National New Year: the Akunq ensemble at the Babajanyan Hall

Armenian State Philharmonia, Babajanyan Concert Hall, 2 Abovyan Street, Yerevan · Organized by National Center of Folk Music and Dance

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A cream frame drum with a wooden stick strung with red threads laid across it, a paper pomegranate and sprigs of evergreen beside it, a few white stars above, on an orange ground
Dates
22 Dec 2026
Time
From 19:00
Format
In person
Organizer
National Center of Folk Music and Dance

On 22 December the Akunq State Ethnographic Ensemble of Armenia gives a festive programme called National New Year. The organiser invites one to welcome the New Year through Armenian tradition, with a run of much-loved and much-anticipated songs and dances.

Who is on stage

The ensemble's musical director is Artur Shahnazaryan. The concert is presented by the National Center of Folk Music and Dance, whose director is Armen Sargsyan.

When and where

Tuesday 22 December at 19:00, at the Arno Babajanyan Concert Hall, 2 Abovyan Street. The centre's page does not give a price: its Buy tickets button leads to the Tomsarkgh box office (tomsarkgh.am), and for questions the centre gives +374 55 526 477.

More of the season

A few days later, on 26 December, comes the Varchafest New Year gala, and on New Year's Eve the Opera has its festive New Year with the Stars.

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National New Year: the Akunq ensemble at the Babajanyan Hall: questions

When and where is National New Year?

On 22 December at 19:00, at the Arno Babajanyan Concert Hall, 2 Abovyan Street, Yerevan.

Who is performing?

The Akunq State Ethnographic Ensemble of Armenia, under its musical director Artur Shahnazaryan.

Where can I buy tickets?

Through the Buy tickets button on the National Center of Folk Music and Dance's site, which leads to Tomsarkgh (tomsarkgh.am); the centre's page gives no price.

Source: National Center of Folk Music and Dance checked against the source

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