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The Armenian State Symphony Orchestra (ASSO) was founded in 2005 as the State Youth
Orchestraof Armenia by conductor Sergey Smbatyan, who is also its Artistic Director and
Principal Conductor. Young and talented musicians’ maturity to follow the right path of
life, diligence and devotion to the art have smoothed their way for great stages and rapidly
increased the amount of their international awards.
The Orchestra has performed with
numerous concerts both of Armenia and beyond its borders. It has performed in the most
famous concert halls of Germany, France, Russia, Belgium, China, Netherlands, Italy, Lebanon
and other countries, such as: The Orchestra always makes an indivisible part of prestigious
international festivals, to name a few, “Moscow Easter Festival” (Moscow/Russia),
“YOUNG.EURO.CLASSIC’’ (Berlin/Germany), “KultursommerNordhessen” (Kassel/Germany),
“Young.Classic.Wratislavia” (Wroclaw/Poland), Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival and many
others. SYOA has performed as the official orchestra of such prestigious international
musical events as the Aram Khachaturian International Competition (since 2007), the Musica
Riva International Festival (2013, Riva del Garda/Italy), the 9th Frederic Chopin
International Competition for Young Pianists (2014, Foshan/China), the Al Bustan
International Festival (2014, 2015, 2016, Beirut/Lebanon) and many others. With
close-creative relations with the masters of the world stage Valery Gergiev, Krzysztof
Penderecki, Vladimir Spivakov, Maxim Vengerov, Denis Matsuev, Vadim Repin, VagPapyan, Boris
Berezovsky and many others. The Orchestra has reached new heights in the music industry. The
musicians are persistent initiators of new musical projects and series of charitable
activities both in Armenia and overseas. Thus, since 2010 under the high patronage of the RA
President Serzh Sargsyan the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra has been holding the annual
Armenian Composers’ Art Festival, and since 2013 with the support of the RA Ministry of
Culture the Orchestra has been realizing the annual Khachaturian International Festival. The
ASSO constantly presents new interesting projects, such as concert series entitled
“Hollywood Non-Stop”, “Cartoon Non-Stop”, “Tours to…”, “SYOA Meets” and others. Another
peculiar project is the regular series “Master Creates Masters”. Within the framework of the
above mentioned project the world famous masters such as Valery Gergiev, Zakhar Bron and
many others have already given master-classes to young generation. The wide repertoire of
the Orchestra ranges from classical to contemporary genre. In 2011 the Orchestra, headed by
the artistic director and principal conductor Sergey Smbatyan, released its first CD
entitled “Music is the Answer”. Recorded at Sony recording studio the CD includes works by
Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Dmitri Shostakovich and Eduard Hayrapetyan.
The Armenian State Symphony Orchestra (ASSO) was founded in 2005 as the State Youth
Orchestraof Armenia by conductor Sergey Smbatyan, who is also its Artistic Director and
Principal Conductor. Young and talented musicians’ maturity to follow the right path of
life, diligence and devotion to the art have smoothed their way for great stages and rapidly
increased the amount of their international awards.
The Orchestra has performed with
numerous concerts both of Armenia and beyond its borders. It has performed in the most
famous concert halls of Germany, France, Russia, Belgium, China, Netherlands, Italy, Lebanon
and other countries, such as: The Orchestra always makes an indivisible part of prestigious
international festivals, to name a few, “Moscow Easter Festival” (Moscow/Russia),
“YOUNG.EURO.CLASSIC’’ (Berlin/Germany), “KultursommerNordhessen” (Kassel/Germany),
“Young.Classic.Wratislavia” (Wroclaw/Poland), Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival and many
others. SYOA has performed as the official orchestra of such prestigious international
musical events as the Aram Khachaturian International Competition (since 2007), the Musica
Riva International Festival (2013, Riva del Garda/Italy), the 9th Frederic Chopin
International Competition for Young Pianists (2014, Foshan/China), the Al Bustan
International Festival (2014, 2015, 2016, Beirut/Lebanon) and many others. With
close-creative relations with the masters of the world stage Valery Gergiev, Krzysztof
Penderecki, Vladimir Spivakov, Maxim Vengerov, Denis Matsuev, Vadim Repin, VagPapyan, Boris
Berezovsky and many others.
The Orchestra has reached new heights in the music industry. The
musicians are persistent initiators of new musical projects and series of charitable
activities both in Armenia and overseas. Thus, since 2010 under the high patronage of the RA
President Serzh Sargsyan the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra has been holding the annual
Armenian Composers’ Art Festival, and since 2013 with the support of the RA Ministry of
Culture the Orchestra has been realizing the annual Khachaturian International Festival. The
ASSO constantly presents new interesting projects, such as concert series entitled
“Hollywood Non-Stop”, “Cartoon Non-Stop”, “Tours to…”, “SYOA Meets” and others. Another
peculiar project is the regular series “Master Creates Masters”. Within the framework of the
above mentioned project the world famous masters such as Valery Gergiev, Zakhar Bron and
many others have already given master-classes to young generation. The wide repertoire of
the Orchestra ranges from classical to contemporary genre. In 2011 the Orchestra, headed by
the artistic director and principal conductor Sergey Smbatyan, released its first CD
entitled “Music is the Answer”. Recorded at Sony recording studio the CD includes works by
Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Dmitri Shostakovich and Eduard Hayrapetyan.
