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| March 27, /Panorama.am/. Today the Prime Minister and president-elect Serzh Sargsyan received some representatives of the theater art to celebrate the international day of theater. The information is provided by the public relations department of the Government. |  Full Story |
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 Hollywood, March 17. One of the most popular music videos on Armenian television in the US this week is Melineh Kurdian's "As Good As You."
The song and the singer-songwriter have taken the Armenian community in Southern California by surprise.
Melineh's fresh, original lyrics, her acoustic guitar, and charismatic performances are the talk of the town.
Melineh's brand new music video, featuring artistic visuals, plays of light and shadow, still photographs and live action images have proven addictive to the viewers.
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 Yerevan, December 10, 2007, Armenpress: Armenia has scored the second highest average of points of a runner-up with 8.50 at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Rotterdam, Netherlands Saturday, which saw Belarus winning for the second time with Alexey Zhigalkovich and his song S druzyami.
Armenia is also the most successful debuting country ever reaching second place The other debutants Georgia and Bulgaria also did quite well finishing fourth and seventh respectively while Lithuania finished only 13th. | | Full Story |
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| October 17 /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Serj Tankian, lead singer for System of a Down, may be one of the most politically active figures in music - a member of Amnesty International, an advocate of free speech, a vocal critic of the current administration - but even he can get tired of democracy.
"With System, it's a process where four people have to agree on what songs to use," Tankian said, explaining his decision to release his first solo album. "When you're doing it by yourself, all the decisions come and go with you." | | Full Story |
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| Yerevan, October 15, Armenpress: The first ever skateboard park, built in Yerevan's Nor Nork district, will be put into operation in a few days, head of a municipality department in charge of construction and redevelopment, said today.
He said the government released 145 million Drams to build the park on 1,200 square meters of land.
The official, Frunze Basentsian, said visitors may bring their skates or rent skates at the park. He said the park will have a permanently stationed medic, sanitary facilities and instructors. | | Full Story |
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Yerevan, September 3, ARMENPRESS: A prominent French-Armenian painter Asilva will have the second exhibition of her works in Armenia. It will open on September 12 at the National Picture Gallery.
Ms. Asilva has called her second display that will feature over 40 paintings on paper "An Exhibition with Mirrors." The National Picture Gallery has published an illustrated album of her works in three languages- Armenian, French and English.
Her first exhibition was held here three years ago and was visited by thousands of art lovers and some foreign diplomats. | | Full Story |
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| Yerevan, June 12, Armenpress: On June 21 residents of Yerevan and guests will have a rare opportunity to enjoy live music of different styles without having to buy tickets as it will be played for all music lovers on several downtown streets from 6 in the evening until late at night.
This unprecedented music festival is the initiative of the French Embassy in Yerevan. It will be supported by Armenian culture ministry and Yerevan municipality.
Julie Soren, a cultural attaché at the French Embassy, said to today's news conference that this festival was founded 26 years ago by a group of the French who decided to dedicate one day of a year to music. The festival soon expanded from France to other countries. | | Full Story |
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| May 26, /Azg/ By Hasmik Harountiunian
Every Wednesday, the Narekatsi Art Center organizes discussions and film sessions. Arevik Avanesian, curators of the event, states that such film sessions help represent the art of cinema and talented film-directors to the youth. "Thanks to such programs, the youth watches and likes the films by not only outstanding Armenian film-directors, but also those shot by the foreign ones. We also frequently represent the films by young film-makers," she emphasized.
On May 23 a regular film session took place. The organizers represented "The Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors," one of the greatest and the most famous films by the outstanding Armenian film-director Sergey Parajanov. Zaven Sargsian, head of the Parajanov home museum, stated that the film became one of the most important ones for its author Sergey Parajanov. | | Full Story |
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| Yerevan, May 21, Noyan Tapan - Hakobian Hasmik. The art-loving society gave the last farewell on May 19 to USSR People's Artist, Socialist Labour Hero, Mesrop Mashtots order-bearer, Yerevan Conservatory Professor, "nightingale of Armenia" Gohar Gasparian. RA President Robert Kocharian, Prime Minister Serge Sargsian, NA Speaker Tigran Torosian, RA Government members were present at the ceremony of the last farewell. | | Full Story |
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May 13, 2007, /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenia's Hayko took the 8th place in Eurovision-2007. In all Hayko garnered 138 points with his song Any Time You Need.
The highest 12 points Armenia got from Turkey and Georgia. | | Full Story |
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 May 10, 2007, /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Eurovision 2007 Semi-Final will kick off in Helsinki today. Initiators say 120-million audience will watch the live contest. A record breaking 42 countries take part in the 52nd Eurovision Song Contest. This year, the Eurovision Song Contest family welcomes Czech Republic and Georgia as new participating members, as well as returning countries Austria and Hungary.
