The Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra presents to the listeners the concerts of a long anticipated program for March. The winter has been severe and cold this year, however, in January and February our orchestra enlightened the listeners with some brilliant concerts.
It is significant to mention a gala concert dedicated to Babajanyan a sold out event that took place on January 25. Numerous Armenian singers performed favorite songs to a great satisfaction of the First Lady of Armenia Mrs. Rita Sargsyan. We can’t help mentioning performances on January 31 when the orchestra performed two beautiful symphonies – No.4 by Bruckner and No.2 by Beethoven under the baton of Eduard Topchjan. The concert of February 3 featuring Alexei Volodin who performed Sybelius – Piano Concerto No.2 under Daniel Raiskin was noteworthy, and of course, already an established star violinist Anush Nikoghosyan performed Prokofiev’s Concerto No.2.
On February 20 and 24 ANPO New Camerata made two performances. If the first one was in Aram Khachaturian House Museum, then with a second concert that took place in Ashtarak Artemi Ayvazyan Music School the ANPO opened a regional concerts “Mshakutayin Kangar” project initiated by the Ministry of Culture of Armenia.
On February 25 Maestro Eduard Topchjan appeared with a prestigious Polish orchestra NFM Leopoldinum in Wroclaw to conduct Tigran Mansurian’s Violin Concerto (featuring Anush Nikoghosyan), Mendelssohn’s Symphony No.6, and Franz Schubert’s Death and Maiden.
The announced spring concerts of the Filharmonik at Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall start on March 3 when one of the most talented Armenian trumpeters Daniel Melkonyan performs Hummel’s Trumpet Concerto. On that day our listeners will listen to Shostakovich – Symphony No.11 as well. The opener for the concert is Ravel’s Pavane.
On March 10 we have a very hot Spanish program under the baton of a Spanish conductor and scholar Juan Antonio Ramirez. The well-known in Armenia and beyond flutist Sara Cabrera Urena will appear as a soloist in the concert. The listeners will have a chance to listen to music by Chabrier, Turina, Rodrigo, Albeniz, Chapi, Soutullo y Vert, Amadeo Vives and Jose Serrano. It is attention-grabbing that prior to the concert there will be a lecture dedicated to the Spanish composers on March 9 at Aram Khachaturian Hall Guestroom at 14:00. Those interested, as well as students and journalists, are welcome.
A prominent Russian conductor Dmitri Jurowski will lead the Filharmonik on March 17 to conduct an evening with music by Richard Strauss. There will be also several arias performed by a British soprano Lubov Stuchevskaya.
On March 26 a legendary violinist Pinchas Zuckerman will perform a Double Concerto by Johannes Brahms together with Amanda Forsyth under the baton of Eduard Topchjan within the framework of Yerevan Perspectives International Festival. In the second half of the concert Symphony No.4 by Johannes Brahms will be performed. The same festival continues performing Brahms’ Music again on March 31 when another impressive soloist Vag Papian will perform Piano Concerto No.2. In the second half of the concert a very beautiful symphony No.3 will be presented to the Armenian and international listeners.
We all would like to thank the President of Armenia and his Spouse Mrs. Rita Sargsyan, VivaCell-MTS, Ministry of Culture of Armenia, Luys Foundation, Yerevan Municipality, Yerevan Grand Hotel, Opera Suite Hotel, Converse Bank and all those who support our vision and believe in uplifting the youth of Armenia and make the pastime of all our citizens and guests of Armenia more classical music oriented.
Thanks to the artistic interest and the consistent work of our media partners, among them: H1, PanArmenian Media Group, Shoghakat TV, AR TV, News Radio, Vem Radio, TourInfo Magazine, Champord Weekly and to our all media partners our activities will remain reachable for a broader society further on.
We also thank our partner organizations that are working on the ground and share our vision. We are especially glad that a range of catering and service partners joined our friends’ list and help us reach out to a broader audience: The Club, Bellavista Italia, Art-Bridge, Enoteca, Cafe Vergnano, La Boheme cafes to name a few.
These relationships are invaluable to our work as we learn from each other and discover new ways to improve access, build community, and truly diversify classical music in every sense of the word.
