  Washington hosts concert commemorating Hrant Dink  February 3, 2011 - 17:21 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Young Turkish and Armenian musicians gave a friendship concert in Washington. Turkish and Armenian musicians performed works of Ahmet Adnan Saygun, Edgar Manas, Dikran Cuhaciyan and dedicated an anonymous song "Sari Gelin" to slain Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink. Ayse Taspinar played the piano, Petros Boyaciyan the violin and Garineh Avakian was the soprano performer in the concert, Anatolian News Agency reported. "Sharing cultural heritage is the best way to understand each other, learn from each other, and to get closer to our friends," Turkey's Ambassador to the United States Namik Tan commented.   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 |  Latest news Court in Azerbaijan extends former Karabakh leader’s arrest by 5 months  The Binagadi District Court in Azerbaijan has granted the prosecutor’s petition to extend the arrest of Arkady Ghukasyan.Ucom General Director joins High-Tech Development Panel Discussion The discussion was titled "The Role of International Corporations and Investors as Catalysts for Development of High-Tech Ecosystem."U.S. still believes “peace is possible” between Armenia, Azerbaijan The United States continues to believe that peace is possible between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Vedant Patel says.Dozens detained as antigovernment protest continue in Armenia At least 63 people demanding Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s resignation were detained on May 14 as they blocked streets in Yerevan. |
