Armenian world-known cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan announced about his upcoming performance with State Youth Orchestra in Yerevan.

“As you can see I am back to Armenia, to my beloved Yerevan. I am very excited to be playing on July 5th at Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall on “Armenia” international music festival. I will be playig pieces by Alexey Shor and Camille Saint-Saëns,” Hakhnazaryan said in a video message, posted by the Armenia Music Festival Facebook page.

To note, an International music festival and competition called “Armenia” will be held in Yerevan for the first time from July 4 to 12. The organizers of the festival and competition are the State Youth Orchestra of Armenia (SYOA) and European Foundation for Support of Culture.

Pianists up to 34 years old will have a chance to compete in this competition. The total prize fund of the competition is 20 000 Euro (the 1st prize – 10 000 Euro, the 2nd prize-5000 Euro, the 3rd prize- 3000 Euro and special prize-2000 Euro).

The jury of the competition consists of 5 famous musicians and performers from different countries. In the competition, Armenia will be represented by Professor Armen Babakhanyan, a famous Armenian pianist.