06/06/2011 12:05
A. Khachatryan international contest kicks off today
Today kicks off the 7th international contest Aram Khachatryan. The Armenian State Youth Orchestra informed that the official opening ceremony of the contest is to be held at 19:00 at the music hall after Aram Khachatryan.
On the opening ceremony will be present the Armenian State Youth Orchestra conducted by Sergey Smbatyan.
The winner in many international music contests Armen Babakhanyan is to be present at the opening ceremony.
At the end of the concert will be presented the 3rd part of the Violin concert of Aram Khachatryan.
The 3 rounds of the contest will be held in the following succession Music Hall after A. Khachatryan June 7-8 at 10:00, June 10 at 10:00 June 12 at 11:00.
36 pianists and 11 composers from the CIS countries, Europe, the U.S., Canada, Australia, Lebanon, Spain, Georgia, China, Korean Republic and Dominican Republic are to arrive in Armenia to partake in the contest.
The finalists of the contest who has not received awards each will get a diploma and 2000 U.S. dollars.
The closing ceremony of the contest, the awarding ceremony as well as Gala-concert will be held on June 13 at 19:00 in Aram Khachatryan’s Concert Hall.
The International Contest after Aram Khachatryan is held under the aegis of the First Lady of Armenia, the organizers of the contest are the RA Culture Ministry, the cultural fund “Aram Khachatryan”, the Yerevan State Conservatory after Komitas.