"Heritage of Others" Jewish Music & Poetry

From September 9th to 18th, Naregatsi Art Institute, in collaboration with Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation’s branch in Armenia, implemented the project "Music & Poetry by Jewish Authors" within "Heritage of Others". The aim of this project is to introduce the public to the culture of minorities living in Armenia (Georgians, Russians, Greeks, and Jews).
On this occasion, concerts were held at the Naregatsi Art Institute, Yerevan Komitas Chamber Music Hall, Aram Khachaturian Museum Hall (September 9, 16 & 18), Fine Arts Academy Hall in Gyumri (September 10), St. Gregory of Narek Church
Events Hall in Vanadzor (September 11) and Music College Hall in Kapan (September 13).
During these events the works of different Jewish composers and writers were performed (Mendelssohn, Weiner, Bruch, Bloch, Bronner, Pasternak, Chagall & Mandelshtam). Narrators Anna Mikayelyan, Tatevik Danielyan (poetry), Naregatsi Chamber Music Society members (Artistic Director Aram Talalyan), "Linos" String Quartet, pianists Arthur Avanesov, Anahit Nersissyan, Naira Israyelyan, Miqayel Balyan and others participated in this exceptional event. The opening concert was held at the Naregatsi Art Institute on September 9, where in attendance were the representatives of the Jewish Congregation in Armenia, reporters, artists and other representatives of national minorities in Armenia.
During the interviews, composers Tigran Mansourian, Willy Weiner, Levon Chaoushian, Mikhail Kokzhayev, the head of the Jewish congregation in Armenia Rima Varjapetyan, the head of the Russian congregation in Kapan Galina Aghakhanyan, musicologists, writers and artists expressed their impressions and thoughts. This project was highly appreciated mostly in the regions where some compositions were performed for the first time for the Armenian public. The Project "Heritage of Others" is essential for the fact that people of different nationalities living in Armenia have the chance to communicate through the language of culture, in addition to the fact that the project involved young artists, whose promotion is one of the main objectives of the Naregatsi Art Institute.