On Friday, January 30, 2015, artist, musician and composer Elias Rahpani, Mezher Deputy Mayor Levon Der Sarkissian and Antelias City Council Member Haig Vosgerichian, accepting the invitation of the ARF "Nikol Aghpalian" Committee, visited the "Aghpalian-HMEM" Cultural and Sports Complex.
At the meeting with "N. Aghpalian" Committee members, Elias Rahpani expressed his admiration speaking about the Armenians and the Armenian culture as well as the Lebanese Armenians.
Then, the musician and the guests toured in the Center and were introduced the various departments of the Center, their activities and daily life.
In the "Jirayr and Tsolin Khachaturian" Center of Hamazkayin, Elias Rahpani and the guests were received by the Lebanon Regional Executive Board of Hamazkayin, Board of Trustees, administration, teaching staff and students. Then, they witnessed the students’ rehearsals and classes in the Hamazkayin’s "B. Ganachian" Music College, as well as "Gayane" Choreographic, "T. Roslin" Art and "Areg" Drama Schools. Rahpani expressed his admiration for the schools’ activities and mentioned that the students of those schools ought to be involved later in different spheres of Lebanese art.