Annual Festivals

Founded in 2010 and dedicated to one legendary Armenian composer each year, the Armenian Composing Art Festival was fueled by Sergey Smbatyan’s calling to uphold the traditions of Armenian classical composing school with the remembrance of the musical legacy of great Armenian composers.

The Khachaturian International Festival is one of the very few widely celebrated classical music festivals in the region, with its reputation and geography of participants increasingly expanding over years.

Established in 2013, the annual festival hosts in the capital city of Yerevan world-renowned and beloved artists who create an exciting ambience of cross-cultural dialogue through music while raising the awareness of Aram Khachaturian's legacy with their performances.

The Penderecki Contemporary Classics' Festival is the next renamed edition of the “Contemporary Classics” Composers' Festival, established in 2019 by the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra and supported by the European Foundation for Support of Culture.