  Armenia's Tigran Mansurian nominated in two Grammy categories November 29, 2017 - 15:59 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian composer Tigran Mansurian's "Requiem" has been nominated for Grammy Awards in two categories - Best Choral Performance and Best Contemporary Classical Composition. "Requiem" is dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide that was perpetrated in the Ottoman Empire from 1915 to 1923. Also, the piece has earned a nomination for Manfred Eicher in the category Classical Producer Of The Year. In 2005, the Armenian composer's "Monodia" album was nominated for the 2005 Grammy Award for "Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)" and "Best Classical Contemporary Composition." The 60th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony will be held on January 28, 2018. The ceremony will recognize the best recordings, compositions and artists of the eligibility year, which runs from October 1, 2016 to September 30, 2017. Read also: Hvorostovsky, Orbelian earn Grammy nomination Chris Cornell nommed for Grammy for Armenian Genocide film song   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 Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan  A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia.U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel.Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. |
