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Festival
The State Philharmonia of Armenia
July 22 - 31
August 2 - 3
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CYFEST
The International Media Art Fest CYFEST was founded by a group of independent artists and curators in 2007. Since its inception in 2007, CYFEST’s main concerns have been to examine the dialogue between various visual languages and technology cultures, and thus to explore a way of commoning with both art professionals and scientific communities. CYFEST unites artists, curators, educators, engineers, programmers, and media activists all over the world, and creates a platform for mapping, mediation, and documentation of new media art on different regional and international levels. CYFEST is is a nomadic cultural event: throughout the year, festival projects are presented at cultural institutions around the world. Each year, the festival program includes several exhibition projects, sound art, video and educational programs.
www.cyfest.art
The International Media Art Fest CYFEST was founded by a group of independent artists and curators in 2007. Since its inception in 2007, CYFEST’s main concerns have been to examine the dialogue between various visual languages and technology cultures, and thus to explore a way of commoning with both art professionals and scientific communities. CYFEST unites artists, curators, educators, engineers, programmers, and media activists all over the world, and creates a platform for mapping, mediation, and documentation of new media art on different regional and international levels. CYFEST is is a nomadic cultural event: throughout the year, festival projects are presented at cultural institutions around the world. Each year, the festival program includes several exhibition projects, sound art, video and educational programs.
www.cyfest.art
Armenian National Music Organization was founded by Tigran Keshishyan, Sergey Umroyan and Astghik Martirosyan on May 7, 2013.
ANM's main goal is to create an up-to-date digital collection of the recordings of the Armenian folkloric, traditional, sacred and classical music.
To this date, thousands of audio recordings have been restored, processed, digitalized and presented through the organization's website.
In addition, we have also digitalized thousands of pages of sheet music, aiming at the complete digitalization of the Armenian composers works.
https://anmmedia.am
ANM's main goal is to create an up-to-date digital collection of the recordings of the Armenian folkloric, traditional, sacred and classical music.
To this date, thousands of audio recordings have been restored, processed, digitalized and presented through the organization's website.
In addition, we have also digitalized thousands of pages of sheet music, aiming at the complete digitalization of the Armenian composers works.
https://anmmedia.am
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.
https://babajanyanhall.org/en/
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.
https://babajanyanhall.org/en/
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.
https://babajanyanhall.org/en/
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.
https://babajanyanhall.org/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)
https://conservatory.am
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)
https://conservatory.am
August 2
Concerts / Talks
18:00 | Concert Hall
Cosmic Silence
A single, monumental cluster where acoustic and electronic tones converge into a dense resonance — a cosmic silence dedicated to Avet Terterian’s 3rd Symphony.
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
18:30 | Concert Hall
Tribute to Avet Terterian
By Seda Grigoryan
A short movie which takes you into sound, silence, and spirit this documentary weaves Avet Terterian’s voice with the experience of the Notations #1 Laboratory.
A short movie which takes you into sound, silence, and spirit this documentary weaves Avet Terterian’s voice with the experience of the Notations #1 Laboratory.
19:00-20:00 | Concert Hall
Classic Orchestra
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.
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.
'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.
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.
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.
'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.
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
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
21:00 | Concert Hall
Aybuben
By Nadya Xyxu & Eliza Baghdiyan
A generative vocal performance enhanced with electronics. An algorithm produces the Armenian alphabet, inspired by Avet Terterian’s Symphony No. 3.
A generative vocal performance enhanced with electronics. An algorithm produces the Armenian alphabet, inspired by Avet Terterian’s Symphony No. 3.
21:20 | Concert Hall
Conversation
A performance with 2 pianos and live visuals.
Fe, Vardan Harutyunyan, Gevorg Grigoryan
21:40 | Concert Hall
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Nanotonal granularism combining nonlinear psychobio-pharmonto-analytical research into the sonification of noise.
Nikola Chen, Black Babette
22:00 | Concert Hall
Mashiach
By Raid
Fearing a prophecy about the birth of the Chosen One, the ruling regime condemns an entire generation of newborns to lifelong control.
Fearing a prophecy about the birth of the Chosen One, the ruling regime condemns an entire generation of newborns to lifelong control.
Misak Samokatian, Gennady Agadzhanyan, imbado, Sasha Shxshcxsh
Installations
15:30 | First Floor Corridor
Lustrerius Boletus
by Misak Samokatian
A light and sound installation where composers and technologists weave code, acoustics, and the architecture of the Philharmonic into a living audiovisual organism.
