https://youtu.be/V6swxMbwvgo; Classic Concert; Concert | 45 min; Curators: Aram Hovhannisyan, Vardan Harutyunyan
1. Neumatic Roots by Napoleon Poghosyan
A reflection on Avet Terterian’s notation style, which explores aleatoric and repetitive techniques.
+ Intervisual Sonic No. 1
Sound reflection on the graphic animation, echoing the previous piece.
2. Dissonant Mind by Mileta Gazanchyan
A performance with traditional music elements that features a striking contrast between three parts. Its complex symbolism remains open to viewer interpretation.
+ Intervisual Sonic No. 2
Sound reflection on the graphic animation, echoing the previous piece.
3. 'maze(d) by Neunhas
A mosaic of tiny musical fragments from Part 2 of Avet Terterian’s Symphony No. 3. An attempt to give polyphonic texture to monody.
+ Post-visual Sonic No. 3
Sound reflection on the graphic animation, echoing the previous piece.
Performers: Grigor Budaghyan (Clarinet), Gohar Solkaryan (Qanon), Varduhi Mirzoyan (Cello), Thereza Markosyan (Piano), Haig Gragian (Live electronics, saz, dispositive electronics), Ariana Hernandez Vera (Prepared piano), Gayane Aslanyan (Keyboard electronics, live electronics)
Animation: Raf Tadevossian, Katerina Klitonchik, Yelena Nersesyan, Anna Kichigina, Aleksandra Deeva, Andrey Silvestrov, Blue Pencil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skRTrPDxjbs; Jazz Orchestra; Concert | 23 min; Dedicated to Terterian
A jazz piece built from excerpts of Symphony No. 3: rhythmic patterns are transformed into polyrhythms, while melodic fragments are harmonized.
Fake Prince
By Arman Peshtmaljyan
An illustrative piece based on a reharmonized and reimagined jazz standard. A poor boy falls in love with a princess, dreams of being a prince, and then wakes to reality.
Nman chi / Unlike
By Nikola Chen
An impression of Armenian traditional scales, reinterpreted through sampled folk instruments performed by a jazz/electro collective.
https://youtu.be/8qVGkt8KY4o; Traditional Orchestra; Concert | 25 min; Improvisation on 3rd Symphony's Duduk theme
This performance grew from a shared exploration of how each of the participants imagines sound. It blends traditional instruments with an experimental approach.
Shhau (Electronics, plugged grand piano)
Hayk Karoyi (Woodwinds, electronics)
Argam Hakobyan (Electronics)
Levon Yerkanyan (El. Guitar)
Hovhannes Hovhannisyan (Electronics, El. Cello)
Mar Margaryan (El. Qanun, vox)
Nare Davtyan (Vox)
Vahe Abrahamyan (Electronics)
Davit Aydiyan (Electronics, Viola)
Ash Ghazar (Qamancha)
Evgeniy Kazenkov (Instruments with electronics)
https://youtu.be/h9yr18INy8A; Dark Jazz; Concert | 24 min; Curators and participants of Notations Laboratory come together for a spontaneous musical experiment—moody, freeform, and off-script. Expect unconventional textures, unexpected harmonies, and a blend of sound table magic, voice, and instruments.
Performers: Levon Yerkanyan (Voice), Mileta Gazanchyan (Rhodes keys), Simona Markevich (Sound table, voice), Dark Babette (Sound table, voice), Emma Bayer (Sound table), Tigran Toti (Trumpet), Abgar Alaverdyan (Bass), Hamlet Grigoryan (Drums), Andriesh Gandrabur (Guitar), Hayk Karoyi (Brass), Hovhannes Hovhannisyan (Contrabass), Nikola Chen (Sound Engineering)
https://youtu.be/paDZFbOtPVc; Cosmic Silence; Performance | 4 min; A single, monumental cluster where acoustic and electronic tones converge into a dense resonance — a cosmic silence dedicated to Avet Terterian’s 3rd Symphony.
Performers: Andriesh Gandrabur, Davit Aydiyan, Hovhannes Hovhannisyan, Lusine MLKE-Galstyan, Eliza Bagdhiyan, Simona Markevich, Sergey Umroyan, Mar Margaryan, Black Babette, Varduhi Mirzoyan, Syuzanna Juharyan, Evgeny Kazenkov, Tigran Suchyan, Hayk Karoyi, Grigor Baghdasaryan, Emma Bayer
https://youtu.be/K96v8wCEUGk; Multichannel Live Performance; Performance | 18 min; Live Musicians: Hayk Karoyi, Ash Ghazar, Arash Azadi, Emma Bayer, Yasmin Rai, Anna Sakhlyan, Lusine MLKÉ-Galstian, Simona Markevich
https://youtu.be/EtrwZYqpcQ0; Space Oddity; Performance | 45 min; Constellation of audio-visual performances.
