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    8TH ARAM KHACHATURIAN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

    HETQ
    22:03, May 31, 2012

    >From 6-13 June in Yerevan will be held 8th Aram Khachaturian
    International Competition. This year it will be open for "violin"
    specialty. Organizers of the competition are RA Ministry of Culture,
    Cultural Foundation "Aram Khachaturian-Competition" and Yerevan Komitas
    State Conservatory. The competition is held under the patronage of
    the Spouse of President of RA Mrs. Rita Sargsyan, who is honorary
    president of the Board of Trustees.

    Since 2010, the general partner of the competition is The
    Intergovernmental Foundation for Educational, Scientific and Cultural
    Cooperation of the CIS (IFESCCO), which opened wide opportunities for
    implementation of such grand project at a higher level and expended
    borders of the competition, extending it to the CIS countries.

    Geography of participants is very wide; it incorporates representatives
    from about 20 countries, including Russia, Kazakhstan, Georgia,
    Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, China, Korea, Colombia, Italy,
    Spain, USA, Japan, UK, and France.

    The Board of Trustees of the competition includes such world-famous
    figures as Professor Jonathan Freeman-Attwood, Professor Reinhart
    Fon Gutzeit, Valery Gergiev, Professor Alexander Sokolov, Professor
    Alexander Tchaikovsky, the composer Robert Amirkhanian, Mikhail
    Shvydkoy, Pavel Kogan, and Elizbieta Penderecka, Krzysztof Penderecki,
    composer Eduard Mirzoyan, other significant artists.

    The Organizing Committee of the Aram Khachaturian International
    Competition determined the following prize fond on a specialty
    "Violin":

    First prize - 15,000 U.S. dollars and a laureate diploma

    Second prize - 10,000 U.S. dollars and a laureate diploma

    Third Prize - 5000 U.S. dollars and a laureate diploma

    Non-prize-winning finalists will each receive a 2,000 U.S. dollars
    grant and a Diploma.

    The honorary jury members are:

    â~@˘Eduard Tadevosyan (Armenia) - Chairman of the Jury, professor and
    Dean of the Orchestral Department at Yerevan State Komitas Conservatory
    â~@˘Boris Kushnir (Austria) - Professor at the University of Music and
    Performing Arts in Graz and Vienna Conservatory â~@˘Igor Petrushevsky
    (United Kingdom) - Professor at the London Royal Academy of Music
    â~@˘Karen Harutyunyan (Belgium) - Professor at Royal Conservatory
    of Liege and the Brussels Royal Conservatory of Music â~@˘Sergey
    Kravchenko (Russia) - Professor and Head of the string department
    at Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory â~@˘Tanja Dorn (Germany) -
    Associate director Conductors and Instrumentalists Division Germany &
    North/South America IMG Artists Within the framework of the competition
    Yerevan will host such honorary guests as:

    â~@˘Alexander Sokolov (Russia) - Rector of the Moscow State Tchaikovsky
    Conservatory â~@˘Gagik Gabrielyan (Russia) - Executive Director of
    the Aram Khachaturian Foundation in Moscow â~@˘Elizbieta Penderecka
    (Poland) - Chairman of the Ludwig van Beethoven Association, General
    Director of the International Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival
    â~@˘Jean Disler (Belgium) - Maecenas â~@˘Ino Mirkovic (Croatia)
    - UNESCO "Artist of Peace", the rector of the music academy "Ino
    Mirkovich" in Lovrane, Advisor to Harrison Parrott Artists Management
    Marcus Marshall (UK) - artistic director of the music program I,
    Culture

    On June 7-8 at Komitas Chamber Music Hall will be held the first
    round of the competition.

    On June 10 at Aram Khachaturian House-museum will be held the second
    round of the competition.

    On June 12 at Aram Khachaturin Concert Hall will be held third and
    final round of the competition.

    On June 13 at Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall will take place the
    Award Ceremony and Gala Concert. During the evening will perform State
    Youth Orchestra of Armenia headed by artistic director and principal
    conductor Sergey Smbatyan and the winner of 2012 Aram Khachaturian
    International Competition.




    From: A. Papazian
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