On April 15, a coffee evening was organized by Artin Dirameryan at the Armenian Self-Government Office located on Bicskei Street. During the event, medieval Armenian writers’ works were presented. A  speech was delivered by Alex Avanesyan. Members of the Urartu theater group (Olga Kovács, András Tóth, Artin Dirameryan, Viktória Hayk) performed hayrens by Nahapet Kuchak, translated into Hungarian. Works by Nahapet Kuchak and Sayat-Nova were also presented in Armenian  by Flora Hambardzumyan, and 2 songs of Sayat Nova by Anzhela Matevosyan (vocal), Shogher Manukyan (cello), and Movses Ayarian (guitar). Nelson Sahakyan also performed songs in the beginning and during the program. At the end of the event,  LadaNiva’s version of the famous song “Here’s to you Ararat”  was performed in Hungarian for the first time, by Olga Kovács and Viktória Hayk.

Article written by Flora Hambardzumyan, Project code: 2024-1-HU01-ESC51-VTJ-000207879

Photos by Flora Hambardzumyan, Project code: 2024-1-HU01-ESC51-VTJ-000207879