Books & Arts

The enormous auditorium of the Kremlin in Moscow was full on December 4 as spectators had come to listen to Jivan Gasparyan-the master in playing the small, Armenian national musical instrument called the duduk. Jivan Gasparyan is known around the world for quite a while now and many world-famous musicians consider it an honor to …

Armenian duduk player Jivan Gasparyan recently took part in a Hollywood film soundtrack recording in London. According to the “Nezavisimaya Gazeta” paper, the film is going to be called “Diamond”. J. Gasparyan told the same source that he recently played with the Vienna symphonic orchestra. The duduk player will soon throw a concert with the …

The Armenian Public Television /Radio Company is producing a film called “Don’t be Scared” dedicated to the 15th anniversary of the declaration of Armenia’s independence and the formation of the army. The film will be ready in January/February of the upcoming year. “The film is about a boy from Yerevan who, based on the circumstances, …

It’s no secret that there is a huge flow of money coming into Armenia. A part of that money is given by the international organizations for the sake of the stabilization of democracy and civil society and it’s no secret that a considerable part of the money is spent on organizing boring seminars, discussions, conferences …

A jazz session with famous jazzmen, singers and artists will take place at the “Blue Bird” jazz-club in light of the events dedicated to the Armenian year in Russia. Armen Jigarkhanyan and Leonid Agutin will perform improvisations during the evening. Russian jazzmen will play at the Kremlin with the accompaniment of the Armenian duduk played …

Can Armenia really protect its citizens and if yes, how does it plan to do that? After the first murders, everyone in Armenia got emotional about it but forget about it shortly after. It seemed as though Armenians in Armenia accepted the fact that there are sharp interracial conflicts and murders in Russia, especially since …

“Perhaps there can be a wider variety of theatres than sausages…”, said artistic director of the Puppet Theatre of Armenia Ruben Babayan and decided to found a new Union for Theatre Figures. He’s certain that there has to be a variety of theatres, just like the stores and the variety of products today. “After all, …

Currently, the president of the fund named after Rolan Bicov is Armen Medvedeyev, who took the initiative of organizing the Children’s film international festival and this is the second year. The festival is taking place at the “Moscow” cinema in Yerevan, but not many people are informed about the festival and there aren’t many viewers. …

Perhaps the reader won’t believe what happened to Swedish-Armenian writer Vahe Avetyan in America, but it’s a fact. I’ll start from the beginning. Vahe had called from Florida in September. It turned out that he had come from Stockholm (where he has been living for the past decade) to America as a tourist for meetings …

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the oldest CD production/sale studio/store of Los Angeles-“Parseghian Records”. You can find everything in this CD store-starting from the latest CDs and DVDs of Armenia and ending with well-known Russian singer Alla Pugachova and Armenian singer “Dzakh Harut”. The owner of the store is 80-year old Gevorg Parseghyan. …