'YERAZNERI ART' MAKES DREAMS COME TRUE

AZG Armenian Daily #135,
22/07/2005
By Hakob Tsulikian

Raffi Festekchian is the manager of a computer program company located in the center of Boston, while Nubar Sfeyan is the establisher of "Armenia 2020" company. {Together they established the} "Yerazneri Art" non-profit organization. The aim of the organization is to help young Armenian musicians perform their art.

[...] They pay special attention to the students of the Armenian musical schools at the age of 8-18.

"Once a year we leave for Armenia and visit musical schools, choosing the children personally. We also cooperate with the "New Names." They carry out the first hearings. At present, we work with 40 children," [...] They help the young musicians complete their education, then they find sponsors to help them perform in Russia, in Middle Asia, in Europe and in America.[...]

[...] "We want to enlarge our activities and help the young Armenian painter too," Raffi Festekchian said in the interview.[...].

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