As part of the Francophonie Days in Armenia National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia with the support of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of the Republic of Armenia, the Embassy of the French Republic in Armenia and the "Institut français d'Arménie", presents a concert dedicated to the famous French composers 190th anniversary of Camille Saint-Saens and 150th anniversary of Maurice Ravel.

The most popular works of the composers will be presented with the interpretation of the famous French conductor Ralph Szigeti. 

Ralph Szigeti is known for his diverse interpretations of both classical and contemporary music. During his career, he collaborated with leading orchestras in Europe, leading the National Orchestra of France and the Philharmonic Orchestra of London.

Ralph Szigeti has already collaborated with the orchestra, conducting a special concert held аs part of the Francophonie Days in Armenia in 2023.

Program:

Camille Saint-Saens - Carnival of the Animals

A 14-part humorous suite that presents animal characters through music. Saint-Saëns banned public performances of this work during his lifetime, believing that its frivolity would damage his reputation as a serious composer. The suite was published in 1922, one year after his death. A public performance later that year was enthusiastically received, and it became one of the most popular works.

1. Introduction and Royal March of the Lion

2. Hens and Roosters

3. Wild Asses (Swift Animals)

4. Tortoises

5. The Elephant

6. Kangaroos

7. Aquarium

8. Characters with Long Ears

9. The Cuckoo in the Depths of the Woods

10. Aviary

11. Pianists

12. Fossils

13. The Swan

14. Finale

Camille Saint-Saëns - Danse macabre (symphonic poem)

Maurice Ravel - Tzigane (rhapsodic composition for violin and orchestra)

Soloist: Astghik Vardanyan

Jules Massenet – Meditation from Thais opera for violin.

Soloist: Astghik Vardanyan

Charles Aznavour – La Bohème, Emmenez-moi, She

Time: 19:00.

Entry for children under 6 years old is prohibited.

The "Hover" State Chamber Choir invites you to an evening of French choral music on April 28 at 19:00, as part of the Francophonie Days in Armenia.

The concert will feature works by French and Armenian composers from various periods.

Artistic Director and Choirmaster: Sona Hovhannissyan

In the Program:

Guillaume Du Fay: Flos florum (01-18 Flos florum) (first performance)

Maurice Duruflé: Ubi caritas

Francis Poulenc: Timor Et Tremor

Giovanni Gabrieli: Lieto godea

Clément Janequin: La guerre

Francis Poulenc: Videntes Stellam (first performance)

Francis Poulenc: Tous Les Droits

Francis Poulenc: Le jour m'étonne et la nuit me fait peur

Francis Poulenc: À peine défigurée

Claude Debussy: Yver, vous n'estes qu'un villain

Maurice Ravel: Trois beaux boiseaux du Paradis

Gabriel Fauré: Après un rêve

Francis Poulenc: Liberté

Vache Sharafyan: Armenia

Francis Poulenc - 5 Poèmes de Paul Éluard, FP 77 

1. Peut-il se reposer? 

2. Il la prend dans ses bras

3. Plume d’eau claire

4. Rôdeuse au front de verre 

5. Amoureuse

Soloist: Aramo Mamikonyan

Pianist: Shahane Aghakaryan

Francis Poulenc – 4 songs from the vocal cycle “Chansons villageoises”, FP 117, by Paul Éluard 

1. Chanson du clair tamis

2. Les gars qui vont à la fête

3. C’est le joli printemps 

4. Le Mendiant

Soloist: Azat Hovhannissyan 

Concertmaster: Mary Sharbatyan

Gabriel Fauré

1. Tristesse d'Olympio

2. Chant d'automne, Op.5, No.1

3. L'absent, Op.5, No.3

Soloist: Ashot Ghantarjyan 

Concertmaster: Mary Sharbatyan

Hover State Chamber Choir is sponsored by “Koghb” Foundation.

Time: 19:00.

Entry for children under 6 years old is prohibited.

Within the framework of the Francophonie Days in Armenia, “Tagharan” Ancient Music Ensemble will present the works of the best representatives of French Baroque. Artistic Director and Conductor: Honorary Worker of Culture of the RA Sedrak Yerkanyan.

Program:

1. Jean-Baptiste Lully: 2 Ritоurnels

2. Jean-Baptiste Lully: Passacaglia from the opera “Persée” 

3. Jean-Baptiste Lully: Overture and suite from the opera “Thésée”, “Marche de Sovoye”

4. Jean-Philippe Rameau: Overture from the ballet “Zais” 

5. Jean-Philippe Rameau: “Les Sauvage” from the opera-balet “Les indes galantes”

6. Jean-Philippe Rameau: Overture from the opera “Zoroastre”

7. Charles Gounod: Ariette “Ah, je veux vivre” from the opera “Romeo et Juliette”

8. Gabriel Fauré: “Apres un Reve” 

9. Jules Massenet: “Sevilliana” from the opera “Don Sezar de Bazan” 

10. Francis Poulenc: “Nocturne”

11. Francis Poulenc: “Tribute to Édith Piaf”

12. Francis Poulenc: “L'Invitation au Château”(3rd act)                                 

13. Francis Poulenc: “Les chemins de l'amour”

Soloists:

Sedrak Yerkanyan, piano

Narine Ghukasyan, saxsofon

Gayane Ghambaryan, soprano (laureate of international competition)

Galina Tsolakyan, soprano (laureate of international competitions) 

Alisa Tokayskaya, soprano

Qristine Chtchyan, violine (laureate of international competitions)

Time: 19:30.

