RENOWNED BRITISH ORGANIST CHRISTOPHER STEMBRIDGE'S CONCERT
TO TAKE PLACE IN YEREVAN
31-10-2007 17:00:00 | Armenia | Culture
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 31, NOYAN TAPAN. The organ of Komitas
Chamber Music House will sound for the first time after repairs
on November 1 at organist Christopher Stembridge's, Hover
chamber choir's, Narekatsi ensemble's and singer Anna Mayilian's
concert. As Andranik Haroutiunian, the Director of the Chamber
Music House, said at the October 31 press conference, German
specialist Christian Vekscheider repaired the organ without
demanding any payment.
The organ placed at the Chamber Music House by the Flentrop
Dutch firm since 1979 was considerably damaged due to the lack
of heating in the hall in the 1990-s, and it seemed that it was
impossible to restore the organ. However, according to Aram
Talalian, the organizer of the annual festival of baroque music
held in Armenia, visiting Armenia in summer, C. Stembridge
promised that his good friend Christian Vekscheider will come to
Yerevan and will repair the organ without any payment. And
indeed, the German specialist managed in 10 days to restore the
copy of the organ created in the second half of the 18th
century.
A. Talalian also said that they have reached an agreement
with the RA Ministry of Culture to send one of Armenian
organists to Germany for the purpose of retraining.