A light and sound installation where composers and technologists weave code, acoustics, and the architecture of the Philharmonic into a living audiovisual organism.
15:40 | Main Stairway
Tone of Luster
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!
Nadya Xyxu, Blue Pencil
15:50 | Left Hall
Multichannel Sound Installations | Second Floor Right
A symphony of echoes. Artists channel Avet Terterian through scattered voices, granular textures, and the silent architecture of time.
chord 87 II II III O
By Simona Markevich
No-man kneads us again out of Earth and Loam,
No-man spirits our Dust.
No-man…
Paul Celan
Radici nel vento
By Andrea Laudante
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.
My Heart Silent, My Soul Soft
By Arash Azadi
A ritual soundscape blending Armenian instruments, poetry, and minimal granular synthesis used in maximalist form.
OBSERVATIONS
By Yasmin Rai
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.
Unknown
By Anna Sakhlyan
A multi-channel sound installation, an anxious search, a never-ending attempt to connect with the collective work that was happening during recent weeks.
Fragments
By Emma Bayer
Fragments draws from the pacing, silence, and density of Terteryan’s Symphony No. 3, reimagined as a graphic score for improvisation.
Nonlinear liturgy
By Emma Bayer & Dark Babette
Nonlinear Liturgy weaves improvisation and granular synthesis into a slow, ritual-like soundscape echoing Terteryan’s sensibility through suspended time and immersive listening.
chord 87 II II III O
By Simona Markevich
No-man kneads us again out of Earth and Loam,
No-man spirits our Dust.
No-man…
Paul Celan
Radici nel vento
By Andrea Laudante
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.
My Heart Silent, My Soul Soft
By Arash Azadi
A ritual soundscape blending Armenian instruments, poetry, and minimal granular synthesis used in maximalist form.
OBSERVATIONS
By Yasmin Rai
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.
Unknown
By Anna Sakhlyan
A multi-channel sound installation, an anxious search, a never-ending attempt to connect with the collective work that was happening during recent weeks.
Fragments
By Emma Bayer
Fragments draws from the pacing, silence, and density of Terteryan’s Symphony No. 3, reimagined as a graphic score for improvisation.
Nonlinear liturgy
By Emma Bayer & Dark Babette
Nonlinear Liturgy weaves improvisation and granular synthesis into a slow, ritual-like soundscape echoing Terteryan’s sensibility through suspended time and immersive listening.
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)
Field recordings from Orgov Radio-Optical Telescope
Naré Davtyan (Voice & lyrics), Ash Ghazar (Qamancha), Mar Margaryan (Qanun), Shahen Khandkaryan (Percussion), Kai Nystagmus (Curator)
Starts at 16:00 | Inner room
AROUSE
By Ekaterina Klitonchik
Bring the rose to life through music. Video Installation with Live Performance (Theremin)
7 Notes
By Andrey Silvestrov
A story told in 7 panes of glass.
Dream
Animation Department Interactive Installation with Live Performance
By Ekaterina Klitonchik
Bring the rose to life through music. Video Installation with Live Performance (Theremin)
7 Notes
By Andrey Silvestrov
A story told in 7 panes of glass.
Dream
Animation Department Interactive Installation with Live Performance
16:30 & 20:00 | Ground Floor Main
RanDome Therapy
By Seda Grigoryan
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.
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.
Ani Galstyan, Shoghakat MLKÉ-Galstian, Shhau (Music)
Every evening | Facade
Pulse of Silence
A visual symphony on the facade of the Armenian State Philharmonia, inspired by the music of Avet Terterian.
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
Performances
16:00 | Ground Floor
Water Four
By Himiko Ni
An improvised sonic conversation between artists and the river’s recorded memory, transformed live into new forms of listening.
An improvised sonic conversation between artists and the river’s recorded memory, transformed live into new forms of listening.
Simona Markevich, Fe, Roma Ricaai
17:00 | Ground Floor Main
Space Oddity
By Andronik Khachiian
Constellation of audio-visual performances.
Four musicians follow the lead of ever-changing visual conductors — animated, abstract scores shaped live by guest hands.
Constellation of audio-visual performances.
Four musicians follow the lead of ever-changing visual conductors — animated, abstract scores shaped live by guest hands.
