The three-day VISAGES D’ARMÉNIE FESTIVAL in France gathered over 500 people, who attended three performances by ten artists!
• World-star pianist Dmitry Masleev opened the festival with a Khachaturian & His Universe solo recital on Friday evening.
• On Saturday, we explored Armenian culture and traditions through the We documentary screening (directed by the legendary filmmaker Artavaz Pelishian) with a pre-talk by Armenian journalist and screenwriter Eduard Ayanyan, who gave later this day his second lecture on Armenian Cultural Heritage and Its Influence On the World.
• We finished the day with the Traditional Armenian Music Performance featuring Lilit Petrosyan (kanon), Harutyun Chkolyan (duduk), and Vocal Quintet LUYS.
• The closing chamber music performance by Thomas Lefort (violin) and Ruben Kozin (piano) brought works by Komitas, Babadjanian, and Khachaturian to La Rochefaoucaud-en-Angoumois. Can you imagine these two ethnic Armenian musicians meeting in France? And even more! Ruben got the invitation to perform at the festival because he applied to Dmitry Masleev’s master classes in Yerevan!
In addition, more than 300 guests visited the photo exhibitions by Armenian photographers Sevak Asrian and Suren Manvelyan dedicated to Artzakh and the Armenian people.
Primavera Foundation Armenia expresses our deep gratitude to Mr. Frédéric Berg and Mr. Manuel Ngo, the Hardiese President for the festival co-production, to Luc, Francoise, and the entire Hardiese team!
The VISAGES D’ARMÉNIE FESTIVAL would not be possible without the generous support of Foundation Beard members Beatriz and Vasily Pasetchnik, Marc de Many, Anastasia Boudanoque, Elena Yakovleva, Maria Kikina, Ksenia Pelishenko, Anna Mkrtchyan, and Anna Pronicheva.
Thank you to everyone who joined us in celebrating Armenian culture and music! 🎶🎉
Stay tuned for more photos and videos, and enjoy the first photos here.
