Yerevan hosted first concert of Ian GillanMarch 26, 2010 - 22:15 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The first out of two concerts of the rock legend, lead singer of Deep Purple Ian Gillan was held in Yerevan, at the Aram Khachaturian Philharmonic Hall with the State Symphony Orchestra of Armenia. It's wrong and inappropriate to ask "Well, how was the concert?", because the concert took place and that is the most important thing. No matter, that in the first part the hall was empty by 30 per cent. Perhaps, these 30 per cent attended a national award ceremony, which took place nearby, at the Opera House. During the first few songs the voice of Gillan was not heard at all. But in the end all present began to sing "Smoooooook on the woooooteeeer ", to which Gillan said "Fantastic!". It is worth mentioning, that orchestra played a few works of Aram Khachaturian before Gillan's performance and the concert of Mahler at the beginning of the second part... Probably in order to "attach" rock fans to the art. 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 | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. Armenian, Iranian foreigh policy chief talk over the phone The Foreign Minister of Armenia once again expressed condolences to his counterpart on the death of the President of Iran. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. |