Sergey Khachatryan + Nairi String Quartet + Friends | Padani

It feels strange not to take a cab to the Komitas Chamber Music Hall to watch Sergey and the Nairi String Quartet practice or wait for a bus that will take us to another stop of the tour. For the last two weeks, I was the 6th man on the team (so to say) documenting both the concerts and the musicians. Of the 5-stop tour, the second to last concert performed in the culture and youth palace of Nagarno-Karabag-Republic in Stephenakart was my favorite. The energy of the audience, the togetherness of the orchestra, and the stage itself made the concert unforgettable.

Here are some photos from the tour.

sergey khachatryan taking a break from practicing in state drama theater in gyumri //

rehearsing in the komitas chamber music hall //

gexam mkrtchyan and liana smbatyan quickly interviewing sergey before boarding the bus //

viola player armen torosian of the nairi quartet demonstrating his strength //

armen and sergey after the concert in aram khachatryan concert hall in yerevan //

lilit mkhitaryan en route to karabagh //

practice session for the first concert in the komitas chamber hall //

lilit taking a break before the concert in gyumri //

hriar during a rest stop //

lusine aghababyan armen torosian and levon arakelyan during practice //

tigran matevosian at the end of the concert in yerevan //

the organ of the komitas chamber music hall //

gexam mkrtchyan and liana smbatyan interviewing hayk ter-hovhannisyan //

tigran matevosian during a rest stop //

sergey practicing against the backdrop of the beautiful komitas chamber music hall //

what the performer sees when on stage in the komitas chamber music hall //

sergey and karen harutyunyan //

sergey and lusine during rehearsal //

the chandelears of the komitas chamber music hall //

hriar on the bus towards karabagh //

sergey underneath the massive poster of the concert tour on the opera house in yerevan //

sergey and hayk ter-hovhannisyan //

sergey, lusine, and lilit in the state drama theather of gyumri //

Ira after the concert in yerevan //

post-concert congratulations //

levon arakelyan during practice //

armen torosian during practice //

lusine taking a break //

sergey and the niari string quartet rehearsing //

jemma abrahamyan after the concert //

sergey watching the children perform in gyumri //

tigran and lusine on the bus to karabagh //

sergey and levon at a rest stop //

the beautiful komitas chamber music hall //

lusine during rehearsals //

sergey's stradivarius //

lusine and sergey after a concert //