  Armenian representative third at Eurovision Young Musicians  May 12, 2012 - 18:26 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - On May 11, Vienna hosted Eurovision Young Musicians 2012 contest’s final, with Armenian representative Narek Ghazaryan occupying the third place. Norway’s Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad became the contest winner, followed by 16-year old Armenian violinist Emmanuel Chgnavoryan from Austria. The semifinals were held on May 5-6. This year the contest brought together 14 musicians, with jury selecting the seven best performs among them. Eurovision Young Musicians is a competition for European musicians that are 18 years old or younger. It is organized by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The televised competition is held every two years, with some countries holding national heats.   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 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. |
