  Borodin Quartet awarded Gold Medal of RA Ministry of Culture May 26, 2010 - 15:02 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Minister of Culture Hasmik Poghosyan said that on May 26 the Borodin Quartet will again perform in Armenia after a six-year break. The concert is organized in the framework of Prospects of the 21st Century festival, Minister Poghosyan told a press conference. “It is very important that the Quartet observes its traditions. Besides, the quartet celebrates its 65th anniversary this year. I would like to award the musicians with the highest award of the Armenian Ministry of Culture - Gold Medal - with respect to the anniversary, as well as congratulating the birthday of our compatriot, violin player Ruben Aharonyan. This medal symbolizes the Armenian people’s attitude towards the Borodin Quartet,” she said. “The medal obliges us not to disappoint the Ministry with our performance,” Ruben Aharonyan said, adding that the Quartet will perform its most famous compositions during the concert.   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 |  Latest news Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty  Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations.Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |
