Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra

The Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in 1925, and this year is celebrating its 100 anniversary. Since 2000, the artistic director and principal conductor of the Armenian Philharmonic has been Eduard Topchյan. The ANPO is the first and most important orch. in Armenia. It was the first performer of a number of works by the world-famous Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian, often under his baton. The contemporary Armenian composers Terterian,Saryan,Yerkanian,Mansurian wrote many works for the ANPO. Kancheli,Gubaidulina,Shchedrin,Kabalevsky,Penderecki closely cooperated with the orch. The ANPO performs at its residence,Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall.  In recent years, with the orch. appeared Pinchas Zukerman,Augustin Hadelich,Isabelle Faust,Julia Fischer,Joshua Bell,Mischa Maisky,Steven Isserlis,Gautier Capuçon, Gidon Kremer,Yuja Wang, Khatia Buniatishvili, conductors Charles Dutoit, Marc Albrecht, Ingo Metzmacher,Vasily Petrenko, Christopher Warren Green, Oksana Lyniv.