OPERA SINGER ARAKS DAVTYAN TO PERFORM IN YEREVAN IN FRAMES OF "RETURN" FESTIVAL

PanARMENIAN.Net
16.10.2009 15:18 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The fifth out six concerts in frames of the third
"Return" festival will be held October 18 at the Chamber Music Hall
after Komitas.

Viva Mozart concert will be held with participation of the famous
opera singer Araks Davtyan , as well as the Armenian state ensemble
of soloists under the leadership of Zaven Vardanyan. Araks Davtyan
received international recognition after she had won the Viotti
International Competition in 1984 and immediately was invited to the
Bolshoi Theater, where she made her debut as Violetta (La Traviata
"by Verdi).

Her concert tour in the U.S. and Europe with the "Moscow Virtuoso
under Vladimir Spivakov" was an international sensation. Araks Davtyan
has had numerous performances with the most famous orchestras and
conductors, including the State Academic Chamber Orchestra of Russia
under Constantine Orbelian.

The "Return" festival aims to attract attention of Armenians around the
world to the problem of repatriation. The festival is also aimed at
presenting the Armenian audience the latest achievements of skilled
musicians, promoting and encouraging new creative ideas and the
work of Armenian composers, to shape a social need in the modern
classical music.

The festival opened September 22 will last until October 24. The
"Return" festival of classical music is held by the "Art Gallery"
Cultural Foundation under the high patronage of Armenia’s First Lady
Rita Sargsyan and with financial support of VivaCell-MTS.