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    HAYASTAN ALL-ARMENIAN FUND CONTRIBUTES TO THE ARMENIAN COMMUNITIES OF BEIRUT, SYRIA AND ALEPPO

    armradio.am
    30.09.2008 16:01

    On October 4, 5 and 6 the prominent pianist Vardan Mamikonian will
    hold charity concerts in Beirut, Syria and Aleppo. The concert
    is organized and managed by the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund Germany
    affiliate, represented by its Chairman Gilbert Moumdjian, and Regional
    committees of Lebanon and Syria. Proceeds from the concert will be
    used to provide medical assistance, as well as foster educational and
    cultural initiatives in the local Armenian communities. The concerts
    also aim to strengthen cultural links between Armenia and Diaspora,
    as well as educate young Armenian people in Diaspora.

    After the series of charity concerts Vardan Mamikonian will arrive
    in Yerevan to take part in the Classical Music Festival.

    "For years Armenians in Diaspora have been a great moral and material
    support to people in Armenia and Karabakh. Some of these Armenian
    communities are experiencing difficulties, and it is our duty to
    extend them a helping hand. Hayastan Fund's projects such as this
    serve this purpose too", says Mr. Moumdjian.

    Vardan Mamikonian began his piano studies at the Yerevan Spendiarian
    School of Music. He continued his studies at the Moscow Central
    Music School and at the prestigious Tchaikovsky Conservatory where he
    became a student of Valery Kastelsky, one of the last pupils of the le
    gendary teacher Heinrich Neuhaus. Vardan Mamikonian always impressed
    the public with his elegant technique and superb musicianship.

    Mamikonian has played recitals at the Musikverein in Vienna, at
    the Carnegie Hall in New York, the Théâtre des Champs-Ã~Ilysées
    in Paris, the Herkulessaal in Munich, Wigmore Hall in London, the
    Tonhalle in Zurich, at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco and at
    the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., among others. Other engagements
    have included performances as soloist in Germany and Holland, Shanghai,
    Leipzig, Paris, Munich. During the season 2007-2008 upcoming recital
    and orchestral engagements include performances with orchestras in
    France, Germany, Italy and Sweden.

    Since 1991 Mamikonian has made his home in Paris, France. In 1992 he
    was the winner of the World Music Masters Competition in Monte Carlo,
    reserved exclusively for winners of international competitions.

    Vardan Mamikonian's concert is not unprecedented: the world renowned
    Armenian opera singer Hasmik Papyan years ago gave several charity
    concerts in these communities. She then expressed willingness to give
    benefit performances for Armenians in Diaspora and direct proceeds
    from the concerts to the solution of their immediate needs.

    --Boundary_(ID_9iyj3ffEUS1kuBcHyCQu9A)--
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