Lusine MLKÉ-Galstian (Flute, vocal)
Eliza Baghdiyan (Guitar)
Gayane Aslanyan (Keys)
Black Babette (Effects)
Andronik Khachiian (Author)
Nadya Xyxu (Video artist)
Blue Pencil (Author of “The Sonic Cosmography")
Animation:
Raf Tadevossian, Katerina Klitonchik, Yelena Nersesyan, Anna Kichigina, Aleksandra Deeva, Andrey Silvestrov
Set-design:
Avdeev Yuriy, Daria Sadovnikova, Robert Poghosyan, Karina Malik
Eliza Baghdiyan (Guitar)
Gayane Aslanyan (Keys)
Black Babette (Effects)
Andronik Khachiian (Author)
Nadya Xyxu (Video artist)
Blue Pencil (Author of “The Sonic Cosmography")
Animation:
Raf Tadevossian, Katerina Klitonchik, Yelena Nersesyan, Anna Kichigina, Aleksandra Deeva, Andrey Silvestrov
Set-design:
Avdeev Yuriy, Daria Sadovnikova, Robert Poghosyan, Karina Malik
August 3
Concerts / Talks
15:00-18:00 | Concert Hall
Curators Open Discussion. The Laboratory and Collective Experiment
A panel discussion between Notations Laboratory curators, moderated by hosq team.
Symphony No.4
By Roma Ricaai
For the first time at the Philharmonia of Armenia, a neural network composes and performs an orchestral piece, led by a human conductor.
Can a Robot Write a Symphony?
Introduction to AI x Sound from an Artist’s View
Mashiach
By Raid
Fearing a prophecy about the birth of the Chosen One, the ruling regime condemns an entire generation of newborns to lifelong control.
Symphony No.4
By Roma Ricaai
For the first time at the Philharmonia of Armenia, a neural network composes and performs an orchestral piece, led by a human conductor.
Can a Robot Write a Symphony?
Introduction to AI x Sound from an Artist’s View
Mashiach
By Raid
Fearing a prophecy about the birth of the Chosen One, the ruling regime condemns an entire generation of newborns to lifelong control.
1: Seda Grigoryan, Tigran Araqelyan, Yura Boguslavsky, Gevorg Grigoryan, Misak Samokatyan, Kai, Andronik Khachiian
2: Aram Hovhannisyan, Vardan Harutyunyan, Arman Peshtmaljyan, Tigran Toti Suchyan, Shaau, Hayk Karoyi
3: Avdeev Yuriy, Daria Sadovnikova, Robert Poghosyan, Karen Vardanyan
4: Fe, Roma Ricaai
4: Misak Samokatian, Gennady Agadzhanyan, imbado, Sasha Shxshcxsh
2: Aram Hovhannisyan, Vardan Harutyunyan, Arman Peshtmaljyan, Tigran Toti Suchyan, Shaau, Hayk Karoyi
3: Avdeev Yuriy, Daria Sadovnikova, Robert Poghosyan, Karen Vardanyan
4: Fe, Roma Ricaai
4: Misak Samokatian, Gennady Agadzhanyan, imbado, Sasha Shxshcxsh
19:00 | Concert Hall
Tribute to Avet Terterian
By Seda Grigoryan
A short movie which takes you into sound, silence, and spirit this documentary weaves Avet Terterian’s voice with the experience of the Notations #1 Laboratory.
A short movie which takes you into sound, silence, and spirit this documentary weaves Avet Terterian’s voice with the experience of the Notations #1 Laboratory.
19:10-20:00 | Concert Hall
Traditional Orchestra
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.
Improvisation
By Mar Margaryan
Moon Legend
By Arman Harutyunyan
This performance grew from a shared exploration of how each of the participants imagines sound. It blends traditional instruments with an experimental approach.
Improvisation
By Mar Margaryan
Moon Legend
By Arman Harutyunyan
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)
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)
21:00-22:00 | Concert Hall
Jazz Orchestra
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.
Dark Jazz
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.
