The Concert Tour of well-known pianist Hayk Melikyan, an Honored Artist of Armenia, will be launching starting from January 13, 2016 in five biggest cities of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He will be having 6 recitals which are organized by the New Music Center of Tehran in cooperation with the Governmental entities of the Country. Hayk Melikyan will mainly be presenting the contemporary music by Armenian (Tigran Mansuryan, Arthur Akshelyan and others) and Iranian (Amir Mahyar Tafreshipour, Hormoz and Shahin Farhaz and others) composers and will also include some of the world-known European ones: Heinz Holliger, Michel Karsky, Toru Takemitsu and others. There will be several premieres during the concert tour and Hayk Melikyan will also conduct special master classes for Iranian students in all the above mentioned cities.

Concert Dates:

January 13: Bushehr (The City Hall)

January 15 & 16: Tehran (Roudaki Chamber Music Hall)

January 17: Yazd (The Municipality Concert Hall)

January 19: Ahvaz (Aftab Concert Hall)

Januart 20: Shiraz (Hafez Concert Hall)

After the return of the Pianist from Iran, he will give a recital for the Yerevan audience, which will launch the 2016 Concert Season of KOMITAS Museum Institute on January 29.