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Hayastan All-Armenian Fund
Governmental Buiding 3, Yerevan, RA
Contact: Hasmik Grigoryan
Tel: +(3741) 56 01 06 ext. 105
Fax: +(3741) 52 15 05
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.himnadram.org/
26 January, 2011
Hayastan All-Armenian Fund modernizes Music Library
at venerable Tchaikovsky School
Yerevan, January 21, 2011 - The Hayastan All-Armenian Fund has begun
renovating and modernizing the Music Library of the Tchaikovsky School,
Armenia's only music high school, located in Yerevan. Initiated and financed
by the fund's Swiss affiliate, the project includes the provision of
state-of-the-art audiovisual equipment as well as new instruments,
comprising seven violins, two French horns, two violas, one cello, and two
oboes.
In addition to its extensive collection of recordings, the Music Library
features rehearsal studios for students as well as classrooms.
"As we've had to do with Soviet-era instruments for so many years, we're
overjoyed that the library will see a major upgrade thanks to our diaspora
friends," says Martun Konstandyan, the school's principal. "We're also
gratified that the project will result in the restarting of our French horn
classes, after a 20-year hiatus."
On their part, students of the school expressed great enthusiasm for the
prospect of studying and rehearsing in a modernized facility, with access to
new instruments. Senior student Armen Karagyan said he believes he not only
stands a good chance of winning the wind-instrument competition this spring,
but eventually being admitted to the prestigious Komitas Conservatory.
The Tchaikovsky School was established in 1939. Its alumni include many of
Armenia's most renowned musicians. According to Konstandyan, currently the
school has 530 students, most of whom will go on to study at the Komitas
Conservatory. The principal added that, as a rule, some 80 percent of the
conservatory's students are graduates of the Tchaikovsky School.
"The library-renovation project, sponsored by the Hayastan All-Armenian
Fund's Swiss affiliate, is an improvement of vital importance," said Ara
Vardanyan, executive director of the fund. "Thanks to the initiative, our
young musicians will have a wonderful facility for rehearsals and classes,
the high quality of which will no doubt prepare them for success across the
world's greatest stages."
Hayastan All Armenian Fund
From: A. Papazian
Hayastan All-Armenian Fund
Governmental Buiding 3, Yerevan, RA
Contact: Hasmik Grigoryan
Tel: +(3741) 56 01 06 ext. 105
Fax: +(3741) 52 15 05
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.himnadram.org/
26 January, 2011
Hayastan All-Armenian Fund modernizes Music Library
at venerable Tchaikovsky School
Yerevan, January 21, 2011 - The Hayastan All-Armenian Fund has begun
renovating and modernizing the Music Library of the Tchaikovsky School,
Armenia's only music high school, located in Yerevan. Initiated and financed
by the fund's Swiss affiliate, the project includes the provision of
state-of-the-art audiovisual equipment as well as new instruments,
comprising seven violins, two French horns, two violas, one cello, and two
oboes.
In addition to its extensive collection of recordings, the Music Library
features rehearsal studios for students as well as classrooms.
"As we've had to do with Soviet-era instruments for so many years, we're
overjoyed that the library will see a major upgrade thanks to our diaspora
friends," says Martun Konstandyan, the school's principal. "We're also
gratified that the project will result in the restarting of our French horn
classes, after a 20-year hiatus."
On their part, students of the school expressed great enthusiasm for the
prospect of studying and rehearsing in a modernized facility, with access to
new instruments. Senior student Armen Karagyan said he believes he not only
stands a good chance of winning the wind-instrument competition this spring,
but eventually being admitted to the prestigious Komitas Conservatory.
The Tchaikovsky School was established in 1939. Its alumni include many of
Armenia's most renowned musicians. According to Konstandyan, currently the
school has 530 students, most of whom will go on to study at the Komitas
Conservatory. The principal added that, as a rule, some 80 percent of the
conservatory's students are graduates of the Tchaikovsky School.
"The library-renovation project, sponsored by the Hayastan All-Armenian
Fund's Swiss affiliate, is an improvement of vital importance," said Ara
Vardanyan, executive director of the fund. "Thanks to the initiative, our
young musicians will have a wonderful facility for rehearsals and classes,
the high quality of which will no doubt prepare them for success across the
world's greatest stages."
Hayastan All Armenian Fund
From: A. Papazian