ArmInfo. By order of Armenian Minister of Culture Armen Amiryan Konstantin Orbelian was appointed director of the National Academic Opera and Ballet Theater named after Alexander Spendiaryan. The Ministry of Culture informed ArmInfo about this.
Konstantin Orbelian is a pianist, conductor, honored artist of Russia, founder and music director of two music festivals - "Musical Treasures in the Museums of the Kremlin" and the International Chamber Music Festival "Palaces of St. Petersburg". From 1991 to 2009 he headed the State Academic Chamber Orchestra of Russia, one of the legendary orchestras of the world, created in 1956 by Rudolf Barshai. He was also the artistic director and conductor of the Moscow Chamber Orchestra of the Theater and Concert Center Pavel Slobodkin.