  Sona Shahgeldyan believes her diligence helped her win New Wave contest August 10, 2010 - 20:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Sona Shahgeldyan believes that her diligence helped her win New Wave contest. “Even if I were the second I would say it was a fair competition,” she told a news conference on August 10. “I will spend a part of my award to assist animal protection organizations but I have not decided on the amount yet,” Shahgeldyan said. Sharing impressions about the contest, she said she was confident of a good performance. “I am grateful to my family and the Armenian community of Latvia, specifically to the prior of Grigor the Illuminator Church in Jurmala, where I prayed,” she said Asked by a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter whether she knew about the performance of duduk player Jivan Gasparyan, she said it was a surprise.   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. |
