Dmitry Medvedev extended condolences to George Garanian's friends and relativesJanuary 11, 2010 - 19:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Georgy Garanyan Georgy Garanyan was a People's Artist of Russia, a laureate of state awards of the Russian Federation, a laureate of international jazz festivals, he was Chief conductor of Oleg Lundstrem Jazz Orchestra. Garanyan represented the first post-war generation of masters of Russian jazz. In 1958 Garanyan's saxophone first sounded in Oleg Lundstrem's orchestra and later, in 1966 in a concert jazz orchestra of Soviet radio. 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. |