Books & Arts

On September 13, Azeri hackers caused damage to the www.cilicia.com and www.armeniapedia.org  large Armenian websites created by Armenian American Raffi Kojyan. The hackers have put their names on the first page reading “Polygon Azeri Hackers Team” and displayed slanderous material about Armenians and world terror.

In light of the events scheduled for the 15th anniversary of the declaration of independence of Armenia, a classical music concert will take place on September 19, during which the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra and pianist Arthur Papazyan will perform the works of Aram Khachatryan and Tchaikovsky. The concert is not only luring with the classical …

Acting groups from Russia, Spain, Denmark, Great Britain, the Czech Republic, Latvia, Argentina, Croatia and other countries will put on their plays during the 10-day festival. There will be over 300 guests attending “HyeFest”. The opening ceremony will take place at the Puppet Theatre in Yerevan, where the newly founded and popular “Practice” acting group …

National anthem committee members, entertainers and interested people are leading heated-up debates concerning the old and new national anthems of Armenia, blaming each other for objectivity and making quick decisions. Some authors, committee members and intellectuals talk on television and give press interviews almost every day, presenting their point of views and discrediting others. It …

The RA government has provided 5.565.000 drams for paying the musicians and the composers presenting their versions of the Armenian national anthem, which they will present during the second phase of the competition. A part of the mentioned sum will be given to “State Philharmonic Orchestra of Armenia” NGO to copy notes and take care …

Armenian society finally got a chance to hear the versions of the national anthem composed by the aspirants. The Ministry of Culture spent a lot of time and put in a lot of effort-from declaring a contest, accepting applications, forming a committee, discussing all the choices (where there were many non-professional and unworthy compositions) all …

According to our sources, singer Nune Esayan is going to get married to actor of “Paronyan” theatre, singer of “Opera Club” Avet Khalatyan. The couple is currently in Aleppo and will return to Armenia soon. There are rumors saying that they may get married in Aleppo.

Perhaps Armen Shekoyan is an exception with his “Armenian Times” novel. His work is probably the only novel with the highest number of copies in Armenia-nearly 5,000 copies of each of the novel’s chapters are printed each week (it is worth mentioning that the author prints parts of his novel in the daily and readers …

Cooking is an art and all great chefs create art. Allen Alexanyan is a great chef. He was born and currently lives in France, where he has opened his restaurant called “Alexandrin”. Citizens of Leon dine at “Alexandrin” just to try the food prepared by Allen. A. Alexanyan is the first Armenian cook to have …

Rober Gedikyan was born in Marcel, France and that is where he mainly makes his films. Gedikyan always portrays the real image of the suburbs of Marcel in his films. “It’s very important for me to describe the level of society, which I myself belong to,” says the film director. His heroes (most often heroines …