Music: Concerts dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the composer Tigran Mansuryan will be held from September 1 to September 13 in Yerevan, Gyumri and Artsakh

Arminfo, Armenia
Aug 26 2019
Alina Hovhannisyan

ArmInfo. From September 1 to September 13  Yerevan, Gyumri and Artsakh will host a series of concerts dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the composer, people's  artist, maestro Tigran Mansuryan.

During 5 concerts, the composer's works written for films, as well as  symphonic and chamber works will be performed.

In particular, the music festival "Mansuryan-80" starts on September  1 in the "Renaissance" square of the Artsakh Republic, where the  State Armenian Symphony Orchestra will perform works by Maestro from  films.

On September 4 at the Chamber Music House named after Komitas, the  Saryan String Quartet, pianists Pavel Dombrovsky and Isabella  Melkonyan, viola player Sergei Poltavsky and soprano Anna Avdalyan  will perform with the State Symphony Orchestra of Armenia.

On September 5 in the concert hall named after Aram Khachaturian the  State Symphony Orchestra of Armenia will present instrumental  concerts by Tigran Mansuryan.

On September 6, at the National Academic Opera and Ballet Theater,  the State Symphony Orchestra of Armenia will delight the audience  with works by the Maestro, written for films. The festival will end  on September 13 at the Black Fortress in Gyumri. Entrance to concerts  will be by tickets.

It should be noted that the "Mansuryan-80" concerts will take place  on the initiative of the Yerevan Municipality with the assistance of  the Armenian government.