YEREVAN, DECEMBER 23, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. RA Ombudswoman Larisa Alaverdian addressed a letter to Koichiro Matsuura, the UNESCO Director-General on December 22 in which she expected an active and practical
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 22, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The Armenian premiere of concert performance of Giuseppe Verdi's "Simon Boccanegra" opera will take place on December 25 and 27 at the Aram Khachatrian
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 22, NOYAN TAPAN. The "Film Directors without Limits" newly-established organization will start operating on the days of the "Golden Apricot" ("Voske Tsiran") third international film festival to be held on
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 22, NOYAN TAPAN. The "Song of Colours" charity exhibition-sale will take place at the "Gevorgian" exhibition hall of Yerevan on December 23. Initiators are young creators: composer Avet Barseghian and
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 21, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The Armenian children took an active part and received medals on various nominations in the "Delphic Games" held on December 12-16 in Kiev. As
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 19, NOYAN TAPAN. The grand prix in the "Best Film" nomination of the "Woman" second international film festival held on December 15-18 in Yerevan was given to Kyrghyz woman film
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 15, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. On November 25, the music of Armenian duduk was proclaimed as one of mankind's oral and non-material cultural masterpieces by UNESCO. As Karine Danielian,
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 14, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The first lady of Armenia Bella Kocharian visited on December 14 Gohar Gasparian to congratulate the famous singer on her 81st birthday.
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 14, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. "Cry from Ararat: Armin Wegner and Armenians' Genocide" book of Italian famous scientist and writer Giovanni Guaita which was published in Moscow recently and
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 13, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The world premiere of Haroutiun Khachatrian's "Poet's Return" film will take place during the festival to take place in Rotterdam from January 25 to
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 13, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The preparatory committee of the "Golden Apricot" Yerevan third international film festival has already announced about its receiving applications for participation in the festival
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 9, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. "Let's Preserve Our Culture" first festival that started in July will be concluded by a gala concert to be held on December 11
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 8, NOYAN TAPAN. On the initiative of the Ukrainian Ministry of Culture and Tourism, this year the Third Youth Delphic Games of CIS countries will be held in Kiev.
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 7, NOYAN TAPAN. A concert dedicated to Mozart's 250th anniversary will take place at the Yerevan "Aram Khachatrian" concert hall on December 16. Pianist Filipe Pinto Ribeiro invited from Portugal,
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 7, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The "Norma" film by Armenian film maker, scenario writer, producer Boris Hayrapetian residing in Moscow will be shown for the first time on December
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 2, NOYAN TAPAN. A festival of European films started on December 1 at the "Moscow" cinema by show of the psychological triller "Coat" of British director John Maybree. The organizers
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 30, NOYAN TAPAN. A memorial plaque to composer, RA Honoured Art Worker Manvel Beglarian was opened on November 30 in Yerevan. The author of the memorial plaque is painter and
PARIS, NOVEMBER 30, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. On November 25 the music of the Armenian duduk (Armenian national pipe) was proclaimed by UNESCO as one of the oral and non-material cultural
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 25, NOYAN TAPAN. An exhibition of more than 100 paintings and drawings of artist Razmik Ohanian opened at the National Museum-Institute of Architecture on November 24.
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 24, NOYAN TAPAN. Small educational and cultural studios will begin to operate at the "Hay-Art" cultural center immediately after the repair of center's halls. Children will be taught not only
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 24, NOYAN TAPAN. On December 14, at the Alexander Spendiarian Opera and Ballet National Academic Theater, results of the third National Music Awarding will be summed up and prizes will
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 24, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. A concert dedicated to Iranian Armenian ashughs' art and 400-year history and culture of the Armenian colony having settled in Iran in consequence of
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 23, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. Today, parallel with the public significance of theater in Armenia, the work of specialists working at the theater, in particular, actors, is extremely depreciated.
