Armenian sacred music concert in Italy on occasion of 156th birthday  anniversary of Komitas 

ArmInfo.  A concert of Armenian sacred music dedicated to the 156th anniversary of Vardapet Komitas was held at the Church of St. Francesco in the Italian city of Padua.

The program included works by Komitas himself, Nerses Shnorhali,  Grigor Narekatsi, Mkhitar Ayrivanetsi, as well as masterpieces of  European sacred music performed by Argentine musician of Armenian  descent - duduk player Gagik Gasparyan, accompanied by organist Zoya  Tukhmanova-Karapetyan.

The concert was held within the framework of the All-Armenian Public  Organization "Miasin" program - "Armenian Sacred Music in European  Churches". At the end of the concert, the Chairman of the  organization "Miasin" Gevorg Chichyan expressed gratitude to the  Church of St. Francis for hosting the concert and participating in  this initiative. He addressed the foreign spectators with a special  greeting, emphasizing that their presence is a great honor and an  expression of respect for the Armenian culture, spiritual identity  and creative spirit of the Armenian people. The priest of the Church  of St. Francis, Don Massimo De Franceschi, in turn, welcomed the  initiative and noted that it contributes to the dissemination of  spiritual and cultural values.