  Yerevan hosted 2009 State Award CeremonyJanuary 21, 2010 - 12:49 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The 2009 State Culture Award Ceremony was held in the presidential residence on January 21. The literature award was bestowed on Vahagn Grigoryan for his "River of Time" novel. Music award was handed to Yervand Yerkanyan for his "Chronicon". Architecture awards were given to a group of architects (Stepan Nazaryan, Levon Christaphoryan. Hayk Ayvazyan, Vahandukht Yegheryan, Grima Hovsepyan, Albert Hayrapetyan and Grigor Azizyan) for projecting the new administrative building of Armenia's Defense Ministry. The authors of "History of Armenian Art" catalogue (Ararat Aghasaryan, Murad Asatryan, Vigen Ghazaryan and Hravard Hakobyan) also received state awards.   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 |  Related sections Latest news Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24  U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan.Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says.Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. |
