The 2026 edition brings participants from nine countries and 16 cities across Europe and Asia, with more than 100 planned masterclasses, lectures and creative meetings. Three concerts are scheduled for 4, 5 and 7 November.
The third Yerevan International Flute Festival is underway in Armenia, running 1–7 November 2026. It brings together flutists, musicologists and students from nine countries across Europe and Asia.
Armenpress said in its November 2 account of the organizers’ press conference that participants come from 16 cities. The program includes more than 100 planned masterclasses, lectures and creative meetings, alongside the concerts.
Three concerts are scheduled for 4, 5 and 7 November at Arno Babajanyan Concert Hall. Other activities take place at the State Philharmonia of Armenia’s other venues. The Philharmonia co-organizes the festival with the international project Flute Bridges.
Armen Manassian, general producer of the State Philharmonia of Armenia, said jazz would feature at the festival for the first time and electronic music would be performed after one of the concerts.
Vardan Virabyan is the festival’s founder and artistic director, Elen Virabyan is its co-founder, and Narek Avagyan and Zara Parvanyan are co-organizers. Avagyan, principal flutist of the Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra, will also appear as a conductor.
Public Radio of Armenia said audiences will have their first opportunity in Armenia to hear the bass flute and the Baroque transverse flute, also called the traverso. The programs also include alto and piccolo flutes and several Armenian premieres of musical works.
The bass flute is pitched one octave below the standard concert flute. The alto flute is pitched below the standard C flute and sounds a perfect fourth lower than written. The piccolo is a smaller version of the concert flute and sounds an octave higher.
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The Armenian General Benevolent Union’s concert listing gives a scheduled time of 19:00–22:00 Yerevan time and ticket prices of 5,000–7,000 AMD. Tickets are also available at the Philharmonia box office at 2 Abovyan Street, the concert hall’s address.
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