On April 16, at 7:00 PM, a jubilee concert dedicated to violinist Artashes Mkrtchyan's 75th anniversary of birth and 55th anniversary of creative activity will take place at the Komitas Chamber Music Hall. 

Artashes Mkrtchyan and his students will perform at the concert.

Pianists: Hasmik Ter-Antonyan, Shushan Arevshatyan.

- Johannes Brahms: Sonata for violin and piano

Artashes Mkrtchyan

- Ernest Chausson: Poème for violin and orchestra, op. 25

Artashes Mkrtchyan

- Antonin Dvorak: Slavonic dance N1

Viktoria Sosyan (7th grade)

- Maurice Ravel: "The Gypsy"

Mariam Hakobyan (11th grade)

- Eugène Ysaÿe: Sonata soloist N3

Lilia Kyurkchyan (12th grade)

- Claude Debussy: "The Girl with the Wavy Hair", Sergei Rachmaninov: Serenade

Lilit Melkonyan (1st year of bachelor's degree)

- Fritz Kreisler: Recitativo and Scherzo

Jemma Manukyan (2nd year of bachelor's degree)

- Eugène Ysaÿe: Elegiac poem

Arusyak Arevshatyan (1st year of master's degree)

- Eugène Ysaÿe: Sonata for solo violin N6

Elen Mamikonian (2nd year of master's degree)

Entry for children under 6 years old is prohibited.

Time: 19:00.

Organizer: National Center for Chamber Music SNCO

On April 18, at 7:00 PM, an organ music concert dedicated to the 95th anniversary of the great Armenian organist and founder of the Armenian organ school Vahagn Stamboltsyan, will take place at the Komitas Chamber Music Hall. 

The performers will be Tereza Voskanyan, Harutyun Tagvoryan, Lusin Sarajyan, Armen Aghajanyan, Anna Bakunts, Lusine Arutyunyan, David Hovhannisyan.

Tereza Voskanyan

• Nerses Shnorhali: "New flower"

• Yervand Yerkanyan: "Prayer" (In memory of Vahagn Stamboltsyan)

• John Stanley: Voluntary G major

David Hovhannisyan

• Johann Pachelbel: Ciacona in f-moll

Harutyun Tagvoryan

• Komitas: "Amen Holy is the Father"

• Johann Sebastian Bach: Three chorales "Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ", BWV 639, "Vater unser in Himmelreich", BWV636, "Christ lag in Todes Banden", BWV 625 

Lusin Sarajyan

• Johann Sebastian Bach: “Herr Jesu Christ, Dich Zu Uns Wend”, BWV 709

• Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue in F major, BWV 540 

Armen Aghajanyan

• Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV 544

Anna Bakunts

Lusine Arutyunyan, piano

• George Frideric Handel: Organ Concerto #6 in B-flat major, op.4

Entry for children under 6 years old is prohibited.

Time: 19:00.

Organizer: National Center for Chamber Music SNCO

After a 30-year hiatus, Johannes Brahms’s German Requiem will once again be performed in Yerevan.

On April 20 at 7:00 PM, at the Komitas Chamber Music Hall, the National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia and the Hover State Chamber Choir, under the baton of conductor Yaroslav Bychkov, will present Johannes Brahms’ celebrated work A German Requiem.

The Yerevan audience will have a rare opportunity to experience one of the pinnacles of 19th-century sacred choral music. Composed between 1865 and 1868, and deeply influenced by the deaths of the composer’s mother and his close friend and mentor Robert Schumann, A German Requiem is considered one of Brahms’ most profound and humanistic works. The complete version, in seven movements, was first performed in Leipzig in 1869.

A distinctive feature of the work is that, unlike traditional Requiems, it is set not to the Latin Mass, but to selected texts from Martin Luther’s German Bible. This large-scale composition (approximately 65–80 minutes) reflects Brahms’ deep meditation on the transience of life, grief, and solace. The composer himself remarked that he would gladly have replaced the word “German” with “Human,” emphasizing the universal message of the work.

