  Honorable award granted to Michel LegrandSeptember 15, 2009 - 14:59 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - RA President Serzh Sargsyan granted an honorable award to the world known composer and pianist Michel Legrand for significant contribution to world's musical art.Yerevan will host joint concert of Michel Legrand and RA State Youth Orchestra under the guidance of Sergey Smbatyan. Maestro's spouse, famous harpist Catherine Michelle and his sister, Christine Legrand, soprano, ex-soloist of The Swingle Singers popular vocal ensemble, will also perform at the concert.   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 |  Related sections Latest news Pashinyan visits flood-hit region  Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province.€3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms.Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan.U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. |
