Music: Armenia’s Sergey Smbatyan to perform with Korean Chamber Orchestra in Seoul

Panorama, Armenia
Jan 23 2019

The artistic director and principal conductor of the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra, Sergey Smbatyan will conduct a concert by the Korean Chamber Orchestra in Seoul, South Korea.

The concert is scheduled for 1 February at the Concert Hall of the Seoul Arts Center, the Armenian orchestra’s press service told Panorama.am.

The concert program features pieces by Edvard Grieg, Pyotr Tchaikovsky and Keiko Abe.

This is not the first cooperation between Smbatyan and the Korean Chamber Orchestra. They performed jointly in January, February and October 2015 on the sidelines of the global concert tours dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the Korean Chamber Orchestra.

The last concert of the Armenian conductor and the Korean orchestra was held in New York's Carnegie Hall – one of the world's most prestigious classical music venues.