KHACHATURIAN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL

Previous Years

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20 21

Khachaturian International Festival 2021

The Khachaturian International Festival is one of the few widely celebrated classical music events in the region, with its recognition extending beyond the country. The festival was established in Armenia in 2013 by Sergey Smbatyan and hosts in the capital city of Yerevan prominent celebrities in the world of classical music each fall, to co-create an environment that inspires cross-cultural relations in the name of a meaningful dialogue between peoples around the world. Krzysztof Penderecki, Alexander Romanovsky, Narek Hakhnazaryan, Karen Shahgaldyan, Mayu Kishima, Maria Domashenko, Ning Feng, Zakhar Bron, Maxim Vengerov, and many others have been among the brightest stars that light up the musical universe of Khachaturian during the annual Festival days.

Aside from the key mission of raising the renown of Aram Khachaturian and his musical legacy, this festival pursues to bring together different traditions of performing schools in the festive ambiance of this annual event.

Concert Programme

16. 12

19:00

Aram Khachaturian concert hall

Dmitri Shostakovich - Piano Concerto No.1 in C minor, Op. 35

Allegro moderato

Lento

Dmitri Shostakovich - Piano Concerto No.2 in F major, Op.102

Allegro

Andante

Aram Khachaturian - Symphony No.2 in E minor “The Bell Symphony”

Andante maestoso

Allegro risoluto

Sergey Smbatyan

Conductor

Alexander Romanovsky

Piano

Armenian State Symphony Orchestra

17. 12

19:00

Aram Khachaturian concert hall

Aram Khachaturian - Violin Concerto in D minor

Allegro con fermezza

Andante sostenuto

Allegro vivace

Intermission

Sergei Prokofiev - Symphony No. 7 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131

Moderato

Allegretto

Andante espressivo

Sergey Smbatyan

Conductor

Anna Tifu

Violin

Armenian State Symphony Orchestra

18. 12

19:00

Aram Khachaturian concert hall

Aram Khachaturian - Jazz arrangements

Sergey Smbatyan

Conductor

Vahagn Hayrapetyan

Pianist

Armen Hyusnunts

Conductor / saxophone

Satenik Hakobyan-Ulikhanyan

Theremin

23. 12

19:00

Aram Khachaturian concert hall

Sergei Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No.3 in C major, Op.26

Andante - Allegro

Tema con variazioni

Allegro, ma non troppo

Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No.5 in D minor, Op.47

Moderato – Allegro non troppo

Allegretto

Largo

Allegro non troppo

Sergey Smbatyan

Conductor

Valentina Lisitsa

Piano

Armenian State Symphony Orchestra

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Khachaturian International Festival 2020

Throughout its history spanning 7 years, the Aram Khachaturian International Festival has been hosting in Armenia a great number of world known artists, premiering impressive compositions and presenting memorable performances.

In view of the post-war and pandemic situation in Armenia, on the annual Khachaturian International Festival days of December 15 to 18, 2020, a series of best concerts of previous years were streamed online.

20 19

Khachaturian International Festival 2019

Fabulous music by Aram Khachaturian, hundreds of connoisseurs of the classical art and a magic atmosphere - everything lives and breathes with music: welcome to the Khachaturian International Festival!

The only world class and international scale festival in the region, the Khachaturian International Festival was founded in 2013 by conductor Sergey Smbatyan, also the Artistic Director of the project. Today the Festival certainly ranks equally with many good-standing European festivals; moreover, it is the only project in Armenia which expands its borders far beyond the country: Italy, Russia, France, and Belgium - several of the numerous countries where the Festival was presented.

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14 Dec

20 Dec

Concert Programme

14. 12

19:00

Aram Khachaturian concert hall

John Ter-Tatevosian - John Ter-Tatevosian

Prologue. Largo - Con moto ma molto tranquillo - Tempo I

Max Bruch - Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, Op.26

Vorspiel

Adagio

Maurice Ravel - “Tzigane” Concert Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra

Harutyun Arzumanyan

Conductor

17. 12

19:00

Aram Khachaturian - Toccata for piano

Federico Mompou - Variations on a Theme of Chopin

Theme

Variation I

Frédéric Chopin - Piano Sonata No.3 in B minor, Op. 58

Allegro maestoso

Scherzo: Molto vivace

Lilit Grigoryan

Piano

18. 12

19:00

Aram Khachaturian concert hall

Aram Khachaturian - Jazz arrangements

Dance of Rose Maidens from “Gayaneh” Ballet

Dance of the Young Kurds from “Gayaneh Ballet”

Lullaby from “Gayaneh Ballet”

Variation of Aegina and Bacchanalia from “Spartacus” Ballet

Galop from “Masquerade” Drama Music

Ode to Joy

Andantino

Adagio Spartacus and Phrygia from “Spartacus” Ballet

Aram Khachaturian

Sergey Smbatyan

Conductor

Vahagn Hayrapetyan

Pianist

Armen Hyusnunts

Conductor / saxophone

Satenik Hakobyan-Ulikhanyan

Theremin

20. 12

19:00

Zoltán Kodály - Sonatina for Cello and Piano

Franz Schubert - Sonata for Arpeggione and Piano in A minor, D. 821

Allegro moderato

Adagio

Aram Khachaturian - Sonata-Fantasy for solo Cello in C major

Andante sostenuto

Allegro giocoso, sostenuto

Jonathan Swensen

Cello

Hripsime Aghaqaryan

Piano

21. 12

19:00

Aram Khachaturian concert hall

Qiming Lü - Overture "Ode to the Red Flag"

Liu Tieshan/Mao Yuan - Dance of the Yao People

Chengzong Yin/Wanghua Chu - Piano Concerto “Yellow River”

Yellow River Boatmen's Song

Ode to the Yellow River

Sergey Smbatyan

Conductor

Mélodie Zhao

Piano

Yuan Zhao

Conductor

Xie Haoming

Violin

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Khachaturian International Festival 2018

The most outstanding stars of classical music and hundreds of fans are united by the magical atmosphere of Khachaturian's art.

The 6th Khachaturian International Festival is another wonderful opportunity to enjoy the works of renowned artists and be a part of a great feast. This year the festival is dedicated to Aram Khachaturian's 115th anniversary, thus the repertoire of the concerts reveals the whole palette of maestro's art.

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07 Nov