The 10th edition of the Khachaturian International Festival is currently underway in Yerevan in Armenia

Armenian State Symphony Orchestra, artistic director Sergey Smbatyan

The 10th edition of the Khachaturian International Festival is currently underway in Yerevan in Armenia. The festival was established by the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra, artistic director Sergey Smbatyan. This year the orchestra opened the festival on 6 December 2022, performing Prokofiev's Symphony Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, with soloist Sevak Avanesyan, and music by Glinka and Borodin, conducted by George Pehlivanian

There are four more concerts in the festival, which runs until 20 December 2022 and music includes Khachaturian's Piano Concerto with soloist Massimo Spada and the Concerto for Cello and Wind Orchestra by Austrian pianist and composer Friedrich Gulda (1930-2000). Gulda wrote the work in 1980 and it combines Gulda's two main interests, classical music and jazz. Festival performances also include Dvorak's Violin Concerto with soloist Carmine Lauri (co-leader of the London Symphony Orchestra), plus music by Bernstein, and Rimsky Korsakov.

Full details from the orchestra's website.