By Victoria Vardanyan YEREVAN, August 26– A joint statement by one of the most famous Armenian musicians, Armenian duduk player Djivan Gasparyan and Turkish folk singer Yavuz Bingol, revealed that a concert scheduled to be given on September 1 in Istanbul, Turkey was cancelled. According to Hürriyet Daily News, Gasparyan said that the Organizing Committee [...]
YEREVAN (Tert.am)–The second semifinal of Eurovision-2010 will be held this evening in Oslo. Singer Eva Rivas representing Armenia will be the second to perform. Among the participants of the second semi-final are performers from Lithuania, Israel, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Netherlands, Romania, Slovenia, Ireland, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia, Georgia and Turkey. And of course, the [...]
YEREVAN (Novosti-Armenia), May 20—The representative of Armenia at Eurovision Eva Rivas is pleased with her first rehearsal held on stage in Oslo, where the music contest Eurovision-2010 is going to start soon. The Armenian delegation left for Oslo on May 17. For Eurovision-2010, Eva Rivas is going to present her song “Apricot Stone.” The music [...]
YEREVAN (News.am), April 10–The interstate CIS prizes “Stars of Commonwealth” were delivered in Moscow on April 9. According to Itar Tass rewards were given composer Djivan Gasparyan (Armenia), dramatist Sultan Raev (Kyrgyzstan) and painter Tair Salakhov (Azerbaijan) for their progress in the field of culture and art. Prizes (two million rubles) were awarded to nine laureates [...]
YEREVAN (Novosti-Armenia), April 2—World famous duduk player Djivan Gasparyan expressed his dissatisfaction with the current Armenian legislation on the protection of copyright. “Today, we must cleanse our market from illegal, pirated products. To do this we need to adopt a law that will punish those who are engaged in an unlicensed activity that violates the [...]
LONDON (Asbarez.com), February 19—An historic charity event in support of Armenian and British charities took place at the Windsor Castle on 10 February hosted by His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall. Project initiator and main benefactor Armen Sarkissian, former Prime Minister of Armenia and President of Eurasia House International, [...]