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 15, NOYAN TAPAN. The play "Monsieur Amilcar" by Yves Jamiaque is re-staged at the Yerevan Hrachia Ghaplanian Dramatic Theater of the Mayor's Office, this time under a new title, "Paid
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 15, NOYAN TAPAN. By RA President Robert Kocharian's November 15 decree, poet Vardan Hakobian was awarded the honorary title of the RA Honoured Cultural Figure for a considerable contribution in
STEPANAKERT, NOVEMBER 15, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. On the occasion of the 70th foundation anniversary of the Writers' Union of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, President Arkadi Ghukasian signed decrees, according to
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 14, NOYAN TAPAN. A festival-competition dedicated to Vahan Terian's 120th anniversary is held on November 14-18 at all Yerevan schools on the initiative of the "Unity of Georgian Armenians"
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 14, NOYAN TAPAN. The jubilee evening organized on November 14 at RA Union of Theater Figures was dedicated to the 80th anniversary of well-known Armenian theater producer and actor, RA
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 11, NOYAN TAPAN. This is the 6th year that the State Philharmonia of Armenia joint with the US parentless children's "Christmas" foundation holds charity events. As Feliks Aramian, the director
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 9, NOYAN TAPAN. A jubilee concert dedicated to composer Ghazaros Sarian's 85th anniversary will be held on November 18 at Aram Khachatrian concert hall. According to the report provided to
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 9, NOYAN TAPAN. At the November 9 sitting RA government approved the suggestions of signing the agreements "On Protection and Preservation of Cultural Values between RA Government and Romanian Government,"
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 9, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The "Serenade" chamber orchestra performed on tour in Germany from October 7 to October 31. At the concert, the orchestra together with the German
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 8, NOYAN TAPAN. In accordance with the decision of RA Prime Minister Andranik Margarian, Lilit Asatrian was relieved of the post of RA Deputy Minister of Culture and Youth
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 7, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. A book-album under the title "Sergei Parajanov: Letters to Zone" was published in connection with Sergei Parajanov's 80th birth anniversary. The book includes all
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 4, NOYAN TAPAN. An exhibition-sale of works by pupils of "Veratsnund" ("Revival") art school of Italian district of the town of Spitak opened on November 4 in Yerevan. Needleworks, embroidery,
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 3, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The official events dedicated to Armenian-Italian Friendship Days are coming to an end in Armenia but the spiritual-cultural friendship between the two civilized peoples
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 2, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The regular congress of Theater Figures' Union of Armenia that opened in the morning of November 2 at Gabriel Sundukian National Academic Theater went
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 2, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. Armenia presented more than 200 titles of books of 40 publishing houses at the 57th world fair of book and multimedia production taken place
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 27, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The October 26 event at the Armenian Union of Theater Figures was dedicated to the 120th birth anniversary of one of the
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 27, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. "Henrik Malian is 80 years old today but he hasn't been with us already for a long time. Henrik left numerous films and
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 26, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The jubilee commission preparing the celebration of Hrant Matevosian's 70th anniversary conducted by RA Prime Minister Andranik Margarian discussed the process of fulfilment
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 24, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The work at film director Tigran Khzmalian's documentary "Armin Wegner: Photographer of Genocide" has been completed lately. The 33-minute film dedicated to the 90th
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 25, NOYAN TAPAN. On the initiative of the "Narekatsi" Art Union, a competition of young creators will be held in nominations of modern classic music, improvisations, author songs, electronic and
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 25, NOYAN TAPAN. The conference which took place at the RA National Academy of Science was dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Vardan Achemian, one of the prominent figures of
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 24, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. At the invitation of the American embassy in Armenia and with the assistance of the US State Department, the chamber orchestra Apple Hill (US)
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 24, NOYAN TAPAN. Larisa Alaverdian, the RA Ombudswoman, made a statement on October 22 in which she expressed her anxiety concerning construction of places of entertainment on the green terrirotories
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 21, NOYAN TAPAN. The exhibition "The Earth from the Sky" of the French photographer Yann Artus-Bertrand opened at the National Gallery of Armenia on October 21. The 140 photographs on
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 21, NOYAN TAPAN. With the support of the US Department of State the Apple Hill Chamber Players arrived in Armenia on a PLAYING FOR PEACE mission. The musicians will perform
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 21, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The "Sayat-Nova" cultural union jointly with UNESCO will hold the first Caucasian international festival of ashugh art in Armenia dedicated to the 210th anniversary
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 20, NOYAN TAPAN. At the October 20 sitting RA government approved the proposal on signing an agreement "On Cooperation in the Sphere of Culture between RA Government and the Government