Ruben Aharonyan: from now on we will meet more frequentlyMay 26, 2010 - 16:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Ruben Aharoyan, violin player of the Borodin Quartet, expressed his gratitude to organizer of Prospects of the 21st Century festival Stepan Rostomyan for keeping the festival at a high level throughout its history. On May 26, the Borodin Quartet’s concert will finalize the spring concert program of the festival. For his part, Stepan Rostomyan said that the organizers of the festival intend to make Armenia a world cultural center. “We will succeed in it,” he said. “The fact that we were not in Armenia for six years suggests that something hampers cultural exchange among countries, but things tend to improve, so from now on we will meet more frequently,” Aharonyan noted. 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 | 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. |