Armenia’s Sona Rubenyan wins Audience Award at New Wave contestJuly 28, 2014 - 15:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian singer Sona Rubenyan won the 6th place with 220 points as well as the Audience Award at the 13th New Wave international contest in Jurmala, Latvia. “Thank you for supporting me every minute and gifting me this victory,” she said in a Facebook post, addressing her fans. “I am sure I was the only participants with such a huge army of supporters.” Rubenyan was born in Yerevan in 1993. She graduated from Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory and participated in a number of Armenian TV projects. Georgia’s Nutsa Buzaladze won the contest, followed by Ukraine’s representatives Victoria Petrik and Vyacheslav Rybikov, who finished 2nd and 3rd respectively. Photo from Sona Rubenyan's FB page Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. |