Armenian Philharmonic

Aram Khachaturian remains the most well known composer of Armenian descent. Best known for the ballet Spartacus and Gayaneh, specifically "Sabre Dance"

listen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUFWaauGPCs

Last night I got my first taste of classical music here in Yerevan in the venue the concert hall that is named after Khachaturian.



The concert was held in Yerevan's Opera House, built by Alexander Tamanyan in the early 1930s. It fits two large halls into the building one for operas the other for concerts. Wagner's Der Fliegende Hollander, Verdi's Vespri Siciliani, and Haydn's Piano Concerto in D delighted. Though it's not Lincoln Center, at $5, the price is right.