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AGBU LEBANON AND THE ARMENIAN EMBASSY CO-HOST KHACHATURIAN TRIBUTE EVENT
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19:29 04.02.2014
AGBU, Aram Khachaturian, Lebanon
2013 marked a milestone anniversary: the 110th birthday of the great
Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian. In Beirut, AGBU Lebanon celebrated
through a special evening organized in collaboration with the Armenian
Embassy. The commemorative event, which featured musical performances
and an exclusive film screening, drew over 400 attendees to the local
AGBU Demirdjian Center.
Several distinguished guests filled the center to pay tribute
to the Armenian icon. Among those in the audience were Archbishop
Kegham Khatcherian; Members of Parliament Shant Chinchinian and Jean
Oghassabian; ambassadors from Argentina, Malta and Russia; as well
as representatives of the Czech Republic, German and Ukraine Embassies.
AGBU Lebanon District Committee president Gerard Tufenkjian, and AGBU
benefactors Avedis and Rita Demirdjian and Sarkis and Seta Demirdjian
were present. AGBU-AYA chair Vicken Tchertchian was also in attendance.
Anita Lebiar, the AGBU Lebanon executive director, welcomed the
crowd, stating, ³We are so pleased to see such a wonderful turnout
here tonight. Your presence shows that though it has been over a
century since Khachaturianıs birth, and decades since his death,
his music continues to live on in each and every one of us today.
Following opening remarks by honored guest Ashot Kocharian, Armenia's
Ambassador to Lebanon, presentations brought Khachaturianıs work to
life. Documentary footage acquired from the Aram Khachaturian Museum in
Armenia, and a discussion by Harout Fazlian, the principal conductor
and the artistic director of the Lebanese Philharmonic Orchestra,
highlighted Khachaturianıs countless contributions to the arts.
Pianists Armen and Suzanne Ketchek and violinist Boris Mirzoyan
performed some of Khachaturianıs beloved compositions. Waltz from
"Masquerade"; "Sabre Dance" from his ballet "Gayaneh"; and "Adagio of
Spartacus" and "Phrygia" from his ballet "Spartacus" all drew rounds
of applause. In the reception that followed, guests looked back on
their favorite Khachaturian symphonies, concertos and film scores,
all of which helped make him a legend.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/02/04/agbu-lebanon-and-the-armenian-embassy-co-host-khachaturian-tribute-event/
19:29 04.02.2014
AGBU, Aram Khachaturian, Lebanon
2013 marked a milestone anniversary: the 110th birthday of the great
Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian. In Beirut, AGBU Lebanon celebrated
through a special evening organized in collaboration with the Armenian
Embassy. The commemorative event, which featured musical performances
and an exclusive film screening, drew over 400 attendees to the local
AGBU Demirdjian Center.
Several distinguished guests filled the center to pay tribute
to the Armenian icon. Among those in the audience were Archbishop
Kegham Khatcherian; Members of Parliament Shant Chinchinian and Jean
Oghassabian; ambassadors from Argentina, Malta and Russia; as well
as representatives of the Czech Republic, German and Ukraine Embassies.
AGBU Lebanon District Committee president Gerard Tufenkjian, and AGBU
benefactors Avedis and Rita Demirdjian and Sarkis and Seta Demirdjian
were present. AGBU-AYA chair Vicken Tchertchian was also in attendance.
Anita Lebiar, the AGBU Lebanon executive director, welcomed the
crowd, stating, ³We are so pleased to see such a wonderful turnout
here tonight. Your presence shows that though it has been over a
century since Khachaturianıs birth, and decades since his death,
his music continues to live on in each and every one of us today.
Following opening remarks by honored guest Ashot Kocharian, Armenia's
Ambassador to Lebanon, presentations brought Khachaturianıs work to
life. Documentary footage acquired from the Aram Khachaturian Museum in
Armenia, and a discussion by Harout Fazlian, the principal conductor
and the artistic director of the Lebanese Philharmonic Orchestra,
highlighted Khachaturianıs countless contributions to the arts.
Pianists Armen and Suzanne Ketchek and violinist Boris Mirzoyan
performed some of Khachaturianıs beloved compositions. Waltz from
"Masquerade"; "Sabre Dance" from his ballet "Gayaneh"; and "Adagio of
Spartacus" and "Phrygia" from his ballet "Spartacus" all drew rounds
of applause. In the reception that followed, guests looked back on
their favorite Khachaturian symphonies, concertos and film scores,
all of which helped make him a legend.