National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia with the support of the Ministry of Education, Science,Culture and Sports of the Republic of Armenia, the Embassy of the French Republic in Armenia and the "Institut français d'Arménie" presents the Gala concert of  the Francophonie Days in Armenia, which dedicated to the 180th anniversary of the French composer Gabriel Faure, at the Aram Khachatryan Concert Hall on April 29 at 7:00 p.m.

Gabriel Faure's famous Requiem will be performed.

The concert will be led by Philipp Amelung (Germany), Principal Guest Conductor of the National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia.

Soloists:

Emmanuelle Chimento (Soprano, France)

Ashot Ghantharjyan (Baritone, Armenia)

National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia

National Chamber Choir of Armenia

Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Choir: People's Artist of RA Robert Mlkeyan

Yerevan State Chamber Choir

Artistic director and choirmaster Kristina Voskanyan

Gabriel Foret was a student of the great composer Camille Saint-Saëns during his studies at the school attached to the school of church music, which was the basis for their closeness later.

Faure composed in almost all musical genres popular in his time. His masterpiece is considered to be the "Requiem" (op. 48, 1887-1890), written for soloists, choir and orchestra, which had three author's editions.

The lyricism and intimacy of Fauré's Requiem was unusual for this spiritual genre, especially in the original, orchestral version (1888), which was extremely chamber in composition and sound.

General Sponsor: Yerevan Brandy Company with it’s Ararat legendary brandy

Supporter: "AGHVERAN ARARAT RESORT HOTEL"