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    RETURN FESTIVAL TO ORGANIZE FINAL CONCERT ON OCTOBER 24

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    23.10.2009 17:02 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ On October 24, Yerevan Chamber Music House will
    host the sixth final classical music concert within the frameworks
    of Return festival.

    Audience will have the chance to listen to Vahagn Papyan (Israel)
    and State Youth Chamber Orchestra (conductor: Sergey Smbatyan).

    Graduate of Moscow Conservatory (instructor: Prof. Mikhail
    Voskresensky), Vahagn Papyan started his career as pianist, after
    successful performance in Viana Da Mota international piano contest
    in Lisbon (1979). In 1982, he entered St. Petersburg Conservatory,
    Conducting Department (instructor: Prof. Ilya Musin). In 1984, Valery
    Gergiev invited Papyan as second conductor in Armenian Philharmonic
    Orchestra, Three years later, he became art director and chief
    conductor. In 2003, Vahagn Papyan was invoted to Moscow to conduct
    New Russian Symphonic Orchestra. Since 2006, he has been Art Director
    of Ashdodsk Symphonic Orchestra, Israel.

    Sergey Smbatyan - violinist and conductor -was born in 1987 in
    Yerevan. He is a laureate of international violinists' contests of
    Bucharest (2001), Kishinev (2004), Tokyo (2004) and Grand-Prix holder
    in San Remo (Italy, 2001). Currently Smbatyan is a third year student
    in Yerevan State Conservatory (instructors: B. Vardanyan, violin, Yu.

    Davtyan, conducting). He studies violin under professors S. Kravchenko
    (Russia), Z. Bron (Switzerland). G. Zhislin (violin), R. Ricci (Italy)
    and conducting art under Yu. Davtyan (Armenia) and V. Spivakov.

    Smbatyan has given violin concerts with Rostov and Yekaterinburg
    Philharmonic Orchestras, Republic of Bashkortostan National Symphonic
    Orchestra and Israel Youth Orchestra. He has also performed tour
    concerts in England, Austria, Italy, Israel, Egypt, Lebanon and
    Switzerland. Currently, Smbatyan conducts Yerevan State Conservatory's
    Youth Orchestra.

    Return festival is aimed at drawing Armenians' attention to problems
    of repatriation, demonstrating recent achievements of qualified
    musicians, encouraging and promoting development of creative ideas
    and contemporary Armenian musicians' works and generating demand for
    contemporary classical music.

    Opening of third classical music festival was held on October 22.

    Return classical music festival organized by Art Galletry under the
    high patronage of RA First Lady Rita Sargsyan (financial sponsor:
    VivaCell-MTS).
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