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MAGIC SOUNDS OF STRING SECTION OF STRADIVARIUS IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN, JUNE 27. ARMINFO. Magic sounds of Stradivarius strings
can be enjoyed in Yerevan for the first time. The only concert
performed by Japanse quartet "Tokio" within the framework of the 6th
International Music Festival "Prospects of the 21st" will be held at
Aram Khachaturyan Concert Hall on July 1.
Director of Armenian Music and Information Center, Composer Stepan
Rostomyan said at a press conference today that the world acknowledged
quartet will play on the famous strings of Stradivarius: violins
of 1680 and 1927, alt of 1071, violoncello of 1736. After the great
Nicolo Paganini played on this strings in the 19th century, they have
been called "Quarter of Paganini."
It is a great honor for us to receive such talented musicians,
Rostomyan says. Meanwhile, he says, the quarter will receive a small
envelope of gratitude for it concert and not its usual honorarium.
The quartets of Johanes Brams and others will sound. The tickets will
cost 3-20,000 AMD. The quarter Tokio created on the initiative of
Japanese students in New York 35 years ago. It has held concerts at the
most respectable halls in the world. Festival "Prospects of the 21st"
is supported by the Armenian Foreign Ministry and Culture Ministry.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
YEREVAN, JUNE 27. ARMINFO. Magic sounds of Stradivarius strings
can be enjoyed in Yerevan for the first time. The only concert
performed by Japanse quartet "Tokio" within the framework of the 6th
International Music Festival "Prospects of the 21st" will be held at
Aram Khachaturyan Concert Hall on July 1.
Director of Armenian Music and Information Center, Composer Stepan
Rostomyan said at a press conference today that the world acknowledged
quartet will play on the famous strings of Stradivarius: violins
of 1680 and 1927, alt of 1071, violoncello of 1736. After the great
Nicolo Paganini played on this strings in the 19th century, they have
been called "Quarter of Paganini."
It is a great honor for us to receive such talented musicians,
Rostomyan says. Meanwhile, he says, the quarter will receive a small
envelope of gratitude for it concert and not its usual honorarium.
The quartets of Johanes Brams and others will sound. The tickets will
cost 3-20,000 AMD. The quarter Tokio created on the initiative of
Japanese students in New York 35 years ago. It has held concerts at the
most respectable halls in the world. Festival "Prospects of the 21st"
is supported by the Armenian Foreign Ministry and Culture Ministry.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress