Concert dedicated to 85th anniversary of Gohar Gasparyan to be held December 22December 14, 2009 - 16:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - December 14 People's Artist, Yerevan State Conservatory professor, opera singer Gohar Gasparyan would have turned 85 years. In connection with the auspicious occasion National Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet after Alexander Spendiaryan jointly with the Ministry of Culture of Armenia organize the concert. Initially scheduled for December 14, the concert was postponed until December 22 due to health problems of several soloists. Gohar Gasparyan, Armenian prominent singer (soprano), People's Artist, professor of Yerevan State Conservatory. Born in Cairo in 1924, she studied at the conservatory there. In 1948 she moved to Armenia. She sang at the Yerevan State Academic Opera and Ballet theater, in 1964 received the State Prize of the Armenian SSR. Since 1949, she sang the title roles in 23 operas. Her repertoire consisted of about 500 works by Russian, French, German and Italian composers. Gohar Gasparyan died May 16, 2007 at her 83rd year. 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 | 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. |