‘YERAZNERI ART’ MAKES DREAMS COME TRUE
Azg/arm
22 July 05
The fact that Raffi Festekchian neither sings nor plays any musical
instrument was no obstacle for him and his friend Nubar Sfeyan,
entrepreneur, to establish “Yerazneri Art” non-profit organization.
The aim of the organization is to help young Armenian musicians
perform their art.
Informing about this, Dafni Abil, deputy editor of the Armenian Mirror
Spectator, added that Raffi Festekchian is the manager of a computer
program company located in the center of Boston, while Nubar Sfeyan is
the establisher of “Armenia 2020” company. They pay special attention
to the students of the Armenian musical schools at the age of 8-18.
“Once a year we leave for Armenia and visit musical schools,
choosing the children personally. We also cooperate with the “New
Names.” They carry out the first hearings. At present, we work
with 40 children,” they told during the interview, adding that they
sometimes help continue the education of such talented children that
had to leave the musical schools due to hard economic conditions or
other circumstances. They help the young musicians complete their
education, then they find sponsors to help them perform in Russia,
in Middle Asia, in Europe and in America. “When they performed a
concert at the Boston Conservatoire, everybody was astonished. They
all admired their musical abilities, their talent,” they said.
Raffi is an engineer. He graduated from the Beirut American
University. “We want to enlarge our activities and help the young
Armenian painter too,” Raffi Festekchian said in the interview.
By Hakob Tsulikian