  Chinese pianist Cao Peng wins Aram Khachaturian Competition June 13, 2011 - 11:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Chinese pianist Cao Peng won the first prize at Yerevan-hosted Aram Khachaturian International Competition; Zhora Sargsyan and Lilit Grigoryan (Armenia) became runners-up at the contest followed by Sona Arshakyan (Russia). Anahit Dilbaryan (Armenia) was awarded the 3rd Round Participant Diploma. This year, the contest gathered 36 musicians from 11 countries worldwide, including Armenia, CIS and European states, U.S., Canada, Australia, Lebanon, Spain, Georgia, China, Korea and Dominican Republic. The contest was organized by Armenian Ministry of Culture, Aram Khachaturian Competition Cultural Foundation and Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory. The general partner of the competition is the Intergovernmental Foundation for Educational, Scientific and Cultural Cooperation (IFESCCO). On June 13, Aram Khachaturian concert hall will host the official closing ceremony.  Top stories The Jubilee Cannes Film Festival honored the legendary French director, the 89-year-old Alain Resnais. Brad Pitt doesn’t want his new film, the crime tale Killing Them Softly, to be viewed as an attack on President Obama According to the wiretapped conversations, Seki obtained the drugs from Sinan Yüksel, who is among 19 suspects. “The Master" features a sure-to-be-controversial look at the origins of a religion that sounds a whole lot like Scientology.   |  Latest news Moscow to host next round of nuke talks between Iran, world powers  Catherine Ashton: Iran must take concrete and practical steps to urgently meet the concerns of the international community.Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood candidate makes it to presidential run-off - report The run-off next month will be against ex-air force chief Ahmed Shafiq, who was deposed leader Hosni Mubarak's last PM.Bradley Cooper to produce, star in “American Sniper” Navy SEAL pic An adaptation of the autobiography of Chris Kyle, reveals how the Texas native came to record the highest number of sniper kills.Study: basic building blocks of life present on Mars A team of scientists found "reduced carbon" in the meteorites and says it was created by volcanic activity on Mars. |
