Festivals
1st National Cello Festival dedicated to Geronty Talalyan
2nd Geronty Talalyan National Cello Festival
1st Yerevan Baroque Music Festival
2nd Yerevan Baroque Music Festival
Ministry of Culture of Armenia Presents
 1 st National Cello Festival dedicated to Geronti Talalyan /Yerevan Concerts/
March 26 – Opening ceremony - Cello ensemble concert
Komitas Chamber Music Hall, 19:00
March 31 – Contemporary foreign composers concert ( Iran, Lithuania, Georgia, Russia)
Komitas Chamber Music Hall, 19:00
April 3 – Contemporary Armenian composers
Komitas Chamber Music Hall, 19:00
April 15 – Komitas Quartet and Narek Hakhnazaryan / cello / – solo recital
Komitas Chamber Music Hall, 19:00
April 26 – Mikael Hakhnazaryan / cello / ( Switzerland) and “Linos” Quartet - recital
Armenian National Gallery, 19:00
April 30 – Contemporary Armenian composers’ concert
Komitas Chamber Music Hall, 19:00
May 3 – Young Talents Recital
Narekatsi Art Institute Hall, 19:00
May 4 – Closing ceremony – Aram Talalyan and Alexander Chaushyan / cello / ( UK)
Armenian National Gallery, 19:00
May 8 – Aram Talalyan / cello / and “Linos” Quartet – cello duos
Komitas Chamber Music Hall , 19:00
Organizers
Кomitas State Quartet
Yerevan Komitas Chamber Music Hall
Naregatsi Chamber Music Society
March 26 – Opening ceremony - Cello Ensemble concert
Opening speech by Professor Araks Saryan
Performers
Zaruhi Khanjian / piano /
Gayane Geghamyan / soprano /
Festival Cello Ensemble – Aleksandr Karakhanyan, Lusine Navoyan, Anush Yavrumyan, Ashkhen Gasparyan, Vardan Gasparyan, Hakob Atyan, Gayane Khachatryan
Artistic Director – Aram Talalyan
Program
Sergey Aslamazyan – Three pieces arranged for cello ensemble /Chinar es, Luchinushka, Etude/
John Dowland – King of Denmark’s galliard
Lacrimae antiqua
Earl of Essex galliard
David Popper – Requiem for cello ensemble and piano
Artyom Kokzhaev – Two pieces for cello ensemble
Heitor Villa-Lobos – Bachianas Brasileiras No 5 for soprano and cello ensemble
March 31 - Contemporary Composers Concert ( Iran, Lithuania, Georgia, Russia)
Performers
Aram Talalyan / cello , conductor /
Vardan Gasparyan /cello/
Aidin Ahmadi Nejad /cello/ ( Iran)
Vadim Shubladze, conductor (Georgia)
Artur Avanesov /piano/
“Naregatsi” Chamber Orchestra
Program
Arvidas Malcis ( Lithuania) – Acoustic abyss for cello and piano / premiere /
Ali Reza Mashaekhi ( Iran) – Variant for solo cello /premiere/
Sonata for cello, strings and percussion /premiere/
Vazha Azarashvili ( Georgia) – Concerto for cello and strings /premiere/
Mikhail Bronner ( Russia) – Jizkor /premiere/
April 3 – Contemporary Armenian Composers Concert
Performers
Aram Talalyan / cello /
Narekatsi Chamber Orchestra – guest conductor Zaven Vardanyan
Program
Martun Israelyan – Concert for cello and strings
Eduard Hayrapetyan – Concert for cello and strings /premiere/
April 15 – Komitas Quartet and Narek Hakhnazaryan / cello / – solo recital
Eduard Tadevosyan / violin /
Syuzi Yeritsyan / violin /
Aleksandr Kosemyan / viola /
Aram Talalyan / cello /
Narek Hakhnazaryan / cello /
Program: Khudoyan, Rachmaninoff, Cassado, Bronner, Paganini, Boccherini, Haydn
April 26 – Mikael Hakhnazaryan and “Linos” Quartet - recital
Performers
Mikael Hakhnazaryan / cello / ( Switzerland)
Jemma Abrahamyan /violin/
Lusine Aghababyan /violin/
Lilit Mkhitaryan /viola/
Ashkhen Gasparyan /cello/
Program
Beethoven – Variations on original theme for cello and harpsichord
Schumann – Three fantasy pieces for cello and piano
Schubert – String quintet in C major , op 163
April 30 – Contemporary Armenian composers concert
Performers
Alexander Karakhanyan /cello/
Artur Avanesov /piano/
Guest conductor – Zaven Vardanyan
Naregatsi Chamber Orchestra
Program
Levon Chaushyan – Sonata for cello No 1
Mikhail Kokzhaev – Sonata for cello and piano /premiere/
Artur Avanesov – Piece for cello
Vartan Adjemian – Concert for cello and orchestra
May 3
Young Cellists Recital
Naregatsi Art Institute
Performers
Vahagn Samvelyan, Mikayel Grigoryan, Tatevik Mesropyan, Davit Voskanyan, Hakob Atyan
In Program
Armenian, Russian and European composers
May 4 – Closing ceremony – А ram Talalyan and Alexander Chaushyan (UK)
Program
Boccherini – Quintet No 1 for two violins, viola and two cellos
Vivaldi – Concert for two cellos and strings
Heitor Villa-Lobos - Bachianas Brasileiras No. 1
 May 8 – Aram Talalyan and “Linos” Quartet – cello duos
“Around the cello”
Performers
Aram Talalyan / cello /
Jemma Abrahamyan / violin /
Lusine Aghababyan / violin /
Lilit Mkhitaryan / viola /
Ashkhen Gasparyan / cello /
Program
Francois Couperin – Concerto for two cellos
Maurice Ravel – Sonata for violin and cello
Ludwig van Beethoven – Duet for viola and cello
Zoltan Kodaly – Duet for violin and cello
Ministry of Culture of Armenia Presents
2 nd Geronty Talalyan National Cello Festival
Geronty Talalyan 2nd National Cello Festival
 
