  Jazz Appreciation Festival to Be Held in Yerevan April 26-30April 7, 2006 - 20:06 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Traditional Jazz Appreciation Month-2006 (JAM) will be held in Yerevan April 26-30. It is organized by the US Embassy in Armenia. As the Embassy Press Service told PanARMENIAN.Net the festival will begin at the National Aesthetics Center, where young jazzmen of Armenia and artists will perform. Judy Bady quartet from New York will have a concert along with Armenian musicians. Within the festival films on jazz history will be screened at the Armenian National Picture Gallery in April and May. This is the sixth year the JAM is held at the US, it has been organized in Armenia since 2002.  Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says.   Partner news |  Related sections Latest news 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.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |
