Gagik Ginosyan: culture main factor for national identity preservationSeptember 27, 2010 - 14:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia needs a culture policy developed at the highest level, according to Gagik Ginosyan, director of Karin song and dance ensemble. “Culture is the main factor for preservation of national identity,” he told a news conference on September 27. “Armenian Prime Minister’s support to a jazz festival evidences of his priorities. Former President Robert Kocharian used to invite his guests to a jazz club. Should these high-ranking guests be invited to a concert of Komitas or Khachaturian’s works, our Ministers, as a habit, will follow them,” Ginosyan said. He also noted that modern Armenian show business can lead to extermination of national culture. 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. 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. |