Dark Jazz
Lilia Voskanyan (Violin)
Arman Mkrtchyan (Keyboard)
Larka Danielyan (Bass)
Hayk Simonyan (Drums)
Mika Bektashyan (Guitar)
Sam Avetisyan (Drums-percussion)
Tigran Suchyan (Trumpet)
Arman Peshtmaljyan (Keyboard)
Nikola Chen (Sound design electronics)
Hovhannes Hovhannisyan (El. cello, electronics)
Ash Ghazar (Qamancha)
Taisiia Suvorova (Visual)
Romen Tsaturyan (Visual)
Andronik Khachiian (Visual)
Seda Grigoryan (Visual)
Dark Jazz:
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)
Arman Mkrtchyan (Keyboard)
Larka Danielyan (Bass)
Hayk Simonyan (Drums)
Mika Bektashyan (Guitar)
Sam Avetisyan (Drums-percussion)
Tigran Suchyan (Trumpet)
Arman Peshtmaljyan (Keyboard)
Nikola Chen (Sound design electronics)
Hovhannes Hovhannisyan (El. cello, electronics)
Ash Ghazar (Qamancha)
Taisiia Suvorova (Visual)
Romen Tsaturyan (Visual)
Andronik Khachiian (Visual)
Seda Grigoryan (Visual)
Dark Jazz:
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)
Installations
15:00 | Left Hall
Multichannel Installation | Second Floor Right
A symphony of echoes. Artists channel Avet Terterian through scattered voices, granular textures, and the silent architecture of time.
chord 87 II II III O
By Simona Markevich
No-man kneads us again out of Earth and Loam,
No-man spirits our Dust.
No-man…
Paul Celan
Radici nel vento
By Andrea Laudante
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.
My Heart Silent, My Soul Soft
By Arash Azadi
A ritual soundscape blending Armenian instruments, poetry, and minimal granular synthesis used in maximalist form.
OBSERVATIONS
By Yasmin Rai
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.
Unknown
By Anna Sakhlyan
A multi-channel sound installation, an anxious search, a never-ending attempt to connect with the collective work that was happening during recent weeks.
Fragments
By Emma Bayer
Fragments draws from the pacing, silence, and density of Terteryan’s Symphony No. 3, reimagined as a graphic score for improvisation.
Nonlinear liturgy
By Emma Bayer & Liza Telnaya
Nonlinear Liturgy weaves improvisation and granular synthesis into a slow, ritual-like soundscape echoing Terteryan’s sensibility through suspended time and immersive listening.
chord 87 II II III O
By Simona Markevich
No-man kneads us again out of Earth and Loam,
No-man spirits our Dust.
No-man…
Paul Celan
Radici nel vento
By Andrea Laudante
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.
My Heart Silent, My Soul Soft
By Arash Azadi
A ritual soundscape blending Armenian instruments, poetry, and minimal granular synthesis used in maximalist form.
OBSERVATIONS
By Yasmin Rai
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.
Unknown
By Anna Sakhlyan
A multi-channel sound installation, an anxious search, a never-ending attempt to connect with the collective work that was happening during recent weeks.
Fragments
By Emma Bayer
Fragments draws from the pacing, silence, and density of Terteryan’s Symphony No. 3, reimagined as a graphic score for improvisation.
Nonlinear liturgy
By Emma Bayer & Liza Telnaya
Nonlinear Liturgy weaves improvisation and granular synthesis into a slow, ritual-like soundscape echoing Terteryan’s sensibility through suspended time and immersive listening.
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)
Kay Nystagmus (Curator)
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)
Kay Nystagmus (Curator)
15:45 | Main Stairway
Tone of Luster
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!
Knocking on the grand sound!
Nadya Xyxu, Blue Pencil
17:00 | Ground Floor Main
RanDome Therapy
By Seda Grigoryan
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.
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.
Ani Galstyan, Shoghakat MLKÉ-Galstian, Shhau (Music)
17:00 | First Floor Corridor
Lustrerius Boletus
by Misak Samokatian
A light and sound installation where composers and technologists weave code, acoustics, and the architecture of the Philharmonic into a living audiovisual organism.
A light and sound installation where composers and technologists weave code, acoustics, and the architecture of the Philharmonic into a living audiovisual organism.
Performances
17:30 | Ground Floor
Tangled in the Wires
By Black Babette
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.
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.
18:00 | Left Hall
Multichannel Live Performance
Featuring live musicians.
Hayk Karoyi, Ash Ghazar, Arash Azadi, Emma Bayer, Yasmin Rai, Anna Sakhlyan, Lusine MLKÉ-Galstian, Simona Markevich
20:00 | Ground Floor Main
Space Oddity
By Andronik Khachiian
Constellation of audio-visual performances.
Four musicians follow the lead of ever-changing visual conductors — animated, abstract scores shaped live by guest hands.
Constellation of audio-visual performances.
Four musicians follow the lead of ever-changing visual conductors — animated, abstract scores shaped live by guest hands.
Lusine MLKÉ-Galstian (Flute, vocal)
Eliza Baghdiyan (Guitar)
Gayane Aslanyan (Keys)
Black Babette (Effects)
Andronik Khachiian (Author)
Nadya Xyxu (Video artist)
Blue Pencil (Author of “The Sonic Cosmography")
Animation:
Raf Tadevossian
Katerina Klitonchik
Yelena Nersesyan
Anna Kichigina
Aleksandra Deeva
Andrey Silvestrov
Set-design:
Avdeev Yuriy
Daria Sadovnikova
Robert Poghosyan
Karina Malik
Eliza Baghdiyan (Guitar)
Gayane Aslanyan (Keys)
Black Babette (Effects)
Andronik Khachiian (Author)
Nadya Xyxu (Video artist)
Blue Pencil (Author of “The Sonic Cosmography")
Animation:
Raf Tadevossian
Katerina Klitonchik
Yelena Nersesyan
Anna Kichigina
Aleksandra Deeva
Andrey Silvestrov
Set-design:
Avdeev Yuriy
Daria Sadovnikova
Robert Poghosyan
Karina Malik
22:00 | Ground Floor
Tshhh, quiet, machines are learning
By Roma Ricaai
A live improvisation where musicians interact with an AI system. Instrument signals are transformed into entirely new sounds using custom machine learning models.
A live improvisation where musicians interact with an AI system. Instrument signals are transformed into entirely new sounds using custom machine learning models.
Fe, Simona Markevich
22:30 | First Floor Corridor
Ants
15 minutes Audio-Visual Performance
Hovhannes Vardanyan, Alexander Talalyan
Nonna Yuzbashyan (Visual Artist)
Nonna Yuzbashyan (Visual Artist)
Ongoing
Ongoing | Recoding Studio
Sound & Music Compilation Presentation
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.
You are welcome to sit in the room and listen — the music was made for that.
Ongoing | Ground Floor 3
Refraction
Interactive Installation. Take a flashlight and shine it around.
Daria Sadovnikova, Karina Malik (GORG)
Ongoing | Ground Floor 3
Relay of Time
Sound emerging from flea market finds, where the past takes on a new rhythmic form.
Avdeev Yuriy, Robert Poghosyan (GORG)
Ongoing | Ground Floor
Water Tales and Chaos
By Himiko
An interactive installation where viewers navigate a virtual soundscape of water sources, each holding its own rhythm, memory, and emotion.
An interactive installation where viewers navigate a virtual soundscape of water sources, each holding its own rhythm, memory, and emotion.
Ongoing | Right Hall
Khaz
By Fe
Sound installation, based on Khaz-inspired graphic scores, interpreted by musicians on ancient Armenian instruments.
Sound installation, based on Khaz-inspired graphic scores, interpreted by musicians on ancient Armenian instruments.
Ongoing | Right hall
Zhamhar
Inspired by Terterian, this video art blends fragments of khachkars and ancient churches with layered effects, revealing memory as motion and eternity as living image; a sensory space where past and present merge.
Ani Galstyan, Luiza Khechoyan
Ongoing | Right Hall
Story of Star
By Himiko
A sound and light installation tracing the imagined life of an astral body through memory, energy, and time — both infinite and fleeting.
A sound and light installation tracing the imagined life of an astral body through memory, energy, and time — both infinite and fleeting.
Poems are written by Mar Margaryan & Blue Pencil
Read by Mar Margaryan & Blue Pencil
Read by Mar Margaryan & Blue Pencil
Ongoing | Right Hall
Window of Time
By Himiko
A visual meta-fairy tale told through six digital works, reflecting on cosmic creation, destruction, and the raw language of light and noise.
A visual meta-fairy tale told through six digital works, reflecting on cosmic creation, destruction, and the raw language of light and noise.
Ongoing | Library
Applosses
What if applause didn’t mark the end of a performance, but interrupted it — looping it into cycles, reversing and repeating moments? This gesture would allow the audience to re-experience the same fragments and give a sense of control over the flow of time and sound.
