HAYASTAN ALL ARMENIAN FUND - CHARITY CONCERT - SATURDAY 10TH NOVEMBER 2012

Dedicated to the 21st Anniversary of the

This group of highly talented young vocalists and instrumentalists includes prize-winning musicians graduating from Yerevan’s Komitas State Conservatory and Spendiaryan State musical schools, as well as “Hochschule für Musik” in Köln, and Tchaikovsky State Moscow Conservatory. They have participated in numerous music festivals, as well as national and international competitions. The ensemble includes two vocalists and six instrumentalists, playing the piano, cello, kanon, shvi, flute and saxophone. They will be performing works from all genres of music including Armenian compositions.

Hasmik Vardanyan is winner of the Schlern International Cello Competition (2011), and President of Republic of Armenia Youth Prize in “Classical Music” (2012). Liparyt Avietisyan won 2nd prize at the International Contest of Vocalists in Moscow (2010), and in 2012 sang as a soloist in the opera “Anoush”. Hayrapet Arakelyan has won 1st prize at numerous international festival competitions, and has played with Orchestras all around the world. He represented Germany in the final of the Eurovision Young Musicians 2010 contest in Vienna. Iren Pichikyan is a Laureate of Spendiaryan Young Musicians competitions-festivals, and “Renaissance” International Festival-Competition dedicated to 140th anniversary of Komitas. Julietta Aleksanyan has participated in the Yerevan Competition-Festival (2011), Francofonia festival (2012), and is a special prizewinner at the “Renaissance” International Festival-Competition (2012). Arsen Zakaryan has participated in international festivals in Gyumri and won the competition laureate three times. Narek Kazazyan has won 1st prize at several International Festivals including “The best player of Komitas” (2009) and “VI Open International Youth Delphian Games”, and performed with Spivakov’s “Moscow Virtuosos” orchestra (2009). In 2012, he won 3rd prize at the Eurovision Young Musicians Contest in Vienna. Vardan Gyodakyan participated in the Spendaryan Competition and was awarded “Huso Mrcanak” prize (2007). He has also won the “Veratsnund” International competition (2011-2012), and the “Shnorhaliner” Festival (2011).

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Charity Concert

Saturday 10 November 2012

£30, £25, £20, £15, £10

The proceeds of the concert will benefit the Fund’s Shengavit Kindergarten project in Armenia.

Julietta Aleksanyan, age 17, soprano

Hasmik Vardanyan, age 24, cello

Liparyt Avietisyan, age 22, tenor

Vardan Gyodakyan, age 12, piano

Hayastan All-Armenian Fund of Great Britain

in association with

the Embassy of the Republic of Armenia

is proud to present

Saturday 10 November 2012

at 7.30 pm

St. John’s, Smith Square, London SW1P 3HA Closest underground station: Westminster

Iren Pichikyan, age 19, flute

Young Talented Artists of Armenia

Arsen Zakaryan, age 16, shvi

Ella Melik-Husyan, accompanist on piano

Narek Kazazyan, age 16, kanon

Mariam Shahinyan, concert coordinator

Hayrapet Arakelyan, age 21, saxophone