2009 Armenian Night at the Pops to Feature Cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan

The Friends of Armenian Culture Society will present the 58th annual Armenian Night at the Pops on Sat., June 20 at 8 p.m. at Boston’s Symphony Hall. The evening will feature the young, award-winning cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan, who will perform the “Variations on a Rococo Theme” by Tchaikovsky with maestro Erich Kunzel conducting the Boston Pops Orchestra. Also on the program will be ballet music by Aram Khachaturian, and pianist-singer Michael Feinstein will pay tribute to the legendary Frank Sinatra.

Hakhnazaryan won First Prize at the 2008 Young Concert Artists Auditions. In October 2008, he made his debuts in Carnegie’s Zankel Hall in New York and in the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater in Washington, D.C., to critical acclaim. “He produces powerful and colorful sound in all registers, and flashes all the virtuoso’s tricks with insolent ease…” wrote the Washington Post, while the New York Times praised his “intense focus and expressive artistry.”