Eva Rivas and her team to decide over Jivan Gasparyan's participation in Eurovision 2010April 1, 2010 - 18:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian duduk virtuoso Jivan Gasparyan is ready to represent Armenia at Eurovision 2010 with Eva Rivas . As Jivan Gasparyan told a news conference in Yerevan, the final decision depends on the singer and her team. “n May 22, I contracted a concert in Italy with the famous composer, however, if the singer and my country will benefit from my participation, I am ready to go to Norway," he said. Following the national selection of Eurovision Song Contest in Armenia, 22-year-old singer Eva Rivas from Rostov-on-Don with the song "Apricot stone" (music by Armen Martirosyan, words by Karen Kavaleryan) will represent Armenia at Eurovision 2010. According to the draw, Armenia, Turkey, Ukraine, Denmark, Israel, Lithuania, Sweden, Switzerland, Georgia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Jordan, Netherlands, Romania, Azerbaijan and Slovenia will perform in the second semifinal of the Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo, which will be held on May 27. The first semifinal of the musical contest will be held on May 25 and the finals are scheduled for May 29. 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 | 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. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |