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“BikeBOOM” in Yerevan To Meet Serj Tankian

August 5, 2010 Armenia, Music No Comments
“BikeBOOM” in Yerevan To Meet Serj Tankian

Serj Tankian wants a top concert in Yerevan which made the number of his meeting cut short, Sofia Blbulyan, PR responsible for the Deem Communications the organizer of Yerevan concert told Panorama.am.
“We’ll release information about the meetings with high ranking officials later,” Blbulyan said adding Tankian has a tour now and he’ll have only one day in Yerevan.

Armenian environmentalists plan a meeting with the rock star.
“Bicycle+” NGO joint with Teghut protection group organized “CycleBOOM”.
Tankian is famous as well for his action dedicated to nature and his love towards nature.

On the night of August 11 “CycleBOOM” will have a bike camp.
It’s worth reminding Serj Tankian will have a concert in Yerevan on August 12.

Armenia Ranks in 7th Place at Eurovision 2010 Song Contest

Armenia Ranks in 7th Place at Eurovision 2010 Song Contest

Despite the forecasts of bookmakers for a sure bet, promises by promoters for a top performance, and optimism of a national audience, Armenia’s end result in Saturday night’s Eurovision song competition was a letdown.

Eva Rivas, performing “Apricot Stone” – a song no less sophomoric than any, and arguably of more substance than the winning German entry – finished seventh among 25 finalists. The highest Armenia has reached in its five Eurovisions was fourth – by singer Sirusho in 2008.

As usual, on this first working day after the competition, office chatter and analytical breakdown focus on what Armenia did and didn’t do.

Healing Music: World Doctors Orchestra to Perform in Armenia

January 15, 2010 Armenia, Music, Top News No Comments
Healing Music: World Doctors Orchestra to Perform in Armenia

An orchestra made up of medical professionals will perform a charity concert in Yerevan Sunday (January 17).

A group of 80 musicians-physicians, representing the World Doctors Orchestra arrived this week, most coming to Armenia for the first time.

Founded in 2007 by Stefan Wilich, Professor of Medicine at the Charite University Medical Center in Berlin, Germany, the orchestra exists “to make medical care more accessible and develop medical policy throughout the world through music,” according to its founder.

Wilich created the orchestra by placing announcements in medical journals and on the internet (www.world-doctors-orchestra.org). Currently the orchestra has some 400 members in 20 countries.

Great Master of ‘Living Voice’: President Sends Condolences to Garanyan Family

January 13, 2010 Armenia, Music, Top News No Comments
Great Master of ‘Living Voice’: President Sends Condolences to Garanyan Family

On the occasion of the demise of the renowned musician Georgi Garanian, President Serzh Sargsyan and Mrs. Rita Sargsyan sent a letter of condolences to the Garanian family.
The letter reads:

“We were greatly saddened by the news of the untimely demise of the People’s Artist of Russia, composer and conductor Georgi Aram Garanian. We lost a great saxophonist and composer whose pieces of music have their unique place in the treasury of the world jazz and pop music.

Our great compatriot was always performing with a special delight on the Armenian stage. His last performance in Yerevan, conducted in the framework of the Armenian Jazz-70 Festival, is unforgettable.

Yerevan to Host Concert Dedicated to Gohar Gasparyan’s 85th Birth Anniversary

December 21, 2009 Music No Comments
Yerevan to Host Concert Dedicated to Gohar Gasparyan’s 85th Birth Anniversary

A concert dedicated to soprano Gohar Gasparyan’s 85th birth anniversary will take place on Tuesday, December 22 in Yerevan. Concert organizers are the National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre after Alexander Spendiaryan and Armenia’s Ministry of Culture.

“The concert program includes performances by the prominent singer’s best students and soloists from the National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre (David Babayan, Narine Yeghyan. Sofia Sayadyan, Hovhannes Ayvazyan, Armenuhi Seyrabyan etc.), as well as laureates of the contest in memory of Gohar Gasparyan. The audience will listen to works by Armenian and foreign composers,” Lena Levonyan, Head of Soloists’ Department at National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

Yerevan to Host Concert Dedicated to Arpine Kalinina’s Works

December 19, 2009 Armenia, Music, Top News No Comments
Yerevan to Host Concert Dedicated to Arpine Kalinina’s Works

On Sunday, December 20, Yeghishe Charents’ House-Museum will host a concert dedicated to young composer Arpine Kalinina’s works. The young composer’s musical pieces will be performed by Arakel Magakyan (violoncello), Lusine Hautyunyan (violin), Anush Nazaryan (vocal), Sergey Chalakhyan (saxophone) as well as Kalinina herself.

