  World famous violinist Maxim Vengerov in Yerevan for a concert June 30, 2017 - 17:16 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - World famous violinist Maxim Vengerov will perform together with the State Youth Orchestra of Armenia under the baton of conductor Sergey Smbatyan. The concert will be held on July 12 at Aram Khachaturian concert hall at the gala concert of the Armenia International Festival and Competition. Vengerov has won two Grammys, a Gramophone Award UK, an Edison Award, an Echo Klassik Award, an Amadeus Prize Best Recording, a Brit Award, Prix de la Nouvelle and other prizes. The orchestra will perform Symphonic Poem “Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune” by Claude Debussy, Violin Concerto by Johannes Brahms, “Lonely Sail” for Violin and Orchestra by Alexey Shor.   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 PACE wants concessions from Azerbaijan to accept Baku back  A PACE co-rapporteur said that Azerbaijani authorities must make certain concessions so that the country can return to PACE.Armenia PM, France envoy discuss regional matters Issues related to the consistent development of Armenia-France cooperation were discussed.Turkey extends military presence in Azerbaijan The Turkish parliament has adopted a bill submitted by Recep Tayyip Erdogan to extend the mandate of Turkish troops.Russia to begin assessing migrant workers' speaking skills Rosobrnadzor is planning to change the Russian language exam for migrant workers and include an assessment of speaking skills |
