Mount Ararat, the resting place of Noah’s ark, where life resumed from the receding flood waters, takes centre stage. At this difficult time, this thousand-years-old peak, the holy mountain of the Armenian people, can be the starting point from which to look at the future with confidence. Twenty years on, the Paths of Friendship concert returns to face Mount Ararat in Yerevan, in a country where Muti’s message of peace and brotherhood through music was enthusiastically welcomed in 2001. In this land cut through by borders and torn by conflict, a restless land where East meets West and Europe meets Asia, Italian and Armenian musicians will sit together to perform under Muti’s baton and spark a light of hope.
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