NOTATIONS music lab and festival to be held in Armenia for second  time

ArmInfo.The NOTATIONS music lab and festival will be held in Armenia for the second time on July 20.  The festival is designed for artists and musicians working in the fields of sound, music, various media, installation, performance, and research.

Applications for the lab are open until June 10. A total of 65  participants are planned to be selected, 70% of which will be artists  and musicians working in Armenia and the region, and 30% will be  international participants.

The lab's curatorial team includes composer, pianist, and songwriter  Arman Peshtmaldjian; ethnomusicologist and co-founder of the  Mountains of Tongues label Ben Wheeler; multi-instrumentalist, DJ,  and producer Hayk Karoi; and others.

The lab will conclude with the NOTATIONS music festival, during which  participants will present their work at the State Philharmonic of  Armenia and the National Gallery of Armenia. The festival program,  which will take place on August 1-2, also includes lectures, master  classes, concerts, and other events.

The first NOTATIONS festival took place in 2025 at the State  Philharmonic of Armenia, bringing together 60 artists and musicians,  as well as 22 curators from Armenia, Austria, China, Georgia,  Germany, Italy, Russia, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. The  program concluded with a two-day NOTATIONS festival, attended by over  1,000 people.

The event is organized by the Hosq Foundation.