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YEREVAN, JANUARY 26, ARMENPRESS: Youth State Orchestra of Armenia came forth with a joint concert with soloist of London Symphony Orchestra, violinist Roman Simović January 26 in Aram Khachatryan Concert Hall. Sergey Smbatyan was the artistic director and conductor of the orchestra.
The presentation of the first - "Music is the answer" disc of the Youth State Orchestra was held within the framework of the concert. The Armenian premieres of the works of Karen Ananyan, Erich Wolfgang Korngold and Ernest Chausson were also presented, Armenpress reports.
Roman Simović, leader with the London Symphony Orchestra, has been described as a "supreme violinist" (Večernji list, Croatia) and "far from being otherworldly" (The Times, London) and has been praised for his "exceptional musicality". Roman Simović appears at numerous music festivals, among them the Summer Festival in Dubrovnik (Croatia), Kotor Art (Montenegro), the Belgrade and Novi Sad Festivals (Serbia), the Sion Valais Festival (Switzerland), the Bergen Festival (Norway), the Winter Festival in Moscow, the Portogruaro Festival (Italy) and the Granada Music Festival (Spain). The violinist collaborates with such musicians as Shlomo Mintz, Antonio Pappano, Kristjan Järvi, François Leleux, Itamar Golan, Janine Jansen and Julian Rachlin.