Distinguished soloists and UGA violin professor Levon Ambartsumian performing and directing ARCO Chamber Orchestra in making their debut appearance in Savannah presenting pieces by Tchaikovsky and Podgaits. Savannah Philharmonic concertmaster Sinisa Ciric will join his beloved mentor in Concerto for 2 violins in D minor by J. S. Bach.

The ARCO Chamber Orchestra was originally founded in Russia in 1989 at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory by Levon Ambartsumian. When Mr. Ambartsumian joined the University of Georgia’s School of Music faculty in 1995, he remained the artistic director and conductor of the orchestra, moving its home base to the Hugh Hodgson School of Music, where the ensemble has now become a talented international blend of musicians