ArmInfo. In connection with the situation with coronavirus, the participation of the State Chamber Orchestra of Armenia in the International Al Bustan Festival in Lebanon was canceled.
"The festival of opera and classical music, held from the beginning of February, was supposed to end with four concerts of the Chamber Orchestra, but in this situation, local authorities urged to refrain from holding mass events," the GKOA said.
The Al Bustan Festival was dedicated to the 250th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven; performances of the Chamber Orchestra were to be held from March 11 to March 22. We add that more than 145 thousand cases of Covid-19 were registered in the world, more than 71 thousand people were cured, more than 5400 died. The day before, the World Health Organization officially declared Europe the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic.