Yerevan to host concert dedicated to Gohar Gasparyan's 85th birth anniversaryDecember 21, 2009 - 16:43 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A concert dedicated to soprano Gohar Gasparyan's 85th birth anniversary will take place on Tuesday, December 22 in Yerevan. Concert organizers are the National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre after Alexander Spendiaryan and Armenia's Ministry of Culture."The concert program includes performances by the prominent singer's best students and soloists from the National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre (David Babayan, Narine Yeghyan. Sofia Sayadyan, Hovhannes Ayvazyan, Armenuhi Seyrabyan etc.), as well as laureates of the contest in memory of Gohar Gasparyan. The audience will listen to works by Armenian and foreign composers," Lena Levonyan, Head of Soloists' Department at National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. Gohar Gasparyan born in an Armenian family in Cairo, on December 14, 1924, is also known as the "Armenian nightingale". Gasparyan studied at a Music Academy in the city. In 1948 she migrated to Soviet Armenia along with hundreds of thousands of other Armenians from the Middle East. From 1949 she had performed 23 operas at the Armenian Opera Theater. She also taught at Yerevan State Conservatory. Gasparyan was a People's Artist of the USSR and Hero of Socialist Work. She was also honored with Mesrop Mashtots order. Her repertoire included about 500 works by Russian, French. German and Italian composers. Gohar Gasparyan died on May 16, 2007. 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 | 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. |