Third Pan-Armenian festival concludes 'Days of Choir Art'

The third pan-Armenian festival My Armenia on Wednesday announced the closing of its "Days of Choir Art" at the Hakob Paronyan State Theatre of Musical Comedy in Yerevan, reports the Ministry of Diaspora.

The festival is organized annually under the high patronage of the Ministry of Diaspora. This year’s event is dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Armenia’s independence.

The program included folk and popular songs by the choirs Tatev (Iran, artistic director and  choirmaster: Hamik Alexandryan), Shogher (choirmaster: Yelena Beglaryan), Yerazank (Estonia, artistic director and choirmaster: Janna Shahbazyan), Arax (Egypt, artistic director and choirmaster: Mihran Ghazelyan), Aghbyur (Georgia, artistic director and choirmaster: Ruzanna Hovhannisyan), Garni (vocal quintet, artistic director: Sona Nersisyan) and Taghkazard (vocal ensemble, artistic director: Lilit Grigoryan).

The attendees also heard soloists from Russia (Roza Tspentsyan), Uzbekistan (Masis Minasyan) and Armenia (Vladimir Aharonyan).

The event was attended also by Minister of Diaspora Hranush Hakobyan, and her deputy, Vahagn Melikyan, who greeted the choirs and all the other participants, highly praising their efforts towards preserving and spreading the Armenian culture in foreign states.