“Gallery of Arts” cultural fund, with the support of the RA Ministry of Culture and in partnership with VivaCell-MTS launches the 12th “National Gallery” International Music Festival that will be held from June 18th to July 7h, 2016. 

 

The festival, which has been held in the National Gallery of Armenia since 2005, is an awaited event for every art lover, and every concert organized in the frames of the festival is a magnificent opportunity for connoisseurs of classical music to encounter with high art.

 

The general partner of the festival is Armenia’s leading telecommunications operator VivaCell-MTS, which has undertaken its sponsorship since 2006. 

 

Starting 2008, the festival has been included in the list of the State Assistance Programs of the RA Ministry of Culture. 

 

The opening Gala Concert of the 12th “National Gallery” International Music Festival, in memory of the renowned tenor, People’s Artist of the RA, Honored Artist of Lithuania Gegham Grigoryan, took place in the Mural Paintings Hall of the National Gallery of Armenia. The Gala Concert featured soloists of the Armenian National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet after A. Spendiaryan Artsvik Demurtschyan (soprano), Alina Pahlevanyan (soprano), Liparit Avetisyan (tenor), Davit Babayants (baritone), as well as the Armenian National Chamber Orchestra (artistic director and principal conductor Vahan Martirosyan), director Harutyun Arzumanyan. The concert program included works by J.S. Bach, W.A. Mozart, G. Rossini, F. Schubert, G. Faure, G.B. Pergolesi, C. Franck, F. Durante, L. Luzzi, A. Stradella, N. Valente, G.M. Ferilli, S. Rachmaninov. 

 

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