Placido Domingo awarded with Armenian National Assembly medalDecember 2, 2010 - 20:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - World renowned Spanish tenor Placido Domingo, currently in Yerevan within Yerevan Perspectives Festival framework, was awarded with Armenian National Assembly (RA NA) medal. As Armenian parliamentary spokesman stressed, addressing the singer at the award ceremony, “We’re very honored to receive a word famous opera star in Armenian parliament. You’re the first person to be awarded with RA NA medal for significant contribution to the sphere of music. Even though this is your first visit to Armenia, you’ll be pleased to discover having thousands of fans in our country.” On December 3, Sports and Concert Complex in Yerevan will host Placido Domingo’s concert, organized by Yerevan Perspectives 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 | 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. |