On May 31, Armenian government allocated AMD 50 mln. for conduction of the 13th Yerevan Perspectives International Music Festival, to be organized by Armenian Center of Contemporary Music.

As RA Minister of Culture Hasmik Poghosyan noted during government sitting, famous musicians and music bands will participate in the contest, with Evgeny Kissin, Maxim Vengerov, Kim Kashkashian, Lorin Maazel and Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam among them.