PM Pashinyan offers condolences on passing of conductor Yuri Davtyan
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has sent a condolence message on the passing of famous Armenian conductor, Yuri Davtyan.
As the press department at the government reported, the message read, in part: ”Yuri Davtyan has always excelled as one of the most remarkable and unique conductors of the Armenian opera theatre, leading number of prestigious orchestras and contributing to the development of the Armenian music field.”
To note, Yuri Davtyan was the chief conductor of the Yerevan Opera Theater for many years. He led a number of famous orchestras and was involved in more than 30 operas and ballets in the theater. Yuri Davtyan also served as the chief conductor of Hakob Paronyan State Musical Comedy Theatre. Since 1969 he was a lecturer at the Komitas State Conservatory.