Komitas Chamber Music House
Tuff-clad chamber hall of 1977 on Isahakyan Street, seating about 300 and known for its acoustics.
The hall was built in 1977 on Isahakyan Street, beside the ring park that follows the line of Yerevan's old walls, to a design by the architect Stepan Kyurkchyan. The faceted volume is faced in tuff and steps down towards the park, and the auditorium seats about three hundred. It is named after Komitas, the priest, composer and ethnomusicologist who collected and arranged thousands of Armenian folk songs, and it now serves as the National Centre of Chamber Music.
Resident and visiting groups give chamber programmes through the season, among them the Komitas State String Quartet, which has performed here since the hall opened, together with vocal ensembles, early music groups and soloists. The hall has an organ and hosts an international organ festival, and its calendar mixes classical recitals with folk and crossover evenings. The building is listed as a monument of the recent architectural heritage of Yerevan.
Highlights
- Faceted tuff building of 1977 by Stepan Kyurkchyan
- Auditorium of about 300 seats with a concert organ
- Home of the Komitas State String Quartet
- International organ festival and chamber music season