The Final of the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest will take place on May 12, 2007, under the theme True Fantasy. The top-10 of the Semi-Final will take part, as well as last year's top-10 and the so-called 'Big Four' (France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom). | | Full Story |
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 New York, May 4, Armenpress: A Story of People in War & Peace, directed by Armenian film director Vartan Hovhanesian, was recognized the winner of the 6th annual Tribeca Film Festival in New York in the category of Best New Documentary Filmmaker. The film is about the horrors of war and its effects that uses footage from the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh.
The Winner received $25,000 cash and the art award "Nelson Mandela, Johannesburg, South Africa," created by Bruce Weber. | | Full Story |
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| Yerevan, April 19, Noyan Tapan. "The string quartet after Komitas was not involved in the events being held within the framework of the Year of Armenia to France, whereas both performance level and history of the quartet give right to participate in those events." Artistic head of the quartet, professor Eduard Tadevosian expressed this confidence in the interview to the Noyan Tapan correspondent. In his words, he has never addressed and will not address with that issue to the organizers as the dignity does not allow: "It is a state program, if they find proper they send, if not, then we are not of their taste." | | Full Story |
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| Yerevan, April 17, Noyan Tapan. Films of four Armenian directors will be shown on April 17-23 at the Siracusa International Festival in New York. The Noyan Tapan correspondent was informed about it by the office of the "Golden Apricot" (Voske Tsiran) international film festival.
Levon Grigorian's "Memories about Sayat Nova," Haroutiun Khachatrian's "Poet's Return," French Armenian director Robert Gedikian's "Return to Armenia" films and young director Artur Mikayelian's "The Unemployed" animation film to be presented in Siracusa participated in the "Armenian Panorama" competition program of the "Golden Apricot" international film festival in 2006. | | Full Story |
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 Paris, April 2, Armenpress: An exhibition of paintings by famous American Armenian artist Arshile Gorky has opened today in George Pompidou Center in Paris. The exhibition is organized in cooperation with the Lisbon-based Gyulbenkian Foundation and displays the painters works which he created in 1940-s.
The exhibition is part of an extensive range of events, known as The Year of Armenia in France. The opening was attended by the French coordinator of the events, the Armenian ambassador to France and also an acclaimed glass designer Alain Mkrtchian (Alain Mikri). | | Full Story |
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Yerevan, March 26, Armenpress: A private picture gallery in Yerevan, Arame, will showcase several paintings of a local artist Taron Muradian at ArtExpo exhibitions to take place successively in Denmark and Holland in April.
The gallery director Aram Sarkisian said to Armenpress that Taron Muradian will have an exhibition of his works also in summer in Geneva's Belle Air Fine Art Gallery. He said a Dutch publisher will also release this year an illustrated book about Taron Muradian and his painting. | | Full Story |
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| Yerevan, March 13, Armenpress: Armenian singer Hayko who will represent Armenia at Eurovision song contest in Helsinki, Finland on May 12, will go on stage 23-rd. it emerged yesterday after the sortition for semi-final and final was made. Due to last year's 8-th place won by Andre Armenia is among 14 finalists this year. | | Full Story |
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| Yerevan, Mar. 6, 2007 /Noyan Tapan/ Singer Shushan Petrosian will have a solo concert on March 17 in Washington at the invitation of the Embassy of Armenia in U.S. As Noyan Tapan was informed by the singer, the concert will be dedicated to the 15th anniversary of foundation of Armenian National Army. | | Full Story |
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 Mar. 2, /Azg/ Cellist Ani Kalayjian has garnered respect in the classical music world at an age when most artists have yet to prove themselves. At just 25 years old, the Armenian-American talent has had groundbreaking performances in the United States, Canada and Europe, appearing in concert both as a soloist and chamber musician. She has set the stage for a prolific career having collaborated with many of the world's most famous artists, while expressing her own artistic vision through an impressive repertoire that reflects a wide range of genres and styles.
What started as a hobby soon became a true passion for music. Ani began taking cello lessons at the age of four after she moved to the United States. Her grandfather, who taught cello in the Middle East, and was involved in the formation of a local orchestra in the 1960s, was an early source of inspiration. | | Full Story |
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 Yerevan, Feb. 28, 2007 /Noyan Tapan/ The concerts of Armenian State Philharmonic Orchestra held on February 5-16 in seven French cities passed in crowded halls. As Edvard Topchian, Orchestra's Art Director and conductor, reported at the February 28 press conference, in spite of the Orchestra's busy concert schedule, the musicians performed excellently presenting themselves to the foreign spectator as high-class professionals.
During its concert tour the Orchestra performed works of Aram Khachaturian, Verdi, Tchaikovsky, Rakhmaninov. | | Full Story |
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 Yerevan, Feb. 26, 2007 /Armenpress/ A jury has selected singer Hayko to represent Armenia at 2007 Eurovision song contest in Finland. The national final held on February 25 recognized his 'Anytime You Need' as the best of six other contenders. Hayko has won also the sympathies of televotes, though the final say belonged to the jury.
