RETURN FESTIVAL TO ORGANIZE FINAL CONCERT ON OCTOBER 24
PanARMENIAN.Net
23.10.2009 17:02 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On October 24, Yerevan Chamber Music House will
host the sixth final classical music concert within the frameworks
of Return festival.
Audience will have the chance to listen to Vahagn Papyan (Israel)
and State Youth Chamber Orchestra (conductor: Sergey Smbatyan).
Graduate of Moscow Conservatory (instructor: Prof. Mikhail
Voskresensky), Vahagn Papyan started his career as pianist, after
successful performance in Viana Da Mota international piano contest
in Lisbon (1979). In 1982, he entered St. Petersburg Conservatory,
Conducting Department (instructor: Prof. Ilya Musin). In 1984, Valery
Gergiev invited Papyan as second conductor in Armenian Philharmonic
Orchestra, Three years later, he became art director and chief
conductor. In 2003, Vahagn Papyan was invoted to Moscow to conduct
New Russian Symphonic Orchestra. Since 2006, he has been Art Director
of Ashdodsk Symphonic Orchestra, Israel.
Sergey Smbatyan – violinist and conductor -was born in 1987 in
Yerevan. He is a laureate of international violinists’ contests of
Bucharest (2001), Kishinev (2004), Tokyo (2004) and Grand-Prix holder
in San Remo (Italy, 2001). Currently Smbatyan is a third year student
in Yerevan State Conservatory (instructors: B. Vardanyan, violin, Yu.
Davtyan, conducting). He studies violin under professors S. Kravchenko
(Russia), Z. Bron (Switzerland). G. Zhislin (violin), R. Ricci (Italy)
and conducting art under Yu. Davtyan (Armenia) and V. Spivakov.
Smbatyan has given violin concerts with Rostov and Yekaterinburg
Philharmonic Orchestras, Republic of Bashkortostan National Symphonic
Orchestra and Israel Youth Orchestra. He has also performed tour
concerts in England, Austria, Italy, Israel, Egypt, Lebanon and
Switzerland. Currently, Smbatyan conducts Yerevan State Conservatory’s
Youth Orchestra.
Return festival is aimed at drawing Armenians’ attention to problems
of repatriation, demonstrating recent achievements of qualified
musicians, encouraging and promoting development of creative ideas
and contemporary Armenian musicians’ works and generating demand for
contemporary classical music.
Opening of third classical music festival was held on October 22.
Return classical music festival organized by Art Galletry under the
high patronage of RA First Lady Rita Sargsyan (financial sponsor:
VivaCell-MTS).