`Symphonic Europe` concert held at Aram Khachaturian concert hall

ArmInfo. The "Symphonic Europe" concert was held at the Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall to celebrate the long-standing friendship between the peoples of Armenia and European countries.

According to the press service of the Ministry of Education, Science,  Culture, and Sport (MECS), renowned violinist Michael Barenboim,  accompanied by the Armenian Symphony Orchestra under the direction of  Sergey Smbatyan, performed Edward Elgar's Violin Concerto and Tigran  Mansurian's "Partita."

This is the second year the concert has been held at the initiative  of the European Union (EU) Mission to Armenia and the Armenian State  Symphony Orchestra.

"This close cooperation, initiated in recent years, aims to promote  cultural dialogue and implement important cultural programs to  strengthen the friendship between peoples," the Ministry noted.

Daniel Danielyan, Deputy Head of the Ministry of Education, Science  and Culture, and Vaclav Shterba, Deputy Head of Cooperation at the EU  Mission to Armenia, delivered welcoming remarks at the concert.