INTERNATIONAL CONTEST OF CELLISTS AFTER ARAM KHACHATRIAN TO
START ON MAY 30
29-05-2006 19:35:00 | Armenia | Culture
YEREVAN, MAY 29, NOYAN TAPAN. An international contest of
cellists after Aram Khachatrian will start on May 30 at Yerevan
Aram Khachatrian concert hall with participation of 17
16-30-year-old cellists from Armenia, Russia, France, Italy,
Spain, Mexico and USA.
As Sergei Sarajian, Chairman of the contest steering
committee, Rector of Yerevan State Conservatory after Komitas,
informed at the May 29 press conference, this contest held for
the first time in Armenia consists of three stages and will be
concluded on June 6, Aram Khachatrian's birthday.
15 thousand USD is to be given for the first place, 10
thousand USD for the second place and 5 thousand USD for the
third place. There will be also encouraging prizes amounting to
2000 USD. According to S.Sarajian, special prizes are also
instituted for the nominations "Spectator's Liking," "Promising
Participant," "The Best Solo Performer," "The Best Performance
of 20th Century Work," "The Best Performance of a Virtuoso
Work."
According to S.Sarajian, all participants without fail
should perform Aram Khachatrian's concert for cello. "The
contest's goal is to reveal the talented musicians, as well as
to pass them the heritage left by Aram Khachatrian," S.Sarajian
mentioned.
Composer Tigran Mansurian, Medea Abrahamian, Wolfgang
Boettcher (Germany), Ivan Monighetti (Switzerland) and Vahram
Sarajian (USA) are included in the jury.