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    ARMENIA REJECTS ACCOMMODATION AND FINANCING FOR ONE OF BEST EUROPEAN CHOIRS

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/
    05.06.2009 15:49 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Magdeburg and Hale (Germany) hosted two choral
    festivals - European night of choral art and international festival
    of children's choirs - from May 6 to 11. The event brought together
    best choirs from Belgium, Netherlands, Austria, Germany, Hungary,
    Czech Republic and Belarus. Armenia was represented by Speghani choir,
    whose program featured Komitas and Vache Shafaryan's works.

    Speghani's concert began with a minute of silence to honor the memory
    of soldiers killed in Shushu liberation battle, the fathers of the
    children who sang in the choir when it was formed in 1996.

    "During each tour abroad I am asked under the aegis of which music
    school or academy the choir functions. And each time I refrain from
    giving an exact answer," said Sarina Avtandilyan, the founder and
    conductor of the choir.

    Speghani's participation in German festivals became possible thanks to
    the Armenian Ministry of Culture. But the issue of premised is still
    not settled. "Preparing for various festivals, we have to rehearse in
    4 different halls every day. Thanks to patience of our singers and
    their parents we achieved success. But Speghani can't exist without
    financial assistance and premises," Mrs. Avtandilyan said.

    "Sarina Avtandalyan, who widowed in Karabakh war, is a member of
    International Choir Association. Speghani, which consists of 60
    children, is in the list of best choirs in Europe. And now, it has
    no place to rehearse," art critic Margarita Rukhkyan said.
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