 Starmus VI: Brian May awarded Stephen Hawking Medal in Yerevan September 6, 2022 - 14:36 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Legendary musician Brian May, who achieved fame as lead guitarist of the rock band Queen, was awarded the Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication during the Starmus VI festival on Monday, September 5. May flew to Armenia for the first time ever and wrote on Instagram: “A new adventure! To Armenia! For the very first time for me …. How amazing!! Bri.” Starmus VI is a global festival of science communication and art that brings together the most brilliant minds on the planet and this year takes place in Yerevan, Armenia. A co-founder of the festival, May was awarded the Stephen Hawking Medal for his great contribution to popularizing science. “Just in case you were wondering what a Stephen Hawking medal looks likes, this is it. And this is my one which was a wonderful surprise to me…feeling very, very grateful and thankful,” May said in a video. The Queen legend also posted a clip of himself receiving the award during the ceremony. In the video, he touchingly paid tribute to Freddie Mercury on what would have been the Queen singer's 76th birthday saying: “Before I go on, I couldn’t really fulfil this evening without saying, Happy Birthday Freddie! It’s rather nice that on his birthday I get a present!”   Top stories The Armenian duduk was registered with UNESCO in 2008 and is recognized all over the world. American actor of Armenian descent Eric Bogosian has been cast in the upcoming TV adaptation of Anne Rice's "Interview with the Vampire". Paris Center Pompidou Musée National d’Art Moderne will host the screening of Sergei Parajanov’s "Triptych" on December 15. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest.   Partner news |  Latest news Amaryan Charitable Foundation commits initial AMD 122M in support to Syunik  David and Vardan Amaryan have launched this initiative to provide direct support to their compatriots.Ucom unveils two new offers for forcibly displaced Artsakh residents With care and commitment to social responsibility, Ucom has presented a new offer to compatriots forcibly displaced from Artsakh.CHW: Azerbaijan damages one more cemetery in Nagorno-karabakh Between October 5 and November 3, another Armenian cemetery in Shushi was damaged, the Caucasus Heritage Watch reports.U.S. demanded Turkey stop helping Baku as precondition for F-16 sale, says Ankara Omer Celik has said that the United States demanded that Ankara stop supporting Baku in its aggression against Nagorno-Karabakh. |
