YEREVAN. – The Salamanca Band and Bugles Of The Rifles British Army band had their first concert in Yerevan. (PHOTO)

On Monday the musicians will be visiting Spendiaryan and Tigranyan music academies.

On Tuesday they will be performing at Freedom Square, outside the Opera House, and on Wednesday is the highlight of the whole visit which will be a concert in Republic square where they will be joined by the band of the Armenian Ministry of Defense. All of these concerts are free.

Earliar in an interview with Armenian News-NEWS.am, Nick Wilkes, UK Defence Attaché Georgia, Armenia & Azerbaijan said to bring the band to Armenia  was a good opportunity to make both defense relations and cultural relations closer.