Cynthia Lennon and Pattie Boyd to visit Yerevan

Will take part in the Grand Opening of the Cafesjian Center for the Arts

Published: Friday October 09, 2009

Cynthia Lennon, the first wife of the Beatle John Lennon, holds a copy of her newly released book titled, John, during a book signing at Foyle's bookshop in central London, Monday Sept. 26, 2005. In the book she talks about her life with John Lennon. Jane Mingay / AP Photo

Former British fashion model Pattie Boyd, who was married to Beatle George Harrison, then to guitar god Eric Clapton, is seen during an interview with The Associated Press in London, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2007. For Boyd, Harrison wrote "Something," one of the Fab Four's most-covered tunes. Clapton's passion for his friend's wife inspired the scorching "Layla." Later, when Boyd had left Harrison and married Clapton, he serenaded her with "Wonderful Tonight." The songs made Boyd an icon through the words of others. She tells her own side of the story in the newly released memoir Wonderful Tonight, written with royal biographer Penny Junor. Sang Tan / AP Photo

Yerevan - The Cafesjian Center for the Arts announced that on November 8, Cynthia Lennon and Pattie Boyd - former wives of Beatles John Lennon and George Harrison - will visit Yerevan to take part in a series of special events marking the grand opening of the center. Lennon and Boyd will share the stage for the first time ever, and lend intimate insight into their husbands' extraordinary lives and music. A book signing of John by Cynthia Lennon and Wonderful Tonight by Pattie Boyd - who was also married to the blues musician Eric ­Clapton - will follow the interview.

"The Beatles were the single most influential cultural phenomenon of the 20th century," Dr. Michael De Marsche, the executive director of the Cafesjian Center for the Arts, stated. "Their music was one of the first things to blast through the Iron Curtain, and for many people, especially the generation of the 1960s, the Beatles represent freedom."

The interview will take place in the Center's new Special Events Auditorium. Lennon and Boyd will take the stage and answer questions from Dr. De Marsche. The afternoon will conclude with questions from the audience.

An exhibition of Pattie Boyd's photography, titled, "Pattie Boyd: Yesterday and Today," will open November 8 and will be on view until January 31, 2010. The exhibition lends an intimate view into the lives of George Harrison, Eric Clapton, the Beatles, and Pattie Boyd herself. This unique collection of photographs, representing 40 years of work, has garnered attention from art critics internationally, and has toured two continents.

The Grand Opening Celebration for the Cafesjian Center for the Arts will begin on the evening of November 7 with a spectacular fireworks display near the Cascade monument. The Cascade has been completely transformed into one of the world's outstanding contemporary art centers. The center had invited the public to view all the renovations that have taken place inside the Cascade and to enjoy an outstanding schedule of exhibitions, visiting lecturers, book-signings, concerts and events on Sunday, November 8.

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