On May 5 the President of the National Assembly Mr. Hovik Abrahamyan and Mrs. Julietta Abrahamyan accompanied the President of the Republic of Armenia Mr. Serzh Sargsyan and Mrs. Rita Sargsyan at the premiere of the Ballet Spartacus by Aram Khachaturian in A. Spendiarian Opera and Ballet National Academic Theatre. It took place by the high patronage of the First Ladies of Armenia and Russia. The First Lady of the Russian Federation Mrs. Svetlana Medvedeva arrived in Yerevan especially to attend the ballet premiere. The ballet was choreographed by the USSR People’s Artist, Hero of the Socialist Labor, Laureate of Lenin and State prizes Yuri Grigorovich.

On May 4 the President of the Republic of Armenia Mr. Serzh Sargsyan and Mrs. Rita Sargsyan and the President of the National Assembly Mr. Hovik Abrahamyan and Mrs. Julieta Abrahamyan attended the concert of St. Petersburg Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra led by the well-known conductor Valery Gergiev. The concert was organized under the high patronage of the President of the Republic. Works by Edward Mirzoyan, Rodion Shchedrin and Pyotr Tchaikovsky were performed at the concert.