“ARMENIAN NEW NAMES ” FESTIVAL IS BECOMING ATTRACTIVE FOR MANY COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD
ARMENPRESS
23 May, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, MAY 23, ARMENPRESS: “Armenian New Names” young performers 2nd
International Festival is scheduled to be held during May 29 -June
1. 18 year old 40 talented young musicians from Armenia, Georgia,
France, Russia, Malta, Uzbekistan, and Korea will participate in the
contest. The head of the project Silva Mekinyan had a briefing with
the journalists, Armenpress reports. The interlocutor noted that the
participants will come forth with the orchestral and solo performances.
” Many of them are experienced in the world’s most famous stages,
they are laureates of international and national competitions, and
festivals; enjoy scholarship in the various funds” the interlocutor
noted.
The interlocutor was pleased by the fact that about a dozen more
participants came up in the frame of the festival this year. The
geography of the participants also varies.
The performances will be accompanied by the Armenian State Philharmonic
and Armenian Chamber Orchestra. The participants will be enabled the
chance to visit the most important cultural centers of the capital
Yerevan, aimed at the presenting the foreign artists Armenia and the
Armenian culture.
The Festival will be held under the auspices of First Lady Rita
Sargsyan.