After Komitas’ music, the audience will have the chance to listen to romances based on Charents and Tumanyan’s poems, as well as a ballade based on Sona Van’s poem titled “What’s up with me?”

The concert program also includes a saxophone and piano trio based on Charents’ poem “For you all the warmth that is in my heart” and a trio violin and violoncello concert based on Charents’ «Tagharan» poem.

International Music Festival in Yerevan

October 21, 2009 Armenia, Music No Comments
International Music Festival in Yerevan

Third International Music Festival held at Komitas Chamber Music Hall in Yerevan will present a chamber music concert on October 22 with the participation of Armenian and foreign renowned musicians, including pianist Ashley Wass (Great Britain), violinist Dayshin Kashimoto (Japan), altist Alexander Chaushyan (Great Britain), as well as Nikoghayos Vardanyan, Karen Kocharyan, Mary Margaryan and others. Music by Chaushyan, Shutakovich and Brams will be included in the concert program.

On October 23, Ashley Wass, Dayshin Kashimoto and Alexander Chaushyan will perform with the accompaniment of the state philharmonic orchestra at Aram Khachatryan hall presenting works by Beethoven, Harutyunyan and Profokyev. This will be the closing concert of the festival.

Source: Tert – Original Article

Renowned Armenian artist to perform in Turkey

September 26, 2009 Music, Turkey No Comments
Renowned Armenian artist to perform in Turkey

Worldwide known Armenian lute virtuoso Ara Dinkjian, whose family migrated to America in the beginning of 19th century, will appear on stage in Istanbul’s Hagia Irene as part of a hospital project to be built for the disabled.

Speaking to the Anatolia news agency, Dinkjian said his grandfather went from the eastern Turkish city of Diyarbakır to France at the beginning of the 19th century, and after the death of his parents, his father was adopted by a family. Later on, his father immigrated to America and he was born in 1958 in New Jersey, Dinkjian said.

120,000 drams for Pugacheva’s concert

September 23, 2009 Armenia, Music No Comments
120,000 drams for Pugacheva’s concert

Russian primadonna Alla Pugacheva will perform at the Karen Demirchyan sport-concert complex on September 25 as part of her farewell tour.

Tickets are still not sold out for the concer that has been advertised for the past couple of months. The reason for this are the prices that range from 5,000 to 120,000 drams ($13 to $315). The average prices are 15,000-30,000 drams. The 20,000 dram tickets are sold out, leaving only the tickets for up to 120,000 drams.

As box offices told “A1+”, low-cost tickets were sold very quickly. As far as the most expensive [120,000 drams] tickets are concerned, they sold rather well. However, they weren’t able to say exactly how many tickets were sold.

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On The Principles Of Self-Determination And So-Called “Territorial Integrity” In Public International Law (The Case Of Nagorno-Karabakh)

June 22, 2010

On The Principles Of Self-Determination And So-Called “Territorial Integrity” In Public International Law (The Case Of Nagorno-Karabakh)

By: Ara Papian – Head, “Modus Vivendi” Center

We are not going to negotiate over the right of the people of Artsakh (Karabakh) to self-determination.

Serzh Sargsyan, President of the Republic of Armenia, 1 June 2010

 

It is for the people to determine the destiny of the territory and not the territory the destiny of the people.

Judge Hardy Dillard, International Court of Justice, 16 October 1975

 

Is ‘Reconciliation’ Compatible with Justice?

June 2, 2010

Is ‘Reconciliation’ Compatible with Justice?

By Lucine Kasbarian

On Wednesday May 12, at the Armenian Library and Museum of America (ALMA) in Watertown, Massachusetts, editors Emil Sanamyan of the Armenian Reporter and Khatchig Mouradian of theArmenian Weekly spoke about their recent trip to Turkey sponsored by TEPAV – a Turkish think tank that has recently been promoting Turkish-Armenian relations. TEPAV is funded by TOBB, the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey.

 ALMA Executive Director Mariam Stepanyan welcomed the audience after which moderator Marc Mamigonian, Academic Affairs Director of the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR), opened by noting that there was no formal title for the evening’s program because the trip was not necessarily part of what would be termed “Turkish-Armenian reconciliation or relations.”

Davit of Sassoon is Undefeated or Once More on Foreign Language-Medium Schools in Armenia

June 2, 2010

Davit of Sassoon is Undefeated or Once More on Foreign Language-Medium Schools in Armenia

By Ara Papian – Head, “Modus Vivendi” Center

The changes proposed by the Government to the law on language has recently become subject to heated public debate. It is natural and good that society express many opinions. This implies that we are gradually surmounting the legacy of the not-too-distant past. It is unfortunate, however, that those in favour of the chan­ges to the law are not putting forth reasonable counter-arguments to the political, legal, economic, psychologi­cal and cultural facts presented by their opponents, but are instead simply warping the essence of the issue in attempting to present the case as a manifestation of xenophobia and advocacy for self-imposed isolationism.

