Tigran Mansurian among Classical Music Awards winners January 22, 2018 - 17:17 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Prominent Armenian composer Tigran Mansurian has received the 2018 International Classical Music Award in the Contemporary music category for his "Reqiuem". "Reqiuem" is dedicated to the memory of the 1,5 million victims of the Armenian Genocide, perpetrated at the hands of the Ottoman Empire in the early 20th century. For the 2018 edition of the music awards, the ICMA Jury has once again selected musicians and organizations that have distinguished themselves through outstanding achievements. The independent and international Jury has chosen their favorites from 357 nominated audio and video releases. The ICMA Jury will welcome the winners at the Award Ceremony and Gala Concert on April 6 at the concert hall of the National Symphony Orchestra of the Polish Radio in Katowice, conducted by Alexander Liebreich.   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 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 skillsArmenian, Saudi Foreign Minister meet in Riyadh The two commended the positive dynamics of the development of political dialogue between Armenia and Saudi ArabiaPashinyan: Azerbaijan’s proximity shouldn’t worry border residents At the same time, he said that he “does not guarantee [the security of villagers] one hundred percent”.U.S. doesn’t see Russia as contributing to peace in Caucasus Patel made the remarks when asked about the implications of Russia’s withdrawal of peacekeepers from Karabakh. |
