On September 20, at 7:00 PM, the Yerevan State Chamber Choir will present a concert titled "This Night, Autumn Night" at the Komitas Chamber Music Hall, dedicated to the independence of Armenia.

The evening will feature arrangements of traditional folk songs by Komitas, Hayrik Muradyan and contemporary arrangements by Vahagn Babloyan.

The concert will be conducted by the choir’s Artistic Director and Conductor, Kristina Voskanyan.

In the program

Komitas

1. The shepherd's dog is black

2. Shakhkr-Shukhkr (My Belt is Clanging)

3. My Beloved is a Rose

4. Oh My Beautiful Beloved

5. Little Dark-Clad Girl

6. Dear Shogher

7. I am Taking Dinner to the Threshing Floor

8. I Have Fermented the Yoghourt Just Now

9. Come, My Dear Beloved

10. Oh Beautiful Partridge (premier)

11. Hoy, Nazan

12. This Night is Moonlight (premier)

13. Oh, Girl with Braids (premier)

14. My Beloved is Like a Plane Tree

15. Habrban (premier)

16. Aparan Is Rocky (premier)

Arrangements by Vahagn Babloyan

17. Dream, soloist - Edgar Varosyan (premiere)

18. Little Partridge, soloist – Nelly Kalashyan 

19. Khlbane, soloist – Zhanna Davtyan 

20. Autumn Night, soloist – Zhanna Davtyan 

21. I’m calling you, come, come and Hoy nar, soloist - Andranik Malkhasyan (premiere)

22. Ruri (lullaby), soloists – Zhanna Davtyan and Mergel Amirakhanyan 

23. Summer Night, soloist – Zhanna Davtyan 

24. The water is coming, soloist – Zhanna Davtyan 

Time: 19:00.

Entry for children under 6 years old is prohibited.

Time: 19:00.

Entry for children under 6 years old is prohibited.

On September 23 at 19:00, the “Hover” State Chamber Choir and the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory invite you to the Komitas Chamber Music Hall for a special concert celebrating the 95th anniversary of the great Armenian composer, Edgar Hovhannisyan — Honored Art Worker of the Armenian SSR, People’s Artist of the Armenian SSR and the USSR.

The program will include Hovhannisyan’s Piano Quintet, Sonata–Epitaph for Cello and Piano, Piano Preludes, and a selection of choral works.

Performers: students of the Yerevan State Conservatory’s String and Piano Departments, the “Komitas” Choir (Choirmaster: Gayane Sahakyan), and the “Hover” State Chamber Choir (Choirmaster: Sona Hovhannisyan).

“Hover” State Chamber Choir is sponsored by “Koghb” Foundation.

Time: 19:00.

Entry for children under 6 years old is prohibited.

On September 24, at 19:00, the Opening Concert of The Third International Vahagn Stamboltsyan Organ Festival, dedicated to Komitas, will be held solemnly at the Komitas Chamber Music Hall.

Performers: 

Harutyun Tagvoryan, Tereza Voskanyan, Armen Aghajanyan,  Lusine Arutyunyan, Arpine Harutyunyan, Andranik Aghajanyan (cello), Hasmik Harutyunyan (blul), Armen Mailyan (trumpet)

In the program: 

- Harutyun Tagvoryan

• Komitas: "Blessed is the Lord", "Bless the Lord, o Jerusalem" 

- Tereza Voskanyan

• Komitas: "Oh, My Lovely Doe", "I Am Burning" 

Hasmik Harutyunyan (blul)

• Stepan Shakaryan: "In Memory of Komitas"

• Alan Hovhaness: "The Prayer of Saint Gregory" 

Armen Mailyan (trumpet)

- Arpine Harutyunyan

• Komitas: "In this refuge"(arr.: A. Harutyunyan)

• Spiritual melody: "God the Spirit" (arr.: A. Harutyunyan) 

• Mary Pozapalyan: "Etchmiadzin"

• Makar Yekmalian: "Amen Holy is the Father"(arr.: A. Harutyunyan)

- Armen Aghajanyan

• Komitas: "Mountains, I am Asking for Wind", "My Dear Shogher"

Andranik Aghajanyan (cello)

• Alexander Arutyunian: "Lord Have Mercy"

• Arno Babajanyan: "Melody"

- Lusine Arutyunyan

• Komitas: "Shushiki», "Lullaby"

• Simeon Yerevantsi, Komitas: "Lord, Have Mercy"   

• Nerses Shnorhali, Komitas: "O Morning of Light"

Time: 19:00.