- National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia

Artistic Director and Principal Conductor: Vag Papian

- Hover State Chamber Choir

Choirmaster: Sona Hovhannisyan

Conductor: Yaroslav Bychkov

(Founder and Artistic Director of Terra Incognita Orchestra)

Ashot Ghantarchyan: baritone

Nvard Hovhannisyan: soprano

Johannes Brahms: A German Requiem, Op. 45

• Selig sind, die da Leid tragen (Blessed are they that mourn)

• Denn alles Fleisch, es ist wie Gras (For all flesh is as grass)

• Herr, lehre doch mich (Lord, teach me)

• Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen (How lovely are Thy dwellings)

• Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit (You now have sorrow)

• Denn wir haben hie keine bleibende Statt (For here we have no continuing city)

• Selig sind die Toten (Blessed are the dead)

Entry for children under 6 years old is prohibited.

Time: 19:00.

Organizer: National Center for Chamber Music SNCO

On April 23, at 7:00 PM, at the Komitas Chamber Music Hall, the Armenian State Chamber Choir will hold a concert dedicated to the Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day. 

The choir's artistic director and conductor is People's Artist of the Republic of Armenia Robert Mlkeyan. 

Gabriel Fauré:

- "Requiem"

- "Pavane"

- "Cantique de Jean Racine"

Soloists:              

Sofia Sayadyan: soprano

Aram Avetisyan: baritone

Armen Aghajanyan: organ

Entry for children under 6 years old is prohibited.

Time: 19:00.

Organizer: National Center for Chamber Music SNCO

On April 28 at 19:00, at the Komitas Chamber Music Hall, a concert of the “Tagharan” Ancient Music Ensemble will take place, dedicated to the dedicated to 341st anniversary of Johann Sebastian Bach.

Artistic Director and Conductor: Sedrak Yerkanyan, Honored Cultural Worker of the Republic of Armenia.

- Lusine Markosyan: mezzo soprano, laureate of international competitions

- Vahagn Margaryan: organ

1. Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for organ and orchestra in d minor BWV 1052

2. Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata N170

Entry for children under 6 years old is prohibited.

Time: 19:00.

Organizer: National Center for Chamber Music SNCO

Within the framework of the general international events of International Jazz Day, on April 27 at 19:00, the Karen Grigoryan Quartet will hold a concert at the Komitas Chamber Music Hall, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the world-famous jazz pianist, composer and businessman of Armenian descent Avo Uvezian.

Favorite jazz standards will be performed, as well as works by A. Uvezian, K. Orbelyan, A. Babajanyan and others.

Karen Grigoryan Quartet:

• Davit Petrosyan։ saxophone

• Karen Grigoryan։ piano

• Mikhail Fominikh։ double bass

• Harut Harutyunyan։ drums

Entry for children under 6 years old is prohibited.

Time: 19:00.

Organizer: National Center for Chamber Music SNCO

On May 12, at 7:30 PM, the Komitas Chamber Music Hall will host a solo recital of the famous Portuguese guitarist Pedro Rodrigues. The works of Portuguese, Cuban, Italian and Armenian composers will be performed.

• José Duarte Costa (1921-2004): “Balada da Solidão”, "Procissão"

• Luiz José Maria Oliveira (1821-1883): “Grandes Variançoens”

• António Pinho Vargas (1951): “Brinquedos”, “Tom Waits” (arr. Pedro Rodrigues)

• Saint Grigor Narekatsi (951–1003): "Havun Havun"(arr. Pardy Minassian)

• Edward Mirzoyan (1921-2012): "Tkhoor vals" (arr. Pardy Minassian)

• Traditional: "Ari Im Sokhak" (arr. Pardy Minassian)

• Nuccio d'Angelo (1955): "Due Canzoni Lidie"

• Luís Carvalho (1974): "Arabesco I", "Arabesco II" (World Premiere)

• Leo Brouwer (1939): "Sonata 1"

Winner of the Artist’s International Auditions (New York), the Concorso Sor (Rome) and the Prémio Jovens Músicos, as well as a laureate of over twenty competitions including Salieri-Zinetti, Paris, Montélimar, Valencia, and Sernancelhe, Pedro Rodrigues is an Associate Professor at the University of Aveiro, an Integrated Researcher at INET-md, Director of the Master’s in Music program, Artistic Director of the UA Autumn Festivals, and a member of the UA General Council. He has performed as a soloist in many internationally renowned, and has premiered over 60 works by contemporary composers. His discography includes 19 titles. He is regularly invited to teach masterclasses at universities across Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Asia.

Entry for children under 6 years old is prohibited.

Time: 19:00.

Organizer: National Center for Chamber Music SNCO