ARMENIA ORCHESTRA PLANS DECEMBER SHOW IN TEHRAN

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03 Oct 2009 14:56:06 GMT

The Youth Orchestra of Armenia plans a December performance in
Tehran. Photo

The Youth Orchestra of Armenia, conducted by Sergey Smbatyan,
has scheduled a show in the Iranian capital, Tehran, to perform
classical pieces.

Accompanied by internationally-acclaimed Iranian pianist Mahyar Moradi,
the orchestra will present pieces by the world’s most famous composers
such as Tchaikovsky and Dvorak.

The concert, which is organized by the Armenian embassy in Tehran
and Iran’s culture ministry, will be held in December 2009, Fars News
Agency reported.

The Youth Orchestra of Armenia had previously visited Iran in July
2009, when it held concerts at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall.

The orchestra comprises of over 70 musicians, who are between the ages
of 16 and 24 and are also students of the Yerevan State Conservatory.