June 6 Marks the 117th birthday anniversary of world-famous Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian.The 16th edition of the Khachaturian International Competition is set to kick off on the great musician’s birthday, bringing together musicians from 13 countries.
As reported earlier, this year's competition is specialized in violin. Ahead of the launch of the competition, the members of the organizing committee will visit Komitas pantheon and lay flowers at the tomb of the composer.
On this day, Yerevan residents can expect number of surprises to mark the composer’s birthday anniversary. As Aram Khachaturian museum-house reported earlier, citizens can enjoy ten works by Khachaturian in different locations of the capital with ARLOOPA App.
As people pass the mural right beside the composer’s museum in Yerevan, they can just scan the wall with the ARLOOPA app and enjoy the maestro’s famous “Waltz the Masquerade Suite” along with his virtuoso conducting performance.