Entry for children under 6 years old is prohibited.

On April 30, the National Center of Chamber Music will mark the International Jazz Day with a special concert program, presenting well-known and beloved jazz works to the audience with the unique sound of the harpsichord.

The harpsichordist Sonia Donabedian from France will come to Armenia and will present the program "Baroque - Bossa Nova - Boogie-Woogie". The concert will be held as part of the global international events of the International Jazz Day 2025.

In the program:

Jazz USA

• Paul Desmond - Take Five

• Boogie-Woogie 

• Meade Lux Lewis - Yancey Special 

• Jimmy Yancey - Slow and Easy Blues 

• Sammy Price – Frantic 

• Pine Top Smith - Jump Steady Blues 

• Pete Johnson - Blues on the Down Beat 

• Jay Mc Shann - Vine Street Boogie 

South America

• Bossa-Nova

• Medley of 3 bossa novas by Antonio Carlos Jobim

- The girl from Ipanema 

- Manha de Carnaval (music from the film Orfeo Negro by Marcel Camus)

- Desafinado

• Tango

• Medley of tangos by Astor Piazzolla 

French Baroque

• François Couperin - Les lis naissans 

• François Couperin - Allemande La Verneüil 

• Jean-Philippe Rameau - Excerpts from "Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin"

- Sarabande  

- Les Sauvages 

- L’Enharmonique 

- L’Egiptienne 

French Jazz

• Charles Aznavour - For me, formidable

• Michel Legrand - Chanson des jumelles (excerpt from the film "Les demoiselles de Rochefort")

• Pierre Delanoe - Aux champs Elysées

Time: 19:00.

Entry for children under 6 years old is prohibited.

Tereza Voskanyan will perform a solo concert. 

The concert will feature Narine Ghukasyan(saxophone) and Heghine Ohanyan (soprano).

Tereza Voskanyan is the organist, harpsichordist and pianist of the “Tagharan” Ensemble of Ancient Music. She is also the organist of the Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin. She has performed on tour in Europe, Latin America, the Baltic States, Lebanon, Turkey and Russia. She collaborates with the National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia, the National Chamber Choir of Armenia, the State Philharmonic Orchestra of Armenia, the National Academic Choir of Armenia, as well as individual musicians. In 2022, Tereza Voskanyan was awarded the Gold Medal of the Ministry of Education, Science and Sports of the Republic of Armenia.

Program: Italian Baroque

Giovanni Battista Pescetti: Sonata in C minor

Antonio Vivaldi:

- "Stabat Mater Dolorosa" (part 1)

- Largo from "The Four Seasons" (Winter) 

Alessandro Marcello: Oboe Concerto in D minor, Narine Ghukasyan (saxophone)

Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in A major, K 209

Johann Sebastian Bach - 340 

- Aria "Aus liebe" from The St Matthew Passion, Heghine Ohanyan (soprano)

- Chorale preludes: "Christe, aller Welt Trost", BWV 673; "Nun komm der Heiden Heiland", BWV 599; "Herr Christ, der ein'ge Gottes Sohn", BWV 601; "Nun komm der Heiden Heiland", BWV 659 

- Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 546

On May 7, the National Chamber Music Center invites you to Robert Amirkhanyan's jubilee concert entitled “Songs in World Languages”

With the participation of։

- National Chamber Choir of Armenia 

(Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Choir: People's Artist of RA Robert Mlkeyan)

- National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia

Conductor: Robert Mlkeyan

The evening will feature songs in English, German, French, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Latin, and Japanese. The songs will be performed for the first time. 

Music: Robert Amirkhanyan

Lyrics:

Johann Goethe (Germany, 1749-1832)

Emil Nelligan (Canada, 1879-1941)

Tomas Tranströmer (Sweden, 1931-2015)        

Matsuo Basho (Japan, 1644-1694)

Eino Leino (Finland, 1878-1926)

John Donne (England, 1572-1631)

Gabriele D'annunzio (Italy, 1863-1938)

Gaius Catullus (Latin, 84-54 BC)

Time: 19:00.

Entry for children under 6 years old is prohibited.

A concert entitled "Imaginary Folklore" dedicated to the memory of the Soviet and Norwegian jazz pianist and composer Mikhail Alperin.

The musical work of the world-famous pianist and composer Mikhail Alperin (1956-2018) in its collage imagery and ability to connect the incompatible is comparable only to the work of Sergei Parajanov. 

This is especially evident in the concept of "imaginary folklore", where Alperin sought to blend traditional folk motifs with innovative jazz elements, creating a unique genre that transcended cultural and musical boundaries. 

Alperin's legacy continues to inspire musicians and composers who seek to explore the uncharted territories of sound and imagination. 

Lineup:

Evelina Petrova-Alperin: accordion, vocals | Norway   

Simone Weissenfels: piano | Germany   

Arto Tuncboyacian: multi-instrumentalist | Armenia

Artem Manukyan: cello | Armenia

Rezo Kiknadze: saxophone | Georgia

Guram Machavariani: guitar | Georgia

 

Exposition:

"AI-fantasies about Parajanov" (author Giorgio da Vita, Georgia)  

The event is held within the framework of the XIV International Festival of Contemporary Experimental and Ethno-Avant-garde Art NOUMEN ART, in cooperation with the National Centre of Chamber Music and with the support of the Royal Embassy of Norway in Tbilisi.

 

Founder and artistic director of the festival - George Davitashvili 

Time: 19:30.

Entry for children under 6 years old is prohibited.