Kolkata concert features Armenian folk songsDecember 17, 2011 - 15:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Compositions of Béla Bartók and Bach were performed at St John’s church in Kolkata, India. The program also featured a dance performance and solo pianists as well as the Kolkata Music Academy Chamber Orchestra comprising only strings. Four Armenian folk songs, sung by the Tadevosyan Family Trio sans accompaniment, were indeed a revelation. The soundscape the Trio created instantly transported the listener to a medieval Armenian apostolic monastery somewhere in the Caucasus, The Telegraph India reports. Top stories 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”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Your home is in Armenia – Ameriabank offers mortgage loans for the Diaspora To buy real estate, Diasporans can apply to Ameriabank online to buy, renovate or build a home anywhere in Armenia. Armenia-Qatar ties discussed in Doha The Secretary of Armenia’s Security Council met with the Deputy Secretary General of the National Security Council of Qatar. Surveying works underway in Armenia’s Kirants Surveying works are underway in the Armenian village of Kirants in the northern Tavush province. Armenia calls for prohibiting threats of attacks on nuclear facilities Armenia has raised the need for a treaty prohibiting attacks on nuclear facilities devoted to peaceful purposes. |