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  • AGBU Sponsors the Armenian Phil Orchestra's Autumn Tour of C. Europe

    AGBU Press Office
    55 East 59th Street
    New York, NY 10022-1112
    Phone: 212.319.6383, x118
    Fax: 212.319.6507
    Email: [email protected]
    Website: www.agbu.org

    PRESS RELEASE

    Thursday, November 30, 2006

    AGBU Sponsors the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra's Autumn Tour of
    Central Europe

    The Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra (APO) embarked on a four-city
    concert tour of Central Europe from September 27 to October 6,
    2006. The 110-member orchestra was invited to showcase its talent in
    music festivals held in Nuremberg, Germany, Bratislava, Slovakia and
    the Czech Republic's two largest cities, Prague and Brno.

    While on tour, APO performed alongside some of Europe's most talented
    classical musicians, demonstrating its status as an orchestra of the
    highest caliber receiving invitations to perform at the most prominent
    music festivals and concert halls in Central Europe.

    As the leading symphony of Armenia for the past eighty years, APO
    presents weekly concerts in Yerevan's renowned Aram Khachaturian
    Concert Hall. The performance venue of 1,300 is a cultural landmark
    and architectural gem in the center of the Armenian capital city.

    The Orchestra's musicians are drawn from the top graduates of
    Yerevan's Komitas Conservatory and Russia's leading conservatories in
    Moscow and St. Petersburg. Since 1990, the Armenian Philharmonic has
    produced and released a long list of CD recordings and hosted leading
    international figures, including Italian baritone Renato Bruson,
    American maestro Alexander Treger and Canadian soprano Isabel
    Bayrakdarian.

    Headlining APO's upcoming schedule of events is a six-city tour of
    France in February 2007. The tour will be sponsored by AGBU as part of
    the organization's Centennial celebrations and France's Year of
    Armenia festivities.

    APO has been primarily subsidized by AGBU since 1992 in recognition of
    the importance of the performing arts in Armenia. Annual grants are
    allocated for weekly concerts, new instruments, administration, salary
    supplements, international guest artists and special festivals. APO
    has successfully toured Austria, England, France, Germany, Greece,
    Iran, Lebanon, Russia, Turkey, UAE and the United States, and has
    produced dozens of CD recordings. For more information on APO, please
    visit www.apo.am.

    For more information on AGBU and its worldwide programs, please visit
    www.agbu.org.
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