Books & Arts

Famous pianist Vardan Mamikonyan has been invited to take part in the “National Gallery” festival. He says that the pictures of the national gallery inspire him and create a very good environment, “When I first entered that hall, I felt how well music would sound there”. The famous pianist has played around the world and …

Last Monday, the “HayLur” (Armenian News) public television news broadcast was dedicated to singer Andre and his delegation’s return to Armenia from Greece. Although there was too much emotion in the report, however we can understand it in some way-after all, the young singer is Armenian, he came in 8th, he helped Armenia make it …

Vahram Martirosyan’s novel entitled “Landslide”, published in 2000, has turned into a film scenario and is currently in the process of being filmed for the big screens. The film director Michael Dovlatyan is also the co-author of the scenario. “Landslide” formed part of the film budget plan of “HayFilm” studio last year, but filming hasn’t …

On Sunday, the apostle of the Greek Church, Khristodulos, talked about his shocking impressions when he had learned of the victory of the “Lordi” (Finland) group during the Eurovision song contest. He called the group members “devils”. “Who could imagine that Europe, especially Greece, would choose them? Is this culture? This shows that people are …

The song representing Armenia served as a firm basis for debates in the Homeland, while there many people who simply wanted to represent Armenia with the best song and performer. But the final results of this year’s contest proved that we no longer have to wait for the appreciation of good songs because Europeans are …

Ruben Hakhverdyan believes that the current minister of culture, Gevorg Gevorgyan is honest and will not steal from the state. According to him, small countries should have a certain cultural ideology and a ministry of culture. “I hope the current minister will do something to develop the field. I think the current general architectural projects …

Singer Ruben Hakhverdyan says that he has worked very hard on his new album called “From zero to one hundred years”, during the last four years, because, as he says, writing songs for children differs a lot from writing songs for old people; you can’t lie to them. During a press conference at the “Hayeli” …

Although singer Andre was a little nervous, however he managed to end the difficult dance number and make it to the finals. Let’s hope that the Armenian singer is more confident on stage today because he is the last to perform. That’s also Armenians’ luck-we are either the first or the last. We are “always” …

Citizens of Yerevan love to see the statues of horses, the bull, and the rhinoceros standing in front of the “Moscow” movie theatre. Ara Alekyan’s statues are not thematic monuments on pedestals; they are statues that decorate the streets and theme parks of the city. They create both a happy mood and add something to …

A concert was recently organized in the state hall of the Kremlin in Moscow called “The stars of Armenia”, where Armenian singer Andre and Russian singer Dima Bilan sang their songs as well. The two singers are going to represent their countries respectively in during the EuroVision song competition. They each presented their “Without your …