Armenian violinist to represent Austria at Eurovision Young Musicians March 15, 2012 - 21:11 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Emmanuel Tjeknavorian has been selected to represent the host country, Austria at the Eurovision Young Musicians 2012 edition in Vienna. The national final included 14 presentations with Emmanuel conquering the jury choice. 16-year old Emmanuel Tjeknavorian will play the violin at the competition. A jury consisting of Raimund Langner, Ranko Markovic, Maighréad McCrann, Christian Scheib and Elke Tschaikner listened to performances by all fourteen young contenders in the Austrian final, before selecting Emmanuel Tjeknavorian as the winner. Emmanuel Tjeknavorian was born to a family of musicians, and currently studies in Vienna. He made his performing debut at seven, and since then has gone on to win various national and international competitions, escarm.blogspot.com reported.   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 Erdogan wants “realistic road map” for relations with Armenia  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a “new realistic road map” for relations with Armenia.Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements.Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of ArmeniaHenrikh Mkhitaryan wins Serie A title with Inter Inter Milan midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan admits that the team have long been imagining clinching Serie A against AC Milan. |
