Yerevan Jazz Fest is hosted by Mezzo Production Company, specialized in organization of concert programs and events of various types and scale both in Armenia and outside the Republic.
The activity of the Company includes the propaganda of quality music performed by highly professional actors and musicians from all over the world.
Yerevan Jazz Fest
Yerevan Jazz Fest 2016 is an annual music festival held in Yerevan, Armenia every autumn.
It is the biggest music event in the cultural life of Yerevan which gathers hundreds of musicians and fabulous international guests from all around the world.
Among which are world famous musicians Dee Dee Bridgewater, Joss Stone, Richard Bona, Nino Katamadze and many others.
This year’s festival is dedicated to american-armenian record producer and executive George Avakian known particularly for his work with Columbia Records, and his production of albums by Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis and other notable jazz musicians.
It is held by Armenian Jazz Association and Mezzo Production since 2015.
About Yerevan
Yerevan is home to many movie theatres including the Moscow Cinema, Nairi Cinema, Hayastan Cinema, Cinema Star multiplex cinemas of the Dalma Garden Mall, and the KinoPark multiplex cinemas of Yerevan Mall.
Since 2004, the Moscow Cinema hosts annual the Golden Apricot international film festival. Other cinemas with notable architectural value include the Hayrenik Cinema and Rossiya Cinema.
The Yerevan Opera and Ballet Theatre consists of two concert halls: Aram Khatchaturian concert hall and the hall of the National Theatre of Opera and Ballet named after Alexander Spendiarian.
The Komitas Chamber Music House is the home of chamber music in Armenia.
Numerous cultural centres and halls host multiple shows and performances, such as the modern Complex named after Karen Demirchyan.
Other significant theatres include Sundukyan State Academic Theatre, Paronyan Musical Comedy Theatre, Stanislavski Russian Theatre, Drama and Comedy Theatre named after Edgar Elbakyan, Hrachya Ghaplanyan Drama Theatre, Yerevan State Hamazgayin Theatre and Hovhannes Tumanyan Puppet Theatre.
The Cafesjian Center for the Arts is known for its regularly programmed events including the “Cafesjian Classical Music Series” at the first Wednesday of each month, and the “Music Cascade” series of jazz, pop and rock music live concerts performed every Friday and Saturday.