Four musicians follow the lead of ever-changing visual conductors — animated, abstract scores shaped live by curators and participants.
Curator: Andronik Khachiian
Performers: Lusine MLKÉ-Galstian (Flute, vocal), Eliza Baghdiyan (Guitar), Gayane Aslanyan (Keys), Black Babette (Effects)
Visuals: Nadya Xyxu (Creative Coder), Blue Pencil (Street Artist)
Animation: Katerina Klitonchik, Yelena Nersesyan, Anna Kichigina, Aleksandra Deeva
Set-design: Avdeev Yuriy, Daria Sadovnikova, Robert Poghosyan, Karina Malik
Technical Support: Nikita Maksimenko
https://youtu.be/BdVhKeJAoTo; Aybuben; Performance | 14 min; A generative vocal performance enhanced with electronics. An algorithm produces the Armenian alphabet, inspired by Avet Terterian’s Symphony No. 3.
By Nadya Xyxu & Eliza Baghdiyan
https://youtu.be/kD8UQWvcjc4; Fragments; Performance | 9 min; Fragments draws from the pacing, silence, and density of Terteryan’s Symphony No. 3, reimagined as a graphic score for improvisation.
By Emma Bayer
https://youtu.be/vWRtMFWR85c; Nonlinear Liturgy; Performance | 6 min; Nonlinear Liturgy weaves improvisation and granular synthesis into a slow, ritual-like soundscape echoing Terteryan’s sensibility through suspended time and immersive listening.
By Emma Bayer & Black Babette
With help of: Lilia Voskanyan (Violin), Davit Aydiyan (Alto), Hayk Karoyi (Blul, duduk, Zurna), Grigor Budaghyan (Clarinet), Tigran Suchyan (Flugelhorn), Lusine MLKE-Galstyan, Eliza Baghdiyan, Simona Markevich, Fe (Vocal) Field recordings from Orgov Radio-Optical Telescope, Naré Davtyan (Voice & lyrics), Ash Ghazar (Qamancha), Mar Margaryan (Qanun), Shahen Khandkaryan (Percussion), Kai Nystagmus (Curator)
https://youtu.be/omTyTPlkZqA; Moon Legend; Performance | 5 min; By Arman Harutyunyan
https://youtu.be/A6FF4Cruia0; Tangled in the Wires; Performance | 11 min; I sit playing on synths and Playtronics, surrounded by a mess of cables, with wires tangled in my hair — as if I’m caught in them.
By Black Babette
https://youtu.be/q2w_2HpXIZU; FFF404; Performance | 25 min; Nanotonal granularism combining nonlinear psychobio-pharmonto-analytical research into the sonification of noise.
By Nikola Chen, Black Babette
https://youtu.be/_getsJkkJM4; Symphony №4; Performance | 10 min; For the first time at the Philharmonia of Armenia, a neural network composes and performs an orchestral piece, led by a human conductor.
By Roma Ricaai
https://youtu.be/yzvqPAVcD1w; Conversation; Performance | 24 min; A performance with 2 pianos and live visuals.
By Fe, Vardan Harutyunyan, Gevorg Grigoryan
https://youtu.be/ObHHaNlxIZ8; Tshhh Quiet Machines are Learning; Performance | 30 min; A live improvisation where musicians interact with an AI system. Instrument signals are transformed into entirely new sounds using custom machine learning models.
By Roma Ricaai
Performers: Roma Ricaai, Fe, Simona Markevich
https://youtu.be/jY03n3fNdzk; Water Four; Performance | 28 min; An improvised sonic conversation between artists and the river’s recorded memory, transformed live into new forms of listening.
By Himiko
Performers: Himiko, Simona Markevich, Fe, Roma Ricaai
https://youtu.be/26byv2Re3tc; Pulse Of Silence; Installation | 3 min; A visual symphony on the facade of the Armenian State Philharmonia, inspired by the music of Avet Terterian.
By Seda Grigoryan, Tigran Araqelyan, Yura Boguslavsky, Gevorg Grigoryan, Andrey Silvestrov, Emily Nikoghosyan, Shahane Harutyunyan, Blue Pencil, Sasha Deeva, Katerina Klitonchik, Anya Kichigina, Lena Derunc, Raf Tadevosyan
https://youtu.be/f-LdNip4p3k; Tone of Luster; Installation | 1min; Sound can generate not just music, but also impulse, color, and language — all becoming part of the audience's emotional journey. Knocking on the grand sound!
By Nadya Xyxu & Blue Pencil
https://youtu.be/p1HO7tPmQ-I; Lustrerius Boletus; Installation | 1 min; A light and sound installation where composers and technologists weave code, acoustics, and the architecture of the Philharmonic into a living audiovisual organism.
