  Evgeny Kissin, Concertgebouw Orchestra to participate in Yerevan festival May 31, 2012 - 14:15 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On May 31, Armenian government allocated AMD 50 mln. for conduction of the 13th Yerevan Perspectives International Music Festival, to be organized by Armenian Center of Contemporary Music. As RA Minister of Culture Hasmik Poghosyan noted during government sitting, famous musicians and music bands will participate in the contest, with Evgeny Kissin, Maxim Vengerov, Kim Kashkashian, Lorin Maazel and Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam among them.   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 Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP  Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan.Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”.41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience.Armenia votes for UN resolution granting Palestine new rights The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on May 10 to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine. |
