  Hvorostovsky, Orbelian earn Grammy nomination November 29, 2017 - 12:11 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Russian legendary opera baritone Dmitry Hvorostovsky has been posthumously nominated for a Grammy Award alongside Armenian conductor Constantine Orbelian. They are nominated for the recording of songs by Georgy Sviridov (“Russia Cast Adrift”) in the Best Classical Solo Vocal Album category. Hvorostovsky, who is broadly viewed as one of the greatest opera baritones of our time, was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2015. He died of brain cancer at the age of 55 on November 22 in London where he lived with his family.   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 European Parliament to discuss repression in Azerbaijan  The European Parliament will discuss repression of civil society in Azerbaijan on April 24PACE 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.Cyprus parliament honors Armenian genocide victims Acting House President Zacharias Koulias noted that April 24 marks the “black anniversary” of the Armenian genocide.Armenia PM, France envoy discuss regional matters Issues related to the consistent development of Armenia-France cooperation were discussed. |
