Books & Arts

According to lragir.am, it will cost Armenia 180,000 Euro in order to participate in the first stage of the EuroVision song contest. Although national TV doesn’t say anything about this sum, according to lragir.am it has spent this much money to stage the song. The staging producer is Egor Drujinin.

American businessman Kary Kahi published a book entitled “About capturing the world” in 1992. The book warns about the danger of heretic groups to the whole world. Lebanese Armenian Hakob Bodrumyan wanted this book to be available for Armenians too and translated it into Eastern Armenian. After he passed away, Lebanese Armenians provided financial support …

Keeping a work of art for a long time serves as recognition and valuing art. The two go together. When we talk about the monuments in different countries dedicated to the victims of the Armenian Genocide, we feel pleased and hope that the people passing by the monument and finding out that there has been …

Head of the “Armenian Navy Band”, ethno-jazz musician Arto Tunjboyajyan and member of the famous “System of a Down” rock group, Serj Tangyan, are going to implement a joint project. The new project will be called “Serart-2”. They recorded the first Serart several years ago. This new recording doesn’t have anything to do with the …

I didn’t like the film. It has a highly complicated scenario, and it is pretty clear that it is aimed towards suiting the Armenian Diaspora’s liking. The Turkish stance is also scattered within the story by presenting an impartial account of the events, but it is primarily based on the assumption that there was genocide. …

Before showing this film the Turkish authorities got psychological and warned people not to be afraid of the murder scenes. The editor of the channel made a speech and gave some explanations saying that the film was just a means of propaganda. According to “Azadutyun” radio station, editor of “Marmara” newspaper, Robert Hatechyan, says that …

Atom Egoyan’s movie “Ararat” about the Armenian Genocide will air tonight on the private “Kanalturk” Turkish television network. The representative of the television network has said that the movie will air without commercials and censure. According to him, it was decided to show the movie after conducting a survey, based on which 72% of viewers …

Since 2002, the BBC radio station has been declaring contests to decide the best entertainers for the World Music Awards. The World Music Award is one of the most prestigious awards given to musicians based on the votes of music-lovers around the world. This year, the “Armenian Navy Band” won the award for “Audience Approval”. …

Painter, photographer and poet Samvel Sevada has been in Armenia for a couple of months now. Samvel Sevada has lived in the United States for the past 16 years and has always painted; he has even opened up a children’s art school in Los Angeles where he has taught children of different ethnic groups how …

– Husik, don’t you think that the “Garun” monthly is turning into something in the past? – The “Garun” monthly has been presenting Armenian culture for the past 40 years. It remains the only monthly where young people have the chance to print their articles. It doesn’t matter if the editors and the chief editor …