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 Sunday, February 24 2019 16:08
Emmanuil Mkrtchyan

Grand concert in memory of great composer Arno Babajanyan took place  in Yerevan

Grand concert in memory of great composer Arno Babajanyan took place  in Yerevan

ArmInfo.A grand concert dedicated to the memory of the great Armenian composer Arno Babajanyan took place on February 22 at the Academic Theater of Opera  and Ballet named after Spendiaryan.

The organizer of the concert was the Arno Babajanian International  Memorial Foundation, headed by its leader, the son of the great  maestro Ara Babajanyan. The Foundation periodically holds concerts in  the capitals of Armenia and Russia, as well as in other cities.

"The current concert titled "Azg im Parapandz'' is not just another  concert. This is another charitable action of the Arno Babajanian  International Memorial Foundation. This time it is aimed at  supporting the "My Step" foundation, founded by the wife of Armenian  Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan Anna Hakobyan. Roman Baghdasaryan,  member of the Arno Babajanyan International Memory Foundation, a  well-known Russian-Armenian blogger and entertainer told ArmInfo  correspondent.  Baghdasaryan with his friend and colleague - a  popular Armenian TV presenter, entertainer and actor Karen Kocharyan  made presenters of this cultural evening. Roman Baghdasaryan recalled  that back on November 11 last year, when the presentation of the "My  Step" Foundation took place in Moscow, the International Foundation  for the Memory of Arno Babajanyan took over the organization of the  cultural program of the evening: One Foundation again supports the  other one, due to it people can enjoy unforgettable Babajanyan  evening. All the funds, obtained from the sale of tickets to the  charity concert, will be handed over to the "My Step" Foundation to  help the children of Armenia, children suffering from oncological  diseases.

The concert was held in a very warm, wonderful atmosphere. Singers  from the USA, Germany, Russia, Armenia and other countries took part  in it. Among them were such performers as Nikolay Ryabukha, Arsen  Stepanyan, Artur Aghajanov, Sona Rubenyan, Karine Asiryan, Vazgen  Gabrielyan, Sona Shahgeldyan, Silva Hakobyan, Gagik Yezakian, Armen  Avdzhan, Suzanna Melkumyan and many others.  Angela Albertyan and  Arpine Gevorgyan, little performers of Babajanyan masterpieces, came  out on the big stage and surprised the audience with their  magnificent voices. By the way, 10-year-old Angela Albertyan, a  student of the Yerevan Music School named after Chughajyan, impressed  the audience by her strong, deep and "non-childish" voice. And this  year, the young singer will represent Armenia at the annual  international competition-festival "Slavic Bazaar -2019", which will  be held July 8-18 in Belarusian Vitebsk.

 It is noteworthy that the  impression of the concert was amazing - and the organization of the  concert itself, the professionalism and humor of the presenters, the  strong and beautiful voices of the singers, the opening of young  names - and all this under the highly professional performance of the  country's oldest philharmonic orchestra under the leadership of  Honored Art Worker of Armenia Eduard Topchyan.

 

The general sponsors  of the evening were the "Alternative-Tour" company, as well as Shahen  Petrosyan, the head of the Moscow branch of the Union of Armenians of  Russia.

It should be noted that 10 years ago the ArmInfo correspondent  happened attended at a similar concert, also dedicated to the memory  of Arno Babajanyan. Then the majority of performers, Armenian pop  "stars", made a culture shock on the viewer with their total  voicelessness and reading songs on paper without a twinge of  conscience. Then the impression of the concert was saved only by a  couple of other performers, including Karen Movsesyan - a baritone  invited from the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theater, who, by the  way, graduated from the Yerevan Conservatory, but, like most of our  talents, did not find recognition in his homeland at that time.  Karen's voice caused a sigh of relief, hope, delight, sweeping  through the room.  And I was impressed by his tact during the final  song, which all singers had to sing together. Karen modestly took the  microphone behind his back - as  the power of his voice even without  a microphone exceeded the ''stars''of Armenian pop music. 

 

Unfortunately, Karen Movsesian, one of the best contemporary  Babajanyan performers, was unable to come to Yerevan from Novosibirsk  this time for a number of reasons, although he was previously  announced in the program. The concert was attended by the son of the  great composer Ara Babajanyan and his wife Maya, as well as the first  lady of Armenia, the head of the "My Step" Foundation, Anna Hakobyan. 

 

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