An Investigative Report:The Woodrow Wilson Center Desecrates its Namesake’s Legacy and Violates its Congressional Mandate

May 20, 2010

An Investigative Report:The Woodrow Wilson Center Desecrates its Namesake’s Legacy and Violates its Congressional Mandate

By: David Boyajian

Is the Woodrow Wilson Center seeking to discredit the Treaty of Sèvres on its 90th anniversary by honoring Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu?

Woodrow Wilson, the 28th American president, is looking down in horror at what the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (WWC; WilsonCenter.org) is doing in his name.

Most Americans are not aware of the DC-based organization, or that their taxes comprise one-third of its multi-million dollar annual budget.

The WWC was created by Congress in 1968 through the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act to commemorate the late president’s “ideals and concerns” and memorialize “his accomplishments.”

The WWC has in several ways, however, violated its Congressional mandate.

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USAID Provides $50 Million To Armenian For Economic Development and Social Reform

August 6, 2010

At an official ceremony held in the Republic of Armenia Ministry of Economy on August 6, 2010, Minister of Economy Nerses Yeritsyan, US Ambassador to Armenia Marie L. Yovanovitch and USAID/Armenia Mission Director Jatinder Cheema signed two Assistance Agreements under which the US Government will provide up to $50 million to the Government of Armenia for the period of 2010-2013 in support of the country’s economic development and health and social services reform, according to a release issued by US Embassy in Armenia .

Armenian Bread Price Set For Further Rise

August 6, 2010

The price of bread in Armenia looked set on Friday to soar further following the Russian government’s decision to ban all grain exports because of a severe drought that has devastated crops across Russia.

The move, announced by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Thursday, pushed international prices of wheat to the highest level since the 2007-08 global food crisis. They jumped by more than 12 percent in European commodity markets.

The wholesale and retail prices rose just as drastically in Armenia where one 50-kilogram sack of flour cost between 9,500 and 10,000 ($27.4) on Friday. The rise did not immediately push up bread prices. They are nonetheless expected to be adjusted accordingly in the coming days.

Armenian National Committtee of America (ANCA) Disbelieves Matthew Bryza Will Stand in The Way of Aliyev’s March To War

August 6, 2010

ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian commented on recent statement by political observer David Petrosian, who was cited as saying, “soonest appointment of a new U.S. ambassador to Armenia, – be it Matthew Bryza or someone else, is important in restraining Azerbaijan’s ambitions.”

Aram Hamparian responded as follows, “Just to be clear, this is the same Mr. Bryza who was the primary U.S. adviser to the Georgian government of Mikheil Saakashvili as he stumbled into war with Russia; the same diplomat with controversial ties to top Azerbaijani leaders (Foreign Minister Elmar Mammedyarov served as a groomsman in his Istanbul wedding to Caspian energy expert/advocate Zeyno Baran), the same nominee backed by senior Azerbaijanis close to the Aliyev regime and by leaders of the Azerbaijani American community, and; the same U.S. official who has, for more than a decade, turned a blind eye to Azerbaijani threats, military aggression, and acts of cultural desecration.

I Believe You Will: Mammadyarov and Davutoglu Discussed Karabakh Conflict

August 6, 2010

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov hopes that his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu will take very useful initiatives in the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, reports Azerbaijani news agency Trend.

“Turkey is highly respected in the international arena, and therefore I believe that Ahmet Davutoglu will take very useful initiatives in the Karabakh settlement”, Mammadyarov said at a joint press conference following a summit of Turkic-speaking countries.

The summit was held in Bodrum town in western Turkish province of Mugla on Thursday bringing together foreign ministers of Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.

US Secretary of State Extends Her Gratitude To The Cafesjian Center For The Arts in Armenia

August 6, 2010

The US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in a letter to the Director of Administration and the Acting Executive Director of the Cafesjian Center for the Arts Vahagn Marabyan thanked the Center for hosting her meeting with Armenian civil society leaders.

“The center is a magnificent landmark and a wonderful symbol of Armenian- American cooperation. Our tour of the Cafesjian sculpture garden and the Chihuly gallery was one of the highlights of my visit to Yerevan”, the letter of Secretary Clinton said.

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton visited the Cafesjian Center for the Arts on July 5th, 2010. In her honor, a glass sculpture by Sidney Hutter was placed on exhibit – similar to the one by the same artist, added to the White House Craft Collection in 1993. The sculpture, known as the “White House Vase”, is now in the William J. Clinton Presidential Library.

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