YEREVAN. – The Swiss conductor from Lucerne Theater Michael Wendeberg climbed Mount Aragats located in Armenia, Aravot newspaper reported.

Together with the artists of the Yerevan Opera House Shmavon Grigoryan and Vigen Harutyunyan, he climbed the lowest top of the mountain the height of which is 3,879 meters. 

Swiss conductor said he had studied the geography of the Armenian Highlands as a student when he became friends with Shmavon Grigoryan during university years.