Concerts on Armenian Genocide Centennial held in Tokyo
Aram Khachaturyan Trio gave concerts in Tokyo on September 7-11 as part of the events commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. The events were sponsored by the Armenian embassy in Japan and Culture Ministry of Armenia, according to the press service of Armenian Foreign Ministry.
On September 8 the trio performed in Lutheran Ichigaya Center, followed by a concert in Tokyo’s famous Suntory Hall on September 11.
Hundreds of Japanese citizens, Japan-based diplomats and representatives of the Armenian community attended the concerts, during which works by Aram Khachaturyan, Arno Babajanyan, and Pyotr Tchaikovsky were performed.