Khachaturian – Concerto-Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra, 24 04 World Orchestra & Sergey Smbatyan

Sergey Smbatyan Published on Dec 8, 2016
Aram Khachaturian – Concerto-Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra (excerpt)
Solist: Narek Hakhnazaryan (cello)
Dirigent: Sergey Smbatyan

24/04 World Orchestra

Concert dedicated to the 100th Anniversary of Commemoration of Armenian Genocide.
24 April 2015, Yerevan, Armenia

I 2015 conductor Sergey Smbatyan initiated one more project – den “24/04” World Orchestra.
April 24, 1915 (24/04/1915), several hundred Armenian intellectuals and representatives of national elite were arrested and subsequently eliminated by the Ottoman Empire. This was the start of the dark events of the Armenian Genocide… A century later, on April 24, 2015 (24/04/2015), the birth of the “24/04” World Orchestra announced the start of the new era – the Era of Revival.