  Yerevan's Music Festival to host French, U.S., Scottish bands June 20, 2011 - 16:58 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - French, U.S. and Scottish bands will participate in Yerevan-hosted Music Festival due June 21. Bratsch, a French-based music ensemble, formed in 1975 by guitarist Dan Gharibian will perform a concert in Cafesjian Center for the Arts. An Gordonach Scottish band and American singer Sima Cunningham will perform in Yerevan's lover's park. The Music Festival was first held in 1982 in France with the sponsorship of Francois Mitterrand, and further celebrated in different cities worldwide. The festival has been marked in Armenia since 2007. Orange Armenia acts as festival sponsors in 2011, similarly to 2010.  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. |