By Misak Samokatian
https://youtu.be/ONOiW5jYcqo; Khaz; Installation | 1 min; Sound installation, based on Khaz-inspired graphic scores, interpreted by musicians on ancient Armenian instruments.
By Fe
https://youtu.be/AUYFpYrDT_0; Water Tales and Chaos; Installation | 1 min; An interactive installation where viewers navigate a virtual soundscape of water sources, each holding its own rhythm, memory, and emotion.
By Himiko
https://youtu.be/7r6T_11htX4; XR001; Installation | 1 min; XR.001 is an immersive journey blending AR, VR, and projection mapping to explore how perception shapes reality.
AR Audioreactive Journey:
Participants interact with sound and visual elements that trigger responsive, dynamic environments, amplifying the sensory experience.
VR Experience:
Participants experience immersive video projections that envelop them, transforming the building space and extending the experience through a showcase of the artists’ works.
Projection Mappings:
This separate aspect of the project features projection mappings around the building, in collaboration with different artistic groups, to showcase artworks and real-time visual projections.
Curator: Gevorg Grigoryan
Artists: Emilya Nikoghosyan, Shahane Harutyunyan, Anna Kalenchyan, Luiza Khechoyan
https://youtu.be/RvOy2ZwC1bM; Window of Time; Installation | 2 min; A visual meta-fairy tale told through six digital works, reflecting on cosmic creation, destruction, and the raw language of light and noise.
By Himiko
https://youtu.be/GjqPzlb8apw; RanDome Therapy; Installation | 3 min; An immersive audiovisual installation where circling domes evoke a meditative space for reflecting on presence and responsibility in a world of simultaneous collapse and wonder.
By Seda Grigoryan and Ani Galstyan, Shoghakat MLKÉ-Galstian, Shhau (Music)
https://youtu.be/yzHcmytHokg; Arouse; Installation | 1 min; Bring the rose to life through music. Video Installation with Live Performance (Theremin)
By Ekaterina Klitonchik
https://youtu.be/N9vvz5H5okw; Dream; Installation | 2 min; Animation Department Interactive Installation with Live Performance
https://youtu.be/zO-ZUxkYJ2g; 7 Notes; Installation | 1 min; A story told in 7 panes of glass.
By Andrey Silvestrov
https://youtu.be/SxDnNCmZOpI; Story of Star; Installation | 1 min; A sound and light installation tracing the imagined life of an astral body through memory, energy, and time — both infinite and fleeting.
Poems are read and written by Mar Margaryan & Blue Pencil
https://youtu.be/n9Pazl1m730; Refraction; Installation | 1 min; Interactive Installation. Take a flashlight and shine it around.
By Daria Sadovnikova, Karina Malik (GORG)
https://youtu.be/peVUpY5JLTA; Relay of Time; Multi-channel Installation | 1 min; Sound emerging from flea market finds, where the past takes on a new rhythmic form.
By Yuriy Avdeev, Robert Poghosyan (GORG)
https://youtu.be/CnKNfGqaP-U; Observations; Multi-channel Installation | 9 min; This octophonic work blends traditional Armenian instruments, synthesizers, and field recordings from Orgov Observatory. Echoing Terteryan’s Symphony No. 3, it fuses organic and electronic sound into a hypnotic, ritual-like sonic space.
By Yasmin Rai
https://youtu.be/ZTlQURIEfyk; Radici nel Vento; Multi-channel Installation | 11 min; Time, take me by the hand— lead me back to the house that once held our lives. Terterian’s Third Symphony is an act of resistance. To resist is to remain.
By Andrea Laudante
https://youtu.be/3lCN9oQ2HIU; Chord 87 II II III O; Multi-channel Installation | 11 min; No-man kneads us again out of Earth and Loam,
No-man spirits our Dust.
No-man…
By Simona Markevich
https://youtu.be/0YOvNPElFC0; My Heart Silent My Soul Soft; Multi-channel Installation | 9 min; A ritual soundscape blending Armenian instruments, poetry, and minimal granular synthesis used in maximalist form.
By Arash Azadi
https://youtu.be/PG-SjD-Wg_Q; Unknown; Multi-channel Installation | 6 min; A multi-channel sound installation, an anxious search, a never-ending attempt to connect with the collective work that was happening during recent weeks.
By Anna Sakhlyan
https://youtu.be/D6yUCRIwVnw?si=Us80x_mtX3sJKnz7; Recording Studio; Sound & Music Compilation | 1 min; Music makers shaped infinite soundscapes through generative scores — rooted in time, place, and the cosmic pulse of Terterian’s 3rd Symphony.
You are welcome to sit in the room and listen — the music was made for that.
https://youtu.be/pHK12eRWSsY; Curators Discussion; Open Panel | 1h 34 min; Curators Open Discussion. The Laboratory and Collective Experiment
A panel discussion between Notations Laboratory curators, moderated by hosq team.