German
Educational and Cultural Centre in Armenia
(Deutsches
Lehr-und Kulturzentrum in Armenien)
The German
educational and cultural center was founded due to the initiative of
Goethe Institute (Munich) in Yerevan on June 26, 1992. It was
legitimized by the Ministry of Education and Science (N M - 157 from
26.06.1992 ) on June 28, 1994. The Centre is registered at the
Ministry of Justice (Order N 31/2-33 from 28.06.1994) as well.
Branches up to 2010:
Artashat, Artik,
Gyumri, Eghegnadzor, Kapan, Martuni, Sevan, Vanadzor .
The Centre is active
in the following fields:
1. Language Courses
The courses are
targeted at all age levels from children over adolescents to adults
, as well as members of the German community in Armenia. There are
courses for several competence levels for beginners, as well as
advanced training level. Furthermore, the centre also offers options
for individual counseling and tutoring.
2. Teacher training
The teacher training
consists of language and cross-cultural workshops, as well as network
seminars, didactic-methodological seminars. There are options for
part-time courses as well as correspondence courses for German
language educators. At the end of the part-time courses, the
participating teachers received international certificates that they
were given the right to teach German in Armenia and abroad, almost
anywhere in the world.
3. Competitions in
German Language Competence ('Deutscholympiaden').
Competitions in use
of the taught German language are held in three rounds every year:
at school, on regional and national level. By tradition, the grand
opening of the competitions is accompanied by performances of a local
choir (Ave Maria) established at the Centre, or a musician quartet
(ART-piano quartet). The event is organized with the active
participation of representatives of the German Embassy and German
organizations in Armenia.
4. Preparation and
publication of educational materials:
The various
publications of the German educational and cultural centre consists
of the annual magazine "Deutsch in Armenien" (from 1995 to
2002), exam tests for the 8th grade students (Yerevan 1997), a German
language Introduction for Elementary school pupils ('Meine ABC -
Fibel'), a publication on the Alphabetisation in a foreign language
(' Alphabetisierung in der Fremdsprache,' Jerewan 1999), A German
language schoolbook (' Unsere Fibel Deutsch', Jerewan 2000, 2002),
and school dictionaries German-Armenian (Augsburg, Germany 1998) as
well as Armenian-German (Augsburg, Germany 2000).
5. Cultural Program
The German
Children's Theatre under the direction of art director Ruzanna
Margun made the performances of the plays "Aschenputtel"
(Cinderella), "Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten" (The Town
Musicians of Bremen), and "Sing the Alphabet" (Singing the
alphabet), a music revue with music by Areg Lusignan and text by
Armine Hovhannisyan.
In August 2001, a
recording "Singing the alphabet" was performed in Lucerne
(Switzerland) at the XII German teachers World Congress.
6. German Chamber
Choir, and Musical Programs
In
1997, the German Chamber Choir "Ave Maria" has performed
to the accompaniment of the German organist Karsten Vibush .The
program consisted of the works by Bach, Mozart, Händel ,
Mendelssohn, Schubert, Schumann , Komitas and other composers.
The German Chamber
Choir annually participates in music festivals organized by the
boards of national minorities.
The Piano Quartet
'ART Klavierquartett' was founded in 1997 at the German educational
and cultural center. Since 2005, the quartet performs under the
auspices of the Brusov state university.
The quartet consists
of professional and experienced musicians:
Angelica Harutyunyan
- piano
Carmen Tosunjan -
violin
Yana Daryan - viola
Aram Talalyan -
cello
Head Quartet is
Angelica Harutyunyan, associate professor of Yerevan State
Conservatory 'Komitas'.
From its foundation
in 1997 to the present day, the quartet regularly performs in
concerts and thus promotes classic European music, especially the
works of German and Austrian composers in Armenia. Thereby the
musicians are promoting the development of contacts between Armenia
and German-speaking countries and facilitate a cultural exchange.
Over the years the musicians in the quartet performed a number of
classic works of different periods and styles, some of which were
performed for the first time in Armenia.
The ensemble is
characterized by its expressive creative style, which is based on an
in-depth comprehension of the artistic design featuring the classical
compositions.
The press has
repeatedly noted the high craftsmanship, impeccable taste in art and
an enthusiastic reception from the audience.
Repertoire of the
piano quartett (ART Klavierquartett)
W.A.Mozart
g-moll, K 478
Es-Dur,K
493
L.van Beethoven
Es-Dur
D-Dur
Wo 036
C-Dur
F.Mendelssohn –
Bartholdy c-moll, Op. 1
f-moll, Op. 2
h-moll, Op. 3
R.Schumann
Es-Dur, Op.47
J.Brahms
g-moll, Op.25
A-Dur,
Op.26
c-moll,
Op.60
A.Dvorzak
D-Dur, Op.23
Es-Dur,
Op.87
R.Strauss
c-moll, Op.13
G.Mahler
a-moll, Satz
M.Reger
d-moll, Op.113
In 2014, the music
world celebrates the 150th anniversary of the birth of Richard
Strauss. His work (c-moll, Op.13) was first performed in Armenia by
the ART-Klavierquartett. The quartet intends to play in Germany, if
financial support from Germany is available.
