Books & Arts

For some reason, the debate between Alvard Petrosyan and Hakob Movses began rather strangely with the question “is it good or bad to award a Turkish writer with a Nobel Peace Prize?” It seemed as though the Nobel Peace Prize committee is getting ready to get the public opinion of Armenia. It turned out that …

Bobo “Bobo is the anti man, the fear, the unknown person inside us, he is misunderstood. It’s the nervousness inside man; there is no explanation for his existence. He is dear, you can touch him, but he is unknown, it’s something bothering the person. Bobo is the thing, which encourages man, gives him energy, leaves …

“We have entrusted Istanbul to the Armenians and the Armenians have trusted us with Istanbul,” says Turk photographer Osjan Yurdalan while presenting his photo project for the “Merhabarev” Turkish-Armenian joint photo exhibition. The exhibition began a year ago with the initiative taken by the Caucasian Institute of Mass Media. Five Armenian photographers went to Istanbul, …

Recently, actress Arian Askarid won the golden Marcos Avrelius statuette for her role in Rober Gedikyan’s film “Return to Armenia” as the main character during an international film festival in Rome. The film, which has already been shown in Armenia during the “Golden Apricot” international film festival, is about going back to one’s roots and …

After long and hard discussions about the Armenian national anthem, the committee finally made a decision: none of the top five choices was selected. The best music for the anthem was recognized as the music of Soviet Armenia’s anthem and there was no winner for the lyrics to the anthem. This decision of the committee …

On October 15 at around 2:30 p.m., Armenian singer Varduhi Vardanyan died in a car accident as her “BMW 520” car turned over from the “Sevan-Martuni-Getap” road. Arman Khachatryan and Yeghish Herdzyan were also in the car and they were transferred to the hospital with physical injuries. The singer was coming back to Yerevan after …

Nowadays many people are talking about the need to be devout. Beloved actor Armen Jigarkhanyan, who has been invited to Yerevan with the purpose of celebrating his anniversary and presenting his theatre, knows the price of the good word. “It’s not important what you say, but how you live your life.” He often says: “I’m …

“So that I won’t forget that I’m Armenian,” jokes A. Jigarkhanyan. October 12 marks the 70th birthday celebration of the beloved actor and the Moscow theatre directed by A. Jigarkhanyan will show Demetrius Psafas’s “Liar Needed” play. Jigarkhanyan has played in the same play in Yerevan 45 years ago. “Theatre made my life more pleasurable …

Hasmik Papyan, who lives in Austria and performs worldwide, started recording Komitas’s songs 15 years ago. “I had decided that my first recording had to be a song written by Komitas, and my dream became a reality.” According to the singer’s husband Conrad Cuhn, who is a playwright for the Austrian state theatre and the …

On September 30, Charles Aznavour and other French singers will throw a concert at the Republic Square of Armenia kicking off the year of France in Armenia, which will last until November 30 of this year. It’s quite possible that Patricia Kaas will also visit Armenia. The price for seats will range from 40-120,000 AMD …