`NATIONAL GALLERY’ MUSICAL FESTIVAL
Azg/arm
31 March 05
“National Gallery” musical festival organized by the State
Philharmonic Orchestra and National Gallery of Armenia will be held at
the National Gallery from April 6 to 18. People’s Artist of Armenia,
Svetlana Navasardian, the string quartet after Komitas, “Serenade”
chamber orchestra, “Hover” choir and the students of Vladimir
Spivakov’s fund will take part at the festival.
The opening ceremony will take place on April 6 at the Hall of Frescos
of the national Gallery. Suchlike festivals are usual for many
countries of the world – Russia, France, Germany, Austria.
Fresh ways of presenting traditional music pulls in the audience,
authors of the project, Garik Nazarian and Mariam Shahinian,
think. The spectators will enjoy 7 wonderful classic compositions in
beautiful Technicolor surroundings.
Arias from Mozart’s famous operas will open the “National Gallery”
festival. The organizers are sure that spectators will be fascinated
by the combination of tunes and colors.
Though the National Gallery was not designed as a concert hall, it has
good acoustics.
The Hayastan Pan-Armenian Fund and Yerevan Cognac Factory sponsor the
festival.
By Azganush Barsumian