Books & Arts

No one dares to quit the habit of watching TV even when all the TV channels keep showing the same boring programs and shows. On those days the TV channels are in intensive competition and try to express their own creativity. Almost all the programs are rejoicing over the New Year period. The TV shows …

On New Years’ Eve, everyone dreams, waits for the clock to ring twelve and follows up on old traditions. People fill up their refrigerators with food and get ready to watch the television programs and chat with friends. There has to be a lot of food set on the table on New Years’ Eve so …

The organizers of the “Golden Apricot” international movie festival, film-director Harutyun Khachatryan, film-experts Mikhael Staboltsyan and Susanna Harutyunyan wish to implement many other projects besides the festival for developing film-making in Armenia. By being a member of the European Art Parliament, Susanna Harutyunyan participated in the last workshop of the parliament, which took place in …

In February Arto Tunj-Boyajyan’s band “Armenian Navy Band” will perfrom in the Pop-music Theater of Moscow. “The music that the Armenian Navy Band plays is very fashionable. It’s called a “mountain stream” in Europe, which choked the American Dixieland”, write the Russian papers. The Armenian Navy is going to perform in Russia for the first …

The Armenian State Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus have prepared the musical version of “Simon Bokanegra”, Giuseppe Verdi’s opera. On December 25 and 27 the Armenian opera stars Barsegh Tumanyan, Mkrtich Babajanyan, Ara Avanyan, Irina Zakyan and others will perform for the audience one of the least famous operas of Verdi in the Aram Khachatryan Music …

“Frenchwomen with an Armenian heart”, this is how the well-known French-Armenian singer Rosi Armen names herself. She is one of the legends of the 20th century, brightest stars of French music, who by singing on different stages of the world also sang a few Armenian songs by all means. Rosi Armen has sung with Charles …

Film-operas require large investments, good voices and an audience that is fond of the art. Despite that, our compatriot, philosopher and stage director Boris Hayrapetyan believes that there will soon be a rise in the number of film-operas. A couple of years ago, he took the initiative and staged Vincenzo Belini’s “Norma” opera at the …

The film crew for“Mer Bak 3” was feeling pretty sure yesterday. It was clear that they were satisfied with their work and they said the following a couple of times at the conference at “Moscow” cinema theatre. “See for yourselves.” The theatre was full of people during the premiere. Everyone knew from the beginning that …

The fashion show organized yesterday at the “Hye Art” cultural center was staged. The whole show reflected man, in particular the Armenian man which was expressed especially under the melody of the duduk and a background of pomegranate. According to Rita Sharoyan, who is the event organizer, she had set a goal to express the …

Yesterday the RA first lady visited famous singer Gohar Gasparyan to congratulate her on her 81-th birthday. They talked about modern art and culture.