  Armenian duduk player to perform at Winter Arts Festival in Sochi February 11, 2014 - 18:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian duduk player Gevorg Dabaghyan will travel to Sochi on Feb 18 at the invitation of famous Russian musician Yuri Bashmet to participate in the closing ceremony of the 7th International Winter Arts Festival that kicked off in the Russian resort city a day before the start of the Olympic Games. As Dabaghyan told PanARMENIAN.Net his 15-minute performance during the concert to take place on Feb 20, will include Komistas and Vahe Sharafyan’s works. “I have been cooperating with Bashmet for 5 years already, but this offer was quite unexpected for me, as we worked on some other projects,” the duduk player said, adding that he was excited and happy to get the invitation. “It’s an important task to represent Armenia at the highest level,” he said. Photo from Gevorg Dabaghyan's FB page   Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. 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”.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
