2 winners announced at the festival of young Armenian pop music performersNovember 22, 2010 - 14:44 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On November 7, Moscow’s House of Arts hosted the first festival of young Armenian performers of popular music Hayreniq. The festival aimed at preservation of centuries-old Armenian national culture, unification of youth and discovery of new talents. Out of 10 contestants selected for finals, 2 winners were voted for by the jury: a duet (Arthur Manukyan, Tatevik Arakelyan) and Anna Khachiyan. Popular artists from CIS states were also invited to perform at the gala concert, which won wide public acclaim. 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 | India wants Armenia’s proposals on use of Chabahar port India is expecting proposals from Armenia regarding the use of Chabahar port in Iran, Indian ambassador says. EU welcomes Armenia-Azerbaijan “progress” The EU has welcomed “progress” made in the framework of the Armenia-Azerbaijan border delimitation process. Belarus opposition leader slams Lukashenko for Karabakh trip Belarusian opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has harshly criticized the visit of Lukashenko to Karabakh. Mkhitaryan raises arrest of former Karabakh leaders in Azerbaijan Inter Milan star Henrikh Mkhitaryan has shared a news story about the extension of the arrest of former Karabakh leaders. |