"Goodbye, Bird" Chamber Opera

“Goodbye, Bird” chamber opera is a new innovative art project which is going to be premiered at the end of 2020 in Munich.
The opera is based on the homonymous novel by Armenian contemporary writer Aram Pachyan . Being highly appreciated by Armenian readers, the novel is already translated and published in English. The author of the opera is young composer Arsen Babajanyan , who already had many achievements during his musical career and currently is focused on realising his first chamber opera project.

“Goodbye, Bird”  chamber opera pretends to be a unique showcase of communication between several contemporary art branches:
Literature, Music, Visual Arts and Performing Arts. On the one hand it will illustrate how the same emotions and heroes can speak on
different languages ​​of art , on the other hand it's an extraordinary space of cultural exchange between artists of different nations and
cultures due to the international team united around this project. 

The Team
The most important part of the musical performance is chamber ensemble, consisting of highly professional great musicians, such as: virtuous saxophonist and Prof. of Hochschule für Musik und Theater München Koryun Asatryan, wonderfull pianist and conductor Henri Bonamy, masters of contemporary music and laureates of several competitions, accordionists Marko Sevarlic & Nikola Kerkez , gifted cellist and composer Caio de Azevedo, talented violist Dragana Gajić. The video animations are owned by a young and exceptional visual artist Yeva Muradyan. 

The project is organised due to collaboration of the Municipality of Munich and “ARTCONCEPT International Association” NGO    
which had already successfully initiated and implemented several international art projects.

The implementation
This extensive and multi-layered opera will consist of 2 acts, distinguishing from the classic opera format with its unique structure and concept.
Being a multimedia work, the opera will also include video animation, dance performance, a phonogram with Armenian folk instruments, choir and electronic music elements.
The creative performance will engage performers of various art branches on the stage:  singers, dancers, artists and reader. 

Financial Funds
The budget of the project is approximately € 28.000. 
We start this campaign as an opportunity to collect the remaining € 5.000, which will help us to make this great and important project real.
The most of the budget is covered by several contributors of the project:

    - Munich Municipality - € 10.000
    - Villa Waldberta Artist Residency  - € 7.680   (in scope of providing residency and scholarship for artists from Armenia)
    - Embassy of Armenia in Germany - € 1.500 
    - Private contributions - € 3.000  

We highly appreciate every small contribution!