 12th National Gallery International Music Festival kicks off in Yerevan June 20, 2016 - 11:11 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Gallery of Arts cultural fund, with the support of Armenia’s Ministry of Culture and in partnership with VivaCell-MTS on June 18 launched the 12th National Gallery International Music Festival which will run through July 7. The general partner of the festival is Armenia’s leading telecommunications operator VivaCell-MTS, which has undertaken the sponsorship since 2006. Starting from 2008, the festival has been included in the list of the State Assistance Programs of the Ministry of Culture. The opening Gala Concert of festival, dedicated to the renowned tenor, People’s Artist of Armenia, Honored Artist of Lithuania Gegham Grigoryan, took place in the Mural Paintings Hall of the National Gallery of Armenia. The Gala Concert featured soloists of the Armenian National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet after A. Spendiaryan Artsvik Demurtschyan (soprano), Alina Pahlevanyan (soprano), Liparit Avetisyan (tenor), Davit Babayants (baritone), as well as the Armenian National Chamber Orchestra (artistic director and principal conductor Vahan Martirosyan), director Harutyun Arzumanyan. The concert program included works by J.S. Bach, W.A. Mozart, G. Rossini, F. Schubert, G. Faure, G.B. Pergolesi, C. Franck, F. Durante, L. Luzzi, A. Stradella, N. Valente, G.M. Ferilli, S. Rachmaninov.   Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. 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”.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
