GOODBYE, BIRD OPERA BASED ON ARAM PACHYAN'S NOVEL PREMIERED IN MUNICH, GERMANY

ARTCONCEPT is an international association aimed at conceptualization of art, at generation and realization of art projects and programs. Since 2019, they have stared working on chamber opera Goodbye, Bird based on Aram Pachyan’s homonymous novel.  The project is lead by composer Arsen Babajanyan. Arsen Babajanyan studied at Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory and at University of Music and Theatre, Munich. He is the Art Director at ARTCONCEPT.  

Aram Pachyan is an acclaimed writer of independence generation, with several prizes, including the honorable Presidential Youth Prize. Goodbye, bird was first published in 2012 and till now is one of the bestselling Armenian novels. It has been translated into English, French, Bulgarian and Serbian.

The premier of the opera was on December 10-11, at Kulturzentrum LUISE with sponsorship of Cultural Department of City of Munich and participation of:
▪️ Henri Bonamy – Conductor
▪️ Lukas Siebert – Tenor
▪️ Alma Faringer Hultberg – Dancer
▪️ Simon Gunnarsson – Dancer
▪️ Tom Smith – Narrator
▪️ Koryun Asatryan – Soprano Saxophone
▪️ Zihao Wang – Baritone Saxophone
▪️ Marko Ševarlić – Accordion
▪️ Nikola Church – Accordion
▪️ Dragana Gajić – Viola
▪️ Caio de Azevedo – Cello
▪️ Divisi Choir of Armenia (Conductor and Artistic Director: Marina Alaverdyan)
▪️ ԽԱԶԵՐ Khazer (Artistic Director: Ani Navasardyan)

▪️ Hayk Karoyi Karapetyan – Armenian folk instruments
▪️ Costanze Budcke – Scenography and Costumes 
▪️ Julian Hajduk – Text

Other supporters:
Embassy of the Republic of Armenia to the Federal Republic of Germany, Creative ArmeniaArmenien-Fonds Hayastan-Fonds e.V.Braind.