Modernization of the College of Culture & Arts after Charles Aznavour

Status: In Progress

In 2021, with the consent of the Aznavour family, the Yerevan State College of Culture and Arts was named after Charles Aznavour.

Education

College of Culture and Arts named after Charles Aznavour

The memorandum aims at expanding the opportunities for young people that receive secondary vocational education in the field of culture and promoting their further professional careers.

The aim of the partnership is to support the implementation of strategic development programs in Yerevan State College of Culture and Arts, striving to make it one of the leading educational institutions in the field.

Simultaneously, a memorandum of cooperation was signed between the RA Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports and the Aznavour Foundation on supporting the development of the College and its activities.

Modernization Program
initiated by the Aznavour Foundation

Being faithful to its mission, and according to the signed agreement, the Aznavour Foundation developed and started to implement the modernization program of the College.

Within the framework of the project the Aznavour Foundation has already provided the College with the following equipment։

All these amenities will be used both by students and staff allowing them to conduct proper educational and learning processes. This was made possible thanks to the support of several partners of the Foundation including famous artist and Foundation’s friend Nana Mouskouri.

Striving for Excellence

In order to help the College achieve academic excellence, together with the "Bilingual Dramatic Art Workshop" program, the Aznavour Foundation organizes master classes for College students with the famous French personalities.

Within the year 2022, the following prominent artists and professionals held master-classes for college students:

Master classes continue in 2023, to date the following artists have visited the college

These master-classes help the students to better understand their profession, the artists share stage secrets and discussed many pressing topics.​​​​​

Anne Consingny

French actress

Ariane Ascaride

Arman Saribekyan

French actress

French-Armenian artist

Nune Gharibyan

French-Armenian artist

Antoine Agoudjian

French-Armenian photographer

Sandrine Fourlon

French actress and director

Throughout his life and career Charles Aznavour has always worked with young promising artists. He dedicated much time and effort to discovering talents and helping them achieve success and recognition. Empowering young artists, helping them grow and evolve is one of the cornerstones of the Foundation's mission.

Corinne Jaber

Syrian/German actress, writer and director

Isabelle Guiard

French actress, singer and composer

Levon Minasyan

Franco-Armenian writer, playwright, actor, director

Eric Leconte

French actor, theater critic

Tamara Stepanyan

Franco-Armenian film director

Thierry Thieu Niang

Serge Avedikian

French-Armenian actor, producer, and film director

French dancer, choreographer