 
 
 
 
April 4 - Opening ceremony - Aram Talalyan and the cello ensemble
Vardan Gasparyan, Gayane Khachatryan, Hakob Atyan, Anzhela Sargsyan
Komitas Chamber Music Hall, 19:00
Program:
Lachner - Serenade
Klengel - Anthem for 12 cellos
Komitas / Aslamazyan - Armenian Folk Miniatures
Ligetti - Sonata for solo cello
April 5 - Concert for the Younger Generation
Ulikhanyan Club, 14:00
Program:
Armenian, Russian and European Composers
April 11 - Recital of Narek Hakhnazaryan (cello)
Gayane Hakhnazaryan (piano)
Komitas Chamber Music Hall, 19:00
Program:
Schumann "Fantasiestucke" (fantasy pieces), Frank Sonata for violin and piano, arranged for cello and piano, Debussy - Sonata for cello and piano
de Falla - Popular Spanish Suite
Ponce - Estrellita, Rostropovich - Humoresque
April 29 - Cello Music Concert
Charentsavan Music School, 15:00
Program:
Lachner, Popper, Ligetti, Dvorak, Komitas / Aslamazyan
May 16 - Young people concert and master-classes at Vanadzor School No 3
Vardan Gasparyan, Mikael Grigoryan, Vahagn Samvelyan, Tatevik Mesropyan, 16:00
Program:
Lachner, Popper, Ligetti, Dvorak, Komitas / Aslamazyan
May 20 - Young people concert and master-classes at Zareh Sahakyants Abovyan Music School
Gayane Khachatryan, Vardan Gasparyan, Mikael Grigoryan, Vahagn Samvelyan, Tatevik Mesropyan
Stepanakert Music School, 16:00
Program:
Lachner, Popper, Ligetti, Dvorak, Komitas / Aslamazyan
May 21 - 23- Young Talents recitals in Sisian, Goris, and Stepanakert music schools
Gayane Khachatryan, Vardan Gasparyan, Mikael Grigoryan, Vahagn Samvelyan, Tatevik Mesropyan
Program:
Lachner, Popper, Ligetti, Dvorak, Komitas / Aslamazyan
June 12 - Aidin Akhmadinejad /cello/ (Iran), Aram Talalyan /cello/ and cello ensemble
Komitas Chamber Music Hall, 19:00
Program
Chopin - Sonata
Brahms - Sonata
Program: Armenian, Russian and European Composers
June 16 - Rahsan Apay (Turkey) and Aram Talalyan cello music concert
Komitas Chamber Music Hall, 19:00
Program
Armenian, Turkish and European composers
June 19 - Aram Talalyan and Christopher Stembridge /organ/ (UK, Italy)
Hover Chamber Choir
Komitas Chamber Music Hall, 19:00
Program
Bach, Frescobaldi
June 23 - Aram Talalyan, Hover Chamber Choir
Aram Talalyan, Lusine Aghadjanyan (violin), Jemma Abrahamyan (violin)
Program
Bronner - Forest of Tears
Mendelssohn - Variations
June 26- Aram Talalyan, Armen Babakhanyan (piano), Syuzi Yeritsyan (violin)
Closing ceremony
Ravel - Sonata
Kodally - Sonata
Hovunts - Sonata
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