In 2026, the next destination of ArtCello Festival after Poland is Armenia and Georgia This will be a great opportunity for us to work together with wonderful orchestras and the leading music universities of these great nations.
ArtCello Armenia
ArtCello Georgia
April 6, 19:30 Gyumri Technology Center-GTC Address: Shirak Region, Gyumri, Gai Str, 1
Gyumri State Symphony Orchestra Artistic director and conductor Armen Kartshyan
Soloists: Razvan Suma, Romania Dragan Djordjevic, Serbia Denis Severin, Switzerland Sevak Avanesyan, Armenia
In the program music of Antonio Vivaldi, David Popper, Pablo de Sarasate, Giovanni Sollima, and Martin Ulikhanyan More
April1, 17:00 Ilia Zakaidze Culture House,Dusheti, 31 David Aghmashenebeli Street
Tbilisi State Chamber Orchestra Georgian Sinfonietta Artistic Director: Giorgi Kerelashvili
Soloists: Razvan Suma, Romania Dragan Djordjevic, Serbia Denis Severin, Switzerland Lyana Ulikhanyan, Armenia
In the program music of Antonio Vivaldi,Antonín Dvořák,David Popper,Pablo de Sarasate,Giovanni Sollima,and Martin Ulikhanyan
OUR FESTIVAL
Our goal is to bring together cellists from different countries and parts of the world, as well as to expose the public to cello performances by some of the greatest contemporary virtuosos.
The International ArtCello Festival is a new project created to celebrate the beauty of classical cello music. We are very excited to follow the great traditions of some of the most distinguished international assemblies that promote the art of playing the cello, among which are Super Cello Festival (China), Cello Biennale Amsterdam (Netherlands), Kronberg Cello Festival (Germany) and many others.
OUR ARTISTS
Razvan Suma Romania
Răzvan Sumais one of the most important cello soloists in Romania. He received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degree from the Music University in Bucharest, Romania, and also studied at Longy School of Music in Cambrige, Massachusets, in the Artist Diploma Program…
Denis Severin is a professor of cello at the Geneva University of Music and the Bern University of Arts (Switzerland), where he teaches cello as a major, baroque cello as a minor and chamber music. A coveted guest professor, he also teaches master classes and leads orchestra projects in Spain, Riga, Latvia, China, and Hungary.
Dragan Djordjevic Serbia
Dragan Đorđević is a Serbian cellist celebrated as one of the most original artistic personalities of his generation, active as soloist, chamber musician, and pedagogue. Trained in Belgrade, London, and Essen, he has performed at BBC Proms, George Enescu Festival, and with the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra under Valery Gergiev. Founder of the Ravanelius Festival and Belgrade Cello Fest, he is also a professor at the Faculty of Music Arts in Belgrade, and performs on a 1797 James and Henry Banks cello.
Sevak Avanesyan Armenia
Sevak Avanesyan is a celebrated Armenian-Belgian cellist praised by Bernard Greenhouse and János Starker as one of the most gifted musicians of his generation. Trained at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels and Berlin’s Hochschule für Musik under mentors including Mischa Maisky and Steven Isserlis, he has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Berlin Philharmonie, Sydney Opera House, and beyond, winning top prizes at major international competitions. He is also the founder of the Kapan International Music Festival in Armenia, and performs on a 1689 Matteo Goffriller cello entrusted to him by Mischa Maisky.
THOMASTIK
Amongst string players and guitarists it is considered good form to equip instruments with handmade strings from Thomastik-Infeld. The manufacturing of strings in the very heart of Vienna – the City of Music – has a long tradition.
