YEREVAN, DECEMBER 7, NOYAN TAPAN. On December 8, the responsible persons of RA Ministry of Culture and Youth Affairs summed up the results of at once two republican festivals, Pomegranate Grain (Nran Hatik) theater festival and 3rd festival of Brass Band after Emin Khachaturian. Deputy Minister Karine Khodikian gave assurance that already traditional festival Pomegranate Grain has its spectators who look forward to the regular festivity of the theater every year. In the Deputy Minister's words, this circumstance is very obliging and the organizers should stage more interesting performances. She said that during 11 days of the festival about 5000 spectators from Yerevan and regions watched the performances. According to Opera+ music agency Director Vardan Hakobian, the festival of Brass Band after Emin Khachaturian held from November 30 to December 5 is very important for promoting brass bands' activity and providing band genre's development and spreading. In his words, the number of children's brass bands decreases year by year in Armenia, which threatens to existence of trumpet art. Mr Hakobian is convinced that festivals and contests organized frequently in different genres reveal telented musician-performers (piano, violin, song, dance, recitation), but young musicians of brass bands not always have a possibility to appear before the public. Brass bands, ensembles from Yerevan and regions without age limitation participated in this festival.

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