Famous French-Armenian soprano Liana Harutyunyan will perform a solo concert at the Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall with the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra within the “Yerevan Perspectives” festival.
On June 27, a press conference was held during which soprano Liana Harutyunyan, director and chief conductor of the Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Eduard Topchyan, as well as founder and director of the “Yerevan Perspectives” international festival, composer Stepan Rostomyan, spoke about the upcoming concert.
At the beginning of the press conference, the president of the festival Stepan Rostomyan said that he was waiting for Liana Harutyunyan in Armenia and that the homeland is always ready to welcome its treasures spread all over the world.
Director and chief conductor of the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra Eduard Topchyan noted that he is very happy for this joint work and especially appreciates that the famous singer like Liana Harutyunyan does not even try to advertise herself.
Liana Harutyunyan said: “The concert program has been ready for 4 years, but it never got a chance to take place. Now it will take place. I am looking forward to meeting with the audience with great pleasure. I have left many suggestions abroad to have this solo concert, for which I am really happy. I have performed on stages of different countries and now it is Armenia’s turn, it is the right time to have a concert in my country”.
Let us note that the concert will take place on June 28 at 19:00 at Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall. Parts of operas composed by Giuseppe Verdi, Pietro Mascagni, Gioachino Rossini, Giacomo Puccini and Alfredo Catalani will be performed.
Milena BARSEGHYAN
