Naghash Ensemble | Festival Pasaulis Skamba

GM Gyvai presents the festival “World Sounds” in everyone’s favorite St. Catherine’s Church. This is an ideal place in Vilnius for cozy and sensitive world music concerts.

NAGHASH ENSEMBLE
The sound of Ancient Armenia reinvented for the 21st century

During the festive season, the world-renowned Armenian Naghash Ensemble will bring depth and meaning to our hearts. Having performed at prestigious festivals and cultural events around the world, the ensemble combines the earthy spirituality of Armenian folk songs, new classical music, contemporary post-minimalism, and the energy of rock and jazz. Three magnificent female vocalists and four of Armenia’s finest instrumentalists (duduk, lute, dhol, and piano) will perform a new generation of music with a unique sound, which Rolling Stone magazine described as “A Moment of Grace and Meditation.” Part folk, part classical, deeply moving music that fosters feelings of rebirth and mercy.

The founder of the ensemble, American Armenian composer John Hodian, adapted sacred 15th-century texts of the Armenian mystic, poet and priest Mkrtich Naghash. Mkrtich Naghash is considered one of the most important representatives of the golden age of Armenian poetry. The words of this luminary are deep and simple, presented in a colloquial form, but poetic, speaking of the vanity of the world, greed, exile and, of course, love.
The divine and meaningful music of the Naghash Ensemble in St. Catherine’s Church is an enchanting elixir that will allow you to rise high above everyday life.

Performers

Hasmik Baghdasaryan – soprano
Tatevik Movsesyan – soprano
Shahane Zalyan – viola
Tigran Hovhannisyan – dhol
Aram Nikoghosyan – lute
Harutyun Chkolyan – duduk
John Hodian – piano/composer

Videos
https://youtu.be/zpic6YLpNcY?si=m2cS5_9dDsaPm-s7
https://youtu.be/Grz76Qr18aM?si=qaMXIklVcdKqjzQ6

A 20% discount applies to seniors, disabled people, schoolchildren and students

Festival information partner: LRT
More information: www.gmgyvai.lt