Hayko was chosen out of twenty singers who competed in two semi finals, on February 23 and 24. The best three from each competed at the Armenian national final on February 25. | | Full Story |
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 Yerevan, Feb. 23, 2007 /Armenpress/ The second representative of Armenia for the Eurovision Song Contest will be chosen on February 25th. Twenty singers will compete in two semi finals, on February 23 and 24 and the best three from each will compete at the Armenian national final.
The TV audience will have the opportunity to choose one act of each semi final via televote, the other four finalist, two from each semi final, will be chosen by a jury. | | Full Story |
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| Yerevan, Feb. 21, 2007 /Noyan Tapan/ The organizing committee of the 4th international film festival "Golden Apricot" has already received applications for demonstration of 75 films. The number of applications is increasing, and the expert commission will soon start film selection. Mikael Stamboltsian, director of the festival programs, said during the February 20 press conference that the juries for the 3 contest programs - feature films, documentaries and "Armenian Panorama" have been almost formed. | | Full Story |
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 Feb. 20, 2007 /PanARMENIAN.Net/ "Golden Apricot" IV International Film Festival in Yerevan, which will be held on July 2007, will be opened by "The Lark Farm" produced by Italian directors Paolo and Vittorio Taviani brothers, stated Art Director of "Golden Apricot" Susanna Haroutunian. She said, the choice of the leadership of the film festival is conditioned with the fact that the film is the best representative of "Armenian theme" in Berlin film festival, "Novosti-Armenia" reports. | | Full Story |
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 Paris, February 19, Armenpress: Proceeds from the Saturday concert by famous French Armenian singer Charles Aznavour in Paris will be used to cover the arrival and a week-long stay of about 800 Armenian children in French homes.
The unprecedented visit is part of an extensive program of cultural and other events called The Year of Armenia in France, which officially kicked off Saturday. | | Full Story |
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| Yerevan, February 16, 2007 /PanARMENIAN.Net/ The events scheduled in the framework of the Year of Armenia in France are held successfully and at a high level, RA President's assistant, coordinator of the Year of Armenia in France Vigen Sargsyan said. "The program is rich but the list of events was enlarged from 500 to 600 due to high interest," he said. Exhibitions of Parajanov and Saryan's works as well as those dedicated to architectural heritage of Armenia's 12 capitals have already opened and draw great popular attention.
"The exhibits of the State Museum of Ethnography of Armenia in Sardarapat also aroused big interest just as like the exhibition of universally known painter of sea-scapes of Armenian origin Ivan Ayvazovsky hosted by the Navy Museum in Paris," Sargsyan said. Among the planned events he mentioned exhibition of church dressing and plates in Lyon, exhibition of Matenadaran's ancient manuscripts as well as four exhibitions of modern art, the first of which to be opened in Nice February 21. "It's remarkable that Armenian modern painters not only from Armenia but from other states will be presented at the exhibition," he remarked.
Sargsyan also said that a conference dedicated to information technologies scheduled for late February will offer Armenian companies an opportunity to represent their activities and establish business contacts, reports newsarmenia.ru | | Full Story |
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| In a statement disseminated to media the ministry said Charnock, who performed twice at a Yerevan theater, could hardly be regarded as 'a British national treasure,' claimed by media in UK. Nigel Charnock was brought to Armenia by the British Council and performed his "Frank" performance in the Russian Drama Theatre on January 31 and February 1. | | Full Story |
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 Yerevan, December 22, Noyan Tapan. Violin Concert N 2 of composer Tigran Mansurian, RA People's Artist, professor of Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory, will be performed for the first time by Chamber Orchestra of Sweden in January 2007 in Stockholm. Then the Armenian composer's work will be also presented to music-lovers of three Swedish cities.
As T.Mansurian said in his interview to NT correspondent, the concert was written by the order of Canadian Armenian violinist Levon Chilingarian. In his words, an agreement has been reached with the violinist, according to which he will also perform this concert in Armenia next year. | | Full Story |
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 Calcutta, December 20, Noyan Tapan - Armenians Today. As a result of the competition taken place on December 16 among choirs of about 10 Christian schools in Calcutta, the Armenian Philanthropic Academy was recognized the best choir of the year and was awarded the honourary first prize.
The competition of spiritual songs dedicated to the Chirstmas was held at the Saint Mary Catholic school. | | Full Story |
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 Yerevan, December 18, A1plus.am: A competition of Christmas spiritual songs took place in St. Mary catholic church in Calcutta. The choirs of about 10 schools participated in it. The choir of the Armenian Humanitarian Lyceum, conducted by Vachagan Tadevosyan also participated in the competition.
The competition started with «Our Father» after which each choir performed two songs in English. | | Full Story |
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 Yerevan, December 11, Armenpress; A 17-year-girl from Armenia, Silva Hakobian, has won a contest to find the hottest new musical talent in the world. Silva Hakobian won the BBC World Service's Next Big Thing competition, beating six other acts in a final in London.
Second place in the competition was split between a rapper called NiC from Malawi and London duo Stefan and Mya. The judges said Silva's song I Like, which was written by her brother, was "fresh and new" and described her performance as "second to none". | | Full Story |
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