The 3rd Yerevan International Flute Festival

From 4 to 7 November the Armenian State Philharmonia holds its international flute festival in Yerevan for the third time: three evenings at the Arno Babajanyan Concert Hall, each with several flautists on stage, from France, Italy, Switzerland, Hungary, Kazakhstan and Armenia.

The three concerts

On 4 November the KV Art Orchestra, under Narek Hakhnazaryan, Honoured Artist of Armenia, plays Quantz, Devienne and Doppler, and ends with Vivaldi's concerto for four flutes. 5 November is a chamber evening: Fauré and Gaubert, Debussy's Clair de lune and Saint-Saëns's The Swan arranged for five flutes, and Claude Bolling's Sentimentale with a jazz quartet. On 7 November KV Art, under Narek Avagyan, plays Vivaldi's Il Gardellino and concertos by Michael Haydn and André Jolivet.

Who plays

Vincent Lucas from France; Silvia Careddu and Riccardo Cellaki from Italy; Felix Renggli and Evgenia Shpalinger from Switzerland; Zofia Lazar and Benedek Csalog from Hungary; Yerzhan Kushanov from Kazakhstan; and the Armenian flautists Narek Avagyan and Arman Abrahamyan. Astghik Ghukasyan is at the piano. Rather a lot of flutes for one stage, which is rather the point.

Dates and tickets

4, 5 and 7 November, each at 19:00, at 2 Abovyan Street. Each concert is ticketed separately, at 5,000 to 10,000 drams, on EventHub, where every evening has its own page.

On 6 November, between the concerts, the Yerevan International Music Festival is at the Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall, with Ivor Bolton and Anna Aglatova.