Concert dedicated to 85th anniversary of Gohar Gasparyan to be held December 22December 14, 2009 - 16:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - December 14 People's Artist, Yerevan State Conservatory professor, opera singer Gohar Gasparyan would have turned 85 years. In connection with the auspicious occasion National Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet after Alexander Spendiaryan jointly with the Ministry of Culture of Armenia organize the concert. Initially scheduled for December 14, the concert was postponed until December 22 due to health problems of several soloists. Gohar Gasparyan, Armenian prominent singer (soprano), People's Artist, professor of Yerevan State Conservatory. Born in Cairo in 1924, she studied at the conservatory there. In 1948 she moved to Armenia. She sang at the Yerevan State Academic Opera and Ballet theater, in 1964 received the State Prize of the Armenian SSR. Since 1949, she sang the title roles in 23 operas. Her repertoire consisted of about 500 works by Russian, French, German and Italian composers. Gohar Gasparyan died May 16, 2007 at her 83rd year. 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 | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |