  Yerevan's Music Festival to host French, U.S., Scottish bands June 20, 2011 - 16:58 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - French, U.S. and Scottish bands will participate in Yerevan-hosted Music Festival due June 21. Bratsch, a French-based music ensemble, formed in 1975 by guitarist Dan Gharibian will perform a concert in Cafesjian Center for the Arts. An Gordonach Scottish band and American singer Sima Cunningham will perform in Yerevan's lover's park. The Music Festival was first held in 1982 in France with the sponsorship of Francois Mitterrand, and further celebrated in different cities worldwide. The festival has been marked in Armenia since 2007. Orange Armenia acts as festival sponsors in 2011, similarly to 2010.  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 Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year  German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year.Ucom equips four bus stops in Ijevan with free Wi-Fi Ucom now provides free Wi-Fi coverage in smart bus stops in four communities of Ijevan.Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan.Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. |
