Annual Armenia International Music Festival is taking place on September 20-26 in Yerevan, Armenia. The festival is a unique, once in a lifetime opportunity to explore the musical heritage of classic and contemporary composers. It is aimed at promoting their masterpieces among the Armenian and international audience and at breathing new life into those works by fresh interpretation of classical and modern repertoire.
During 2019’s edition the audience will enjoy timeless pieces by Mozart, Chopin, Liszt, Shor, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Schedrin, Mendelssohn, Chitchyan, Spendiaryan and many others.
The Concert is dedicated to the 28th anniversary of the Independence of the Republic of Armenia
Concert Program
Mikhail Kokzhayev - “Sardarapat” Symphonic Poem
Alexey Shor - 4 Pieces from the Ballet Suite “Crystal Palace”
Pietro Mascagni - Intermezzo from the Opera “Cavalleria Rusticana”
Giacomo Puccini - Mimi’s aria “Si mi chiamano Mimi” from the Opera “La Boheme”
Antonin Dvorak - Rusalka’s Aria from the Opera “Rusalka”
Ottorino Respighi / Giacomo Rossini - Tarantella Napoletana
Giacomo Rossini - Rosina's Cavatina from the Opera “The Barber of Seville”
Anna Kasian (soprano)
Conductor: Sergey Smbatyan
ARMENIAN STATE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA