An exceptional concert of outstanding Japanese pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii will open the Autumn season of the Yerevan Perspectives International Music Festival on September 6.
The first-ever Armenia recital of the Japanese pianist, blind since birth, will take place at Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall in Yerevan at 7:30pm, Panorama.am learned from the festival’s press service.
The concert program features pieces by Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel and Frederic Chopin.
On September 15 legendary pianist Sir András Schiff will perform his first-ever recital in Armenia on the sidelines of the festival, while the festival will host world-famous cellist Gautier Capuçon on 24 September.
Legendary British vocal group The Swingles opened the Yerevan music festival on 29 April, followed by a recital of prominent pianist Ivo Pogorelich and the first performance of Grammy Award-winning Parker Quartet in Armenia on 28 May.
The Yerevan Perspectives International Music Festival is being held under the auspices of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and with support of My Step foundation.
