New Names international fest of young musicians launched in YerevanMay 29, 2012 - 20:19 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - New Names 2nd international festival of young musicians-performers launched on May 29 to last till June 1. This year, over forty talented young musicians under 18 from different countries worldwide (Armenia, Georgia, France, Russia, Malta, Uzbekistan, Korea) were invited to participate. The participants will perform jointly with the Armenian State Philharmonic Orchestra (artistic director and conductor Eduard Topchyan) and the Armenian State Chamber Orchestra (artistic director and principal conductor Vahan Martirosyan). Most participants are laureates of international and national competitions and festivals, winners of scholarships of different funds, and have performed on the most famous stages of the world. For the second year in a row, VivaCell-MTS has been the General Sponsor of the Festival. 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. |