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Armenian State Pedagogical University today hosted the National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia (NCOA) led by artistic director and principal conductor Vahan Mardirossian.
This was NCOA’s second visit to the University which was unique and unprecedented in its format. For the first time, NCOA gave a joint concert with lecturers and students of the Faculties of Art Education and Culture.
The orchestra performed Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, Glazunov’s Concerto pour Saxophone, and works by Arno Babajanian, Makar Yekmalian and Arditi.
Henri Simonyan, Professor at the Music Education Department, Laureate of international competitions, Shake Tadevosyan, Associate Professor at the same Department, Laureate of republican competitions, lecturer Armine Ojakhyan, Albina Tigranyan and Arsen Hajyan, students of the Faculty of Culture also performed during the event.
The concert was warmly received by the audience that proving once again classical concerts which have become a good tradition at the University are awaited by everyone.
This was confirmed by the artistic director and principal conductor of NCOA, Vahan Mardirossian who did not conceal that the warmth coming from ASPU is irreplaceable. “You can really take pride in your Alma Mater. It was a real discovery and revelation for me to know about the talent of ASPU students and professors. I am proud to see high-quality musicians working and studying here and I am looking forward to our next meeting,” he said.
Director of the Culture Centre, Professor Arkady Shekunts, who organized the concert, confessed that he had dreamed to cooperate with the orchestra for a long time.
Recently, the University has been actively cooperating with various orchestras. The concert enabled us to realize the idea and introduce to the audience only part of our talented musicians at the University. I hope that our cooperation will continue in the future and we shall have an opportunity to present all our musicians,” Mr Shekunts told old.aspu.am.
