Tigran Mansouryan - pleased to see that his birthday was rememberedJune 2, 2009 - 20:22 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Outstanding Armenian composer Tigran Mansouryan, who this year celebrates his 70th birthday, is pleased that the occasion was remembered."Two years ago I asked myself a question: will my friends and colleagues living abroad come here to celebrate my birthday? It isn't as if they should draw up their plans beforehand. But we appeared to be late," Mansuryan said, adding that his teacher - great man and composer Ghazaros Saryan, preferred to celebrate one of his birthdays in Aram Khachaturyan's home-museum which houses over 80 people. A man having world-wide recognition , Manusuryan finds "dream and demand to be very close to each other; they are very similar, but I don't want to make any demand." Estimating cultural atmosphere in Armenia, the composer noted, "We recently observed considerable efforts towards development of classical music in the country, but we are facing a serious task: to make classical music and high art accessible to our public in its everyday life." Any unfairness, be it of minor importance, hurts the composer. "Our strength and unity are already known; our losses are already visible. I want our society to be governed by rule of law, and everybody do what he is required to." 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 | Armenian delegation participating in NATO PA session The delegation is headed by Andranik Kocharyan, the chairman of the standing committee on defense and security matters. Schengen visa cost won’t change for Armenia – diplomat The increase in the cost of a Schengen visa will not apply to citizens of Armenia, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson has said. Yeremyan Projects opens state-of-the-art dairy production plant Yeremyan Projects officially launched the Yeremyan Products state-of-the-art milk processing plant in Yerevan on May 24. Azerbaijan's defense spending set to increase by 11% Azerbaijan's spending on defense and national security will increase by 11%, according to a fresh bill. |