On Sunday, March 26 and April 2, 2017, the Armenian Community of Aleppo enjoyed two unique concerts of noble, gentle, amazing and emotional choir music by the Hamazkayin Zvartnots choir. The performance awakened the audience’s most sacred feelings and pride of being Armenian.
The choir’s triumphant concerts included foreign and Armenian music, which penetrated deep into the heart, mind and soul of the charmed audience and took them to the land where the Armenian melody and culture were born.
The high quality two-day concerts of Zvartnots Choir, conducted by Gayane Simonyan-Derian and accompanied on piano by Ruzan Barsoumian, confirmed that the Armenians, despite all difficulties and challenges, know how to live with dignity, preserving the language, culture and values, which give strength and power, as well as will to live and continue the struggle.
Prelate of Aleppo H.E. Archbishop Shahan Sarkissian, Armenian Catholic Community representative Priest Gomidas Dadaghlian, President of the Armenian Evangelical World Council, Reverend Harutyun Selimian, and RA Consul General in Aleppo Tigran Gevorgyan, representatives of national, cultural and charitable associations attended the concert.