Tigran Mansouryan - pleased to see that his birthday was rememberedJune 2, 2009 - 20:22 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Outstanding Armenian composer Tigran Mansouryan, who this year celebrates his 70th birthday, is pleased that the occasion was remembered."Two years ago I asked myself a question: will my friends and colleagues living abroad come here to celebrate my birthday? It isn't as if they should draw up their plans beforehand. But we appeared to be late," Mansuryan said, adding that his teacher - great man and composer Ghazaros Saryan, preferred to celebrate one of his birthdays in Aram Khachaturyan's home-museum which houses over 80 people. A man having world-wide recognition , Manusuryan finds "dream and demand to be very close to each other; they are very similar, but I don't want to make any demand." Estimating cultural atmosphere in Armenia, the composer noted, "We recently observed considerable efforts towards development of classical music in the country, but we are facing a serious task: to make classical music and high art accessible to our public in its everyday life." Any unfairness, be it of minor importance, hurts the composer. "Our strength and unity are already known; our losses are already visible. I want our society to be governed by rule of law, and everybody do what he is required to." 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 | Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan. Armenia: Defense Ministry warns against involving army in political processes The Ministry’s statement came after a video surfaced online, showing soldiers joining the protests in Tavush. Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. |