On September 21, the center of cultural events dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Independence of Armenia was the jubilee concert entitled “Generation of Independence” held at K. Demirchyan Sports and Concert Complex. The concert united more than 1000 teen and young musicians from the marzes of Armenian and Artsakh. The author of the repertoire and conductor was Sergey Smbatyan, artistic director of 16-year-old Armenian State Youth Orchestra. The repertoire program which is composed of exclusively classical works of Armenian composers’ as previously so as the last 25 years, which will be interpreted by All-Armenian orchestra and chorus and soloists. The concert, which implies a great responsibility and preparedness, this time, is an application to introduce the Armenian culture to the world.
A day before the anniversary, “Aram Khachatryan” concert hall hosted a concert again dedicated to the anniversary of independence, in the participation of Armenia’s National Philharmonic Orchestra (artistic director and principal conductor Eduard Topchyan). The soloists, desirable guests to today’s already renowned orchestras and concert halls in the world: violinist Sergey Khachatryan and cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan, really showed brilliant performances. Shostakovich’s Concerto No. 1 in the interpretation of Khachatryan was simply perfect. Dvořák’s concerto performed by Hakhnazaryan was “on the same level.” These assessments were voiced by our renowned artists in the end of the concert.
After 13-year-old descant, Hakob Ghasabyan’s performances (Kachchini’s “Ave Maria”, Webber’s Pie Jesu, Coeli’s Halleluyah) who is a student at the Conservatory of the city of Lille, France, the hall was truly “blowing out.” Recall that after winning the Sibelius Competition (Helsinki, 2000) and the Queen Elizabeth Competition (Brussels, 2005), Sergey Khachatryan recognition internationally began. Two world competitions stimulated Narek Hakhnazaryan’s activities: Aram Khachaturian (Yerevan, 2006) and Tchaikovsky (Moscow, 2011). As for Hakob Ghasabyan, Europe recognized the young singer from the “Talented-2015” project over France 2 TV channel where he was recognized a winner, while in Armenia – from the “New Names” International Festival held in 2016.
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“Aravot”
21.09.2016
