“Symphonic Yerevan" Festival to open on 12 August

14:38, 8 August 2022

YEREVAN, AUGUST 8, ARMENPRESS. The opening Concert of the “Symphonic Yerevan" International Music Festival will take place in the "Arno Babajanyan" concert hall on August 12 at 19:30. Nikolay Poghosyan (bassoon)and Anahit Dilbaryan (piano) will perform at the concert, the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra said in a press release.

Concert Program։ Alexandre Tansman – Sonatina for bassoon and piano, Paul Hindemith – Sonata for bassoon and piano, Claude Debussy – Piano Preludes from the Book I, Henri Dutilleux – “Sarabande et Cortege” for bassoon and piano, Antonio Torriani – Divertimento on themes from Donizetti's "Lucie di Lammermoor" for bassoon and piano.

14 concerts will be held within the framework of the festival. Alexey Shor is the Composer-In-Residence for the festival.

Armenian State Symphony Orchestra and European Foundation for Support of Culture (EUFSC, President Konstantin Ishkhanov) are co-organizers of the Festival. The festival is being conducted with the support of Yerevan Municipality and the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of the RA.

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS