Aug 12, Yerevan
Armenia
Festival '26
Notations
Artists from around the world come to Yerevan to create Notations Festival. They collaborate across sound, media and performance, then present two days of concerts, installations, talks, workshops and lectures, alongside headliners.
The State Philharmonia of Armenia

The State Philharmonia of Armenia has been established in 1930. Throughout its activity, Philharmonia has played a significant role in preserving and developing Armenian musical culture. International educational and cognitive projects, concerts, festivals, competitions, master classes, presentations are organised by the institution. Philharmonia is also engaged in the production of scientific-cognitive films and publishing. The mission of Philharmonia is to contribute to the development of the country's cultural sector by presenting the best works of Armenian and world art.

babajanyanhall.org/en/
The National Gallery of Armenia is one of the major museums in Armenia and the largest in the world with its Armenian fine arts collection. The Gallery was established in 1921 The collection includes more than 42.000 exhibits of Armenian and world fine arts and decorative-applied art.

www.gallery.am/en
Picsart is a global creative technology platform that empowers millions of people to create, edit, and share visual content using AI-powered creative tools for image generation, photo editing, video creation, and design, including Picsart Flow, its AI-powered visual ideation platform.
Green Rock Foundation is the corporate social responsibility branch of Green Rock, working in community development, culture, ecology, and education in Armenia. Its projects include the Apicius International Hospitality School, the award-winning Meet Dilijan initiative, the Tourism Regional Forum, and the renovation of a local sport school.

green-rock-foundation.am
Green Rock is a development company in Armenia focused on largescale projects that transform cities, infrastructure, and local economies. The company operates across three directions - Development, Operations, and Investments - with its flagship project centered in the town of Dilijan, including a multifunctional complex with a hotel, cultural venues, and public spaces.

greenrock.am
Hayfilm Cluster is a multidisciplinary creative hub in Yerevan, Armenia, set in a former Armenian film factory on Ashtarak Highway. With a capacity of around 1,500, it operates as a club, cinema, and event space, best known as one of Armenia's leading venues for electronic music and rave culture.

hayfilm
Esora is Armenia's event discovery and ticketing platform — one place to find concerts, cinema, exhibitions, and everything happening in Armenia, and buy tickets in a couple of taps. Esora is the official ticketing partner of Notations Festival 2026.

esora.app
Ani Plaza Hotel has been part of Yerevan's cultural landscape for more than five decades. Since opening its doors in 1970, it has welcomed generations of international guests and remains one of Armenia's most iconic hotels, where the city's history and contemporary hospitality meet.

Ani Plaza Hotel is the Official Hospitality Partner of Notations Festival 2026.

anihotel.com/
days
2
artists
111
venues
3
DAY PROGRAM
Day program will happen both days in the State Philharmonia and National Gallery of Armenia.

NIGHT PROGRAM
The Night program is in the Hayfilm.
lineup
Special Guest
Brandt
Brauer
Frick [DE]
12 Aug Program
coverage
Hyper Culture Collective

Yerevan is not the city you think it is — if you think of it at all. Armenia's creative industries are booming, nearly doubling in value over the last decade. Independent platforms, cross-disciplinary communities, a vibrant art scene: all of it taking shape in real time, in a city most international audiences haven't caught up with yet.

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Culturalee

Notations Lab & Festival 2026 Brings 65 International Artists to Yerevan, Armenia, for an Interdisciplinary Celebration of Contemporary Art

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Colossal

"hosq is an international cultural hub in Armenia. Notations is a laboratory and festival for artists working across sound, music, media, installation, performance, and research. This year’s theme is “rituals.” An 11-day research and production period culminates with installation for the festival."

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This year theme centers on ritual as a method to connect — through repetition, presence and shared action. It asks how cultural memory, personal experience and collective imagination can open new forms of relation.
2-day ticket + swag pack
֏27000
Supporter
1-day ticket
At the door — ֏11000
֏6000
Night
2-day ticket
At the door — ֏5000
֏3000
Day
2-day ticket
At the door — ֏14000
֏7000
Full Pass
Or use the Esora app to register for the Public Program, view the Festival schedule, and buy tickets — including with Apple Pay.
curators
participants
Arman Peshtmaljyan [AM] / Shahen Khandkaryan (Shhau) [AM] / Tigran Suchyan [AM] / Mesrop Sarkisyan [US/AM] / Zhanna Davtyan [AM] / Ben Wheeler [US/GE] / Aram Hovhannisyan [AM] / Sergey Umroyan [AM] / Dima Ustinov [RU/DE] / Kai Khachatryan [AM] / Venera Kazarova [DE] / Nadya Xyxu [RU] / Misak Samokatian [AM] / Gevorg Grigoryan (di.i) [AM] / Artem Semenov [AM] / Evgeniy Sharakshane [AM] / Andronik Khachiian [AM/MX] / Tanya Chizhikova [RU/DE] / Jeanne Kormina [RU/AM] / Arthur Atayan [AM] / Andriesh Gandrabur [AM] / Daria Sadovnikova [RU] / Karina Malik [RU/PK] / Aleksei Leontev [RU/FR] / Yurii Avdeev [RU]
22194 [AM] / Arark [AM] / Toma Aydinyan [AM] / Davit Aydiyan [AM/DE] / Grigor Budaghyan [AM] / Evgeny Bylina [UA/GE] / Grigor Budaghyan [AM] / Matteo Cenerini [IT] / Chadaeva [RU/GE] / Christina Danielyan [AM] / Fernando Damon [ZA] / de Somogyi Zygmund [UK/PH] / DİREN [TR/DE] / dreamy0psis [AM/GE] / duke [AM] / Echoes in dust [AM] / esai [AM/NL] / Freddie Fiasco [UK/US] / Mariam Gevorgyan [AM] / Tigran Gevorkian [RU/AM] / Inna Ghazaryan [AM] / Anna Ghazaryan Vladimirskaya [US/AM] / Suzy Ginosyan [AM] / Gohar Gizhlaryan [AM] / Gorm Louise [DK] / Grigoryan David [AM] / Hakobyan Svetlana [AM] / helical_worm [RU/CY] / ishkhan [RU] / JAXTON SU [SG] / Anna Kalenchyan [AM] / Kariné [AM] / Anton Khlabov [RU] / khanum [UK] / Anna Khudadyan [AM] / Anuka Kipshidze [GE] / KINTO Minami [JP] / Kiara [AM] / Elena Korkina [AM] / Hannah Koshgarian [US] / Anika Krbetschek [DE] / Julia Krivosheenko [UK] / Lee [CN/UK] / Lerk [AM] / Ember Li [CN/UK] / Andrei Lubomir [RU] / Vedant Manwadkar [IN] / Juliette Martirosyan [AM] / Arno Melkonyan [AM] / Henrik Meliqyan [AM] / MILETA [AM] / Vardui Mirzoyan [AM] / Syuzan Misakyan [AM] / Yulia Nemova [UZ/RU] / Nerøx [AM/DE] / Emilya Nikoghosyan [AM] / Nikola Chen [RU/AM] / NODE [AM] / Kino Pinto [PT/DE] / pistak [AM] / Elen Poghosyan [AM] / Veronika Poghosyan [AM] / Yuliia Potapova [RU] / Qi [AM] / Van Sadagh [AM] / Kate Sadovnikova [RU] / Maksim Sergeev [RU/IL] / “Everydaypony[RU] / solo's beat [SL] / Ptichka Soe [RU] / Evgeniia Starikova [RU] / Marl Superstarl [AM] / Hooman Talakian [IR] / Ara Ter-Gabrielyants [AM] / Grigory Tsvetkov [RU/IL] / Anna Vahrami [AM] / Aleksandr Veselov [AM] / weight of light [AT/UK] / Winter [UK] XANDRA [AM] / Carolina Zakharova [AM] / yomoyo [RU] / zvukofor [RU]
Projects
Notations
previous year
visitors
1000+
days
2
projects
37
artists
70
The first festival presented two days of new interdisciplinary work drawn from Avet Terterian’s Symphony No. 3. Several projects have since continued through releases, tours and new presentations.
Partners
The State Philharmonia of Armenia
The State Philharmonia of Armenia

The State Philharmonia of Armenia has been established in 1930. Throughout its activity, Philharmonia has played a significant role in preserving and developing Armenian musical culture. International educational and cognitive projects, concerts, festivals, competitions, master classes, presentations are organised by the institution. Philharmonia is also engaged in the production of scientific-cognitive films and publishing. The mission of Philharmonia is to contribute to the development of the country's cultural sector by presenting the best works of Armenian and world art.

babajanyanhall.org/en/
The National Gallery of Armenia is one of the major museums in Armenia and the largest in the world with its Armenian fine arts collection. The Gallery was established in 1921 The collection includes more than 42.000 exhibits of Armenian and world fine arts and decorative-applied art.

www.gallery.am/en
Yerevan State Conservatory (YSC) after Komitas was founded in 1921 as a music studio and re-founded two years later as a higher musical education institution.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the Armenian professional performing culture was shaped. It was represented by the graduates of Russian and European conservatories. Violinist Hovhanness Nalbandyan, (St. Petersburg Conservatory and Berlin Musikhochschule), singer M.Akimova (Leipzig Conservatory), musicologist M.Aghayan (St. Petersburg and Moscow Conservatories), singer A.Shahmuradyan (Conservatoire de Paris) etc.

The founder and first rector of conservatory was famous Armenian composer and widely educated musician and public figure Romanos Melikyan (Saints-Petersburg Conservatory graduate)

conservatory.am
Green Rock Foundation is the corporate social responsibility branch of Green Rock, working in community development, culture, ecology, and education in Armenia. Its projects include the Apicius International Hospitality School, the award-winning Meet Dilijan initiative, the Tourism Regional Forum, and the renovation of a local sport school.

green-rock-foundation.am
Green Rock is a development company in Armenia focused on largescale projects that transform cities, infrastructure, and local economies. The company operates across three directions - Development, Operations, and Investments - with its flagship project centered in the town of Dilijan, including a multifunctional complex with a hotel, cultural venues, and public spaces.

greenrock.am
Hayfilm Cluster is a multidisciplinary creative hub in Yerevan, Armenia, set in a former Armenian film factory on Ashtarak Highway. With a capacity of around 1,500, it operates as a club, cinema, and event space, best known as one of Armenia's leading venues for electronic music and rave culture.

hayfilm
Esthetic Joy Embassy. Situated in the heart of Yerevan, Esthetic Joys Embassy is an eclectic bar where diverse worlds converge. Repats, expats, travelers and locals
all unite here under grapevines and a vivid flag that says PACE,
which means ‘peace’ in Italian.

@esthetic.joys.embassy/
Ani Plaza Hotel has been part of Yerevan's cultural landscape for more than five decades. Since opening its doors in 1970, it has welcomed generations of international guests and remains one of Armenia's most iconic hotels, where the city's history and contemporary hospitality meet.

Ani Plaza Hotel is the Official Hospitality Partner of Notations Festival 2026.

anihotel.com/
The State Philharmonia of Armenia

The State Philharmonia of Armenia has been established in 1930. Throughout its activity, Philharmonia has played a significant role in preserving and developing Armenian musical culture. International educational and cognitive projects, concerts, festivals, competitions, master classes, presentations are organised by the institution. Philharmonia is also engaged in the production of scientific-cognitive films and publishing. The mission of Philharmonia is to contribute to the development of the country's cultural sector by presenting the best works of Armenian and world art.

babajanyanhall.org/en/
The National Gallery of Armenia is one of the major museums in Armenia and the largest in the world with its Armenian fine arts collection. The Gallery was established in 1921 The collection includes more than 42.000 exhibits of Armenian and world fine arts and decorative-applied art.

www.gallery.am/en
Yerevan State Conservatory (YSC) after Komitas was founded in 1921 as a music studio and re-founded two years later as a higher musical education institution.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the Armenian professional performing culture was shaped. It was represented by the graduates of Russian and European conservatories. Violinist Hovhanness Nalbandyan, (St. Petersburg Conservatory and Berlin Musikhochschule), singer M.Akimova (Leipzig Conservatory), musicologist M.Aghayan (St. Petersburg and Moscow Conservatories), singer A.Shahmuradyan (Conservatoire de Paris) etc.

The founder and first rector of conservatory was famous Armenian composer and widely educated musician and public figure Romanos Melikyan (Saints-Petersburg Conservatory graduate)

conservatory.am
Green Rock Foundation is the corporate social responsibility branch of Green Rock, working in community development, culture, ecology, and education in Armenia. Its projects include the Apicius International Hospitality School, the award-winning Meet Dilijan initiative, the Tourism Regional Forum, and the renovation of a local sport school.

green-rock-foundation.am
Green Rock is a development company in Armenia focused on largescale projects that transform cities, infrastructure, and local economies. The company operates across three directions - Development, Operations, and Investments - with its flagship project centered in the town of Dilijan, including a multifunctional complex with a hotel, cultural venues, and public spaces.

greenrock.am
Hayfilm Cluster is a multidisciplinary creative hub in Yerevan, Armenia, set in a former Armenian film factory on Ashtarak Highway. With a capacity of around 1,500, it operates as a club, cinema, and event space, best known as one of Armenia's leading venues for electronic music and rave culture.

hayfilm
Esthetic Joy Embassy. Situated in the heart of Yerevan, Esthetic Joys Embassy is an eclectic bar where diverse worlds converge. Repats, expats, travelers and locals
all unite here under grapevines and a vivid flag that says PACE,
which means ‘peace’ in Italian.

@esthetic.joys.embassy/
Ani Plaza Hotel has been part of Yerevan's cultural landscape for more than five decades. Since opening its doors in 1970, it has welcomed generations of international guests and remains one of Armenia's most iconic hotels, where the city's history and contemporary hospitality meet.

Ani Plaza Hotel is the Official Hospitality Partner of Notations Festival 2026.

anihotel.com/
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