Andronik Khachiian, Himiko, Gevorg Grigoryan, Emilya Nikoghosyan
Ongoing | Right Hall
XR.001 Notations
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.
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
Artists: Emilya Nikoghosyan, Shahane Harutyunyan, Anna Kalenchyan, Luiza Khechoyan
Ongoing Animation Installation | Inner room
AROUSE
By Ekaterina Klitonchik
Bring the rose to life through music. Video Installation with Live Performance (Theremin)
7 Notes
By Andrey Silvestrov
A story told in 7 panes of glass.
Dream
Animation Department Interactive Installation with Live Performance
By Ekaterina Klitonchik
Bring the rose to life through music. Video Installation with Live Performance (Theremin)
7 Notes
By Andrey Silvestrov
A story told in 7 panes of glass.
Dream
Animation Department Interactive Installation with Live Performance
Following two weeks of intensive research, sound exploration, and collective work, over 60 artists from 9 countries invite you into the unfolding of Notations Lab #1 — now taking shape as the Notations Festival.
Notations Festival will take place over two days, presenting installations, sonic experiments, performances, talks, and concerts developed in the lab, emerging from the creative intersection of visual art and music, heritage and innovation, signal and silence.
At the core of the lab is Avet Terterian’s Symphony No. 3, digitized for the first time by the Armenian National Music specifically for this project. The score became more than a reference, it became a space. A space for listening, reinterpreting, re-scoring, and responding.
Over the course of the lab, participants engaged in deep listening, collective composition, and cross-disciplinary practice, exploring the score not as a fixed form but as an invitation.
Notations Festival is the echo of that process.
A temporary field of transmissions, rituals, soundworks, and images, each offering a glimpse into what listening can become.
You can begin by listening to Avet Terterian’s Symphony No. 3 here.
At the core of the lab is Avet Terterian’s Symphony No. 3, digitized for the first time by the Armenian National Music specifically for this project. The score became more than a reference, it became a space. A space for listening, reinterpreting, re-scoring, and responding.
Over the course of the lab, participants engaged in deep listening, collective composition, and cross-disciplinary practice, exploring the score not as a fixed form but as an invitation.
Notations Festival is the echo of that process.
A temporary field of transmissions, rituals, soundworks, and images, each offering a glimpse into what listening can become.
You can begin by listening to Avet Terterian’s Symphony No. 3 here.
Andrea Laudante
Black Babette
Andrey Silvestrov
Andriesh Gandrabur
Andronik Khachiian
Ani Galstyan
Anna Kalenchyan
Anika Ariana Hernandez Vera
Arash Azadi
Arman Mkrtchyan
Argam Hakobyan
Anastasia Kuvykina
Artyom Naghdyan
Ash Ghazar
Blue Pencil
Davit Aydiyan
Daria Sadovnikova
Sasha Deeva
Dima Ustinov
Eliza Baghdiyan
Emma Bayer
Evgeny Kazenkov
Gayane Aslanyan
Gennady Agadzhanyan
Grigor Budaghyan
Haig Gragian
Hasmik Hakobyan
Hayk Karoyi
Hayk Simonyan
Hovhannes Hovhannisyan
Aram Hovhannisyan
Kai Khachatryan
Katerina Klitonchik
Larka Danielyan
Levon Yerkanyan
Lilia Voskanyan Artyomi
Luiza Khechoyan
Lusine MLKÉ-Galstian
Emilya Nikoghosyan
Mar Margaryan
Mikayel Bektashyan
Mileta Gazanchyan
Misak Samokatian
Nadya Xyxu
Napoleon Poghosyan
Naré Davtyan
Romen Tsaturyan
Nikola Chen
Anna Kichigina
Nino Giorgadze
Petros Goroyan
Raf Tadevossian
Roma Ricaai
Samvel Avetisyan
Seda Grigoryan
Shhau
Shoghakat MLKÉ-Galstian
Simona Markevich
Smbat Kirakosyan
Taisiia Suvorova
Theresa Markossian
Tigran Araqelyan
Tigran Toti
Vahe Abrahamyan
Vardan Harutyunyan
Shahane Harutyunyan
Yasmin Rai
Yelena Nersesyan
Yura Boguslavsky
Yuriy Avdeev
Gohar Solkaryan
Robert Poghosyan
Karina Malik
Fe
Arsen Sargsyan
Varduhi Mirzoyan
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