  Sona Danielyan: we hardly persuaded George Benson to perform in Armenia he never heard aboutNovember 2, 2009 - 12:19 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Legendary George Benson will give a concert in Yerevan on November 12 in the framework of Perspectives of the 21st century music festival held with the assistance of RA Ministry of Culture and under the patronage of the Armenian President. It's a present Ameriabank gives jazz-lovers on occasion of opening of its head office. "It took us a lot of trouble to persuade Mr. Benson to perform in Armenia he has never heard about," festival manager Sona Danielyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. She said the organizers did not experience financial hardships since many companies expressed willingness to sponsor the event. The tickets cost from AMD 5 to 100 thousand and are sold in Sharm Holding office.   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 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. |
