Yerevan to host first performance of Pierre-Dominique Ponnelle's "Minas"July 18, 2009 - 18:15 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "Minas has brought me to Armenia, the Minas I got to know of in Berlin Gallery. Afterwards, I've been to Armenia 10 times, to learn more about the native land of a portrayer of bright colors, unrestrained emotions and sincerity," said a German musician Pierre-Dominique Ponnelle.Pierre-Dominique Ponnelle's "Minas" composition (for string quarter and percussives) will complete a jubilee year of Armenian painter Minas Avetisyan, whose 80th anniversary was celebrated in Armenia by a number of events. Next year, celebrations will continue in Moscow and 5 Italian cities. On artist's birthday, July 20, House of Chamber Music will host the first performance of Pierre-Dominique Ponnelle's "Minas" featured by RA State Orchestra of Soloists. 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 | Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia. Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. |