be held between November 17 to
December 14 in Armenia. As Noyan Tapan correspondent was informed
by RA Ministry of Culture, students of musical colleges, students
and post-graduate students of Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory,
as well as 18-32-year-old professional performers will take part in
the contest.
Contest’s compulsory program includes arias from pieces by composers of
the 17-18th centuries, pieces by Komitas, Armenian composers’ opera
arias and romances. Contest’s gala concert and winners’ awarding
ceremony will take place on December 14, on singer’s birthday, at
A. Spendiarian National Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet. Contest’s
steering committee has set monetary prizes for winners, 300 thousand
drams for the first place, 250 thousand for the second place, 200
thousand drams for the third place.
Besides, comforting prizes are also intended for the youngest
participant, for the best performance of Gasparian’s repertoire,
as well as for the best concert master.
Great opera singer Gohar Gasparian died in 2007 May, at the age
of 83. From 1949 the sang the chief arias of 23 operas. Nearly 500
works by Russian, German, French, and Italian composers were in the
singer’s repertoire.