FESTIVALS

A group of young, determinate, and visionary talents having the same strive for success and the same objective for greatest achievements reunited towards the love for classical music and the understanding of the higher values and created the ideal harmony in the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra.   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 […]

The Penderecki Contemporary Classics’ Festival is the renamed edition of the “Contemporary Classics” Composers’ Festival, established in 2019 by the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra and supported by the European Foundation for Support of Culture.To this day, it continues to be the only festival in Armenia to entirely feature living world legends of classical music. The festival is a unique opportunity for music enthusiasts to meet prominent contemporary classical composers in the capital city of Yerevan and connect with their musical […]

The “Armenia” International Music Festival was established in 2017 at the initiative of Sergey Smbatyan, the Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra, and Konstantin Ishkhanov, the President of the European Foundation for Support of Culture. The several years of the festival’s history have earned it a reputation of a celebrated and awaited annual music event, with the concerts featuring world-scale prominent artists, whose performances might otherwise be less affordable or available in famous music halls […]

With the voice and the music of its peers, Armenia celebrated the greatest achievement of our nation: the free and independent Republic of Armenia. The Armenian Composing Art Festival was established by Sergey Smbatyan in 2010 and was fueled by his calling to uphold the traditions of the Armenian classical composing school with the remembrance of the musical legacy of great Armenian composers. Multiple orchestras, choirs, and chamber ensembles of Armenia have performed the gems of our musical heritage and […]