Yerevan to host "Return Fstival"September 7, 2009 - 11:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "Return Festival" which is taking place in Armenia for the third time will start on September 22 in Yerevan. Armenian musicians from different corners of world will arrive in Armenian capital. Festival orchestra will be conducted by cellist Aram Talalyan.Opening concerts will be performed by Juliette Galstyan (mezzo-soprano, Switzerland) - Haykanush Danielyan's great granddaughter, and Mikayel Balyan (harpsichord, Germany). Audience will have the opportunity to listen to renowned violin player Graf Murzha, as well as Nina Sarapyan (violin), Koryun Asatryan (saxophone), Henrike Ugarte (accordion), Arax Davtyan (soprano) and the State ensemble of soloists (artistic director Zaven Vardanian). Festival will close on October 24. Final concerts will be performed by Vahagn Papyan and Armenian State Youth Philharmonic Orchestra (conductor: Sergey Smbatyan). 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. 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. |