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.
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
