  Armenian jazzmen may perform at Montreux Jazz Festival  July 14, 2010 - 12:09 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Well known Armenian jazzman Levon Malkhasyan will take part in Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland. “The festival is one of the most prestigious in the world. It hosted Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and many others. If my mission succeeds, our jazzmen will also have the opportunity,” Malkhasyan said, adding that his main task will be to persuade Herbie Hancock to play a concert in Yerevan. As of today, Tigran Amasian from New York was the only Armenian to perform at the Festival.   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. |