Entry for children under 6 years old is prohibited.

On September 25, at 19:00, at the Komitas Chamber Music Hall will take place Spanish zarzuelas concert of "Tagharan" Ensemble of Ancient Musicen titled “Viva España”.

Artistic Director and Conductor։ Honorary Worker of Culture of the RA Sedrak Yerkanyan 

In the programme:

• Geronimo Gimenez: “Zapateado”

• Maria Grever: “Lamento Gitano”

• Jose Serriano: “Marinella, Marinella”

• Miquel Sandoval: “Sin tu amor” 

• Pablo Luna: “De España vengo”

• Ruperto Chapi։ “Carceleras” Luisa's song from the zarzuela “The Daughters of Zebedeo”

• Miquel Marques: “Lagrimas mias”

• Federico Morrena Torroba: “La Petenera” Valentina's romance from the zarzuela “The Woman from Marchena”

• Agustin Perez Soriano: “Suena guitarrico mio”

• Amadeu Vives: “Cancion de ruisenor viver”

• Geronimo Gimenez: “Sierra de Granada”

• Geronimo Gimenez: “Me lleman la primarosa”

• Enrike Graneados: “Dance”

Soloists:

• Lusine Markosyan: mezzo soprano, laureate of international competitions

• Galina Tsolakyan: soprano, laureate of international competitions

• Gayane Ghambaryan: soprano, laureate of international competitions

• Aramo Mamikonyan: tenor

• Hovsep Nshanyan: baritone, laureate of national competitions

• Eva Gevorgyan: mezzo soprano

Arrangements by Sedrak Yerkanyan. 

Time: 19:00.

Entry for children under 6 years old is prohibited.

The 9th “Armenia” International Music Festival

The Armenian State Symphony Orchestra invites you to a remarkable evening celebrating music inspired by art, featuring Modest Mussorgsky’s iconic Pictures at an Exhibition and Robert Schumann’s Piano Concerto, performed by acclaimed pianist and conductor Epifanio Comis.

Soloist and conductor: Epifanio Comis

ARMENIAN STATE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Artistic Director and Principal Conductor: Sergey Smbatyan

The 9th “Armenia” International Music Festival is held with the support of the Tourism Committee of the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia.

 

Time: 19:30.

Admission for children from age 6 and above.

On October 1, at 19:00 at the Komitas Chamber Music Hall, a solo concert of the Titular organist of Notre-Dame de Paris (France) Vincent Dubois will take place, as part of the Third International Vahagn Stamboltsyan Organ Festival.

Recognized as one of the most brilliant organists on the international scene, Vincent Dubois leads an intensive concert career and performs throughout the world. He has been invited as soloist by many prestigious orchestras, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Philharmonic, the Dallas Symphony, the Hong Kong Philharmonic, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio-France, the Orchestre National de France and the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, the Orquestra Filarmonica del Gran Canaria, the Orchestre National d'Ile de France and the Basel Sinfonieorchester, and numerous international festivals such as Vancouver, Budapest, Stuttgart, Montreal, Cambridge, Lisbon, Ottawa, Dresden, Merseburg, Roskilde.

In the program: “Tribute To Bach”

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

- Fantasie und Fuge in g-moll, BWV 542

- Choral “Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme”, BWV 645

- Präludium and Fuge in a-moll, BWV 543

- Choral “Erbarm dich o Herre Gott”, BWV 721

- Passacaglia and Fuge in c-moll, BWV 582

- Pièce d’orgue in g-Dur, BWV 572

Franz Liszt (1809-1883)

- Präludium und Fuge auf der Name B.A.C.H 

Vincent Dubois

- Improvisation on B.A.C.H

Time: 19:00.

Entry for children under 6 years old is prohibited.

Time: 19:00.

Еxperience the grandeur and mystery of the universe with the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra through Gustav Holst’s monumental suite, “The Planets.” This immersive concert experience will be enhanced by special visual projections, bringing the beauty and character of each planet to life. 

Conductor for the evening is Conrad Van Alphen. 

Concert program: 

Gustav Holst - “The Planets” Suite for Large Orchestra (56 min)

I. Mars, the Bringer of War

II. Venus, the Bringer of Peace

III. Mercury, the Winged Messenger

IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity

V. Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age

VI. Uranus, the Magician

VII. Neptune, the Mystic

Conductor: Conrad Van Alphen

ARMENIAN STATE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

(Artistic Director and Principal Conductor: Sergey Smbatyan)

 

Time: 19։30  

Admission for children from age 6 and above.