On December 22, a flashmob entitled "Open the Path of Life" was held with the participation of the students and teachers of Komitas Music School of Stepanakert.
On October 11, the opening ceremony of the monument commemorating the famous musician, violinist, honored figure of NKR culture Boris Babayan took place in the Military Pantheon of the Stepanakert Memorial Complex.
On July 27, within the framework of the program of "Zartonk" Art Academy, a classical concert was organized at Stepanakert Komitas Music College.
On June 27, the participants of the "Voice of Living" literary and cultural days organized in Artsakh, on the initiative of the Artsakh Office of the Hamazkayin Armenian Educational and Cultural Union visited the border community of Norshen, Artsakh’s Martuni region.
On May 6, the series of events dedicated to the 44-Day War entitled "Artsakh Lives" launched in Stepanakert within the framework of the "Russian Language Days" program was generalized.
Composer, musician, People’s Artist of Armenia, Artur Grigoryan has passed away at the age of 63 following a long illness, Director of the Armenian State Song Theater Armen Sargsyan said.
Talented Japanese pianist Takahiro Akiba has been awarded the Medal of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of Armenia for his outstanding contribution to the promotion of Armenian musical culture in Japan.
On December 29 President of the Artsakh Republic Arayik Harutyunyan received the staff members of Hadrout secondary school after M. Manvelyan, Shoushi secondary specialized music school after D. Ghazaryan and school after Kh. Abovyan, the Presidential Office stated.
Stepanakert’s Charles Aznavour Cultural Center held on Thursday the Republican competition of National musical instruments and folk song.
The building of the Komitas Music School in Stepanakert was damaged during the war. It needs to be repaired.
A requiem mass will be held in the St. Jacob Church in the Swiss city of Geneva on April 24 aimed at commemorating the Armenian Genocide victims, Swiss-based music producer Ani Gasparyan told Armenpress.
On 6 January, the State Symphony Orchestra of Armenia (conductor Sergey Smbatyan), the Artsakh State Chamber Choir (conductor Nina Grigoryan) and soprano Siranush Gasparyan performed a concert in the yard of the Mother Cathedral of the Mother of God in Stepanakert.
At the initiative of the Yerevan Prospects international music festival and the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Armenia, the concert performance of Verdi’s La traviata opera will take place in the park of the Armenian Parliament on September 4.
Multiple award-winning young pianist Eva Gevorgyan, a soloist at the Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra and participant of its YerazArt program, has won the 1st Grand Prize at the Chicago International Music Competition. She also won the Special Prize for Best performance of a work by Chopin.
The American company Facebook has made several deals with some of the largest record companies, which will allow it to get the right to display music videos on its platform. As Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing sources, this step will help the social network compete with YouTube video hosting, TASS reported.
The annual Khachaturian International music competition announced a decision to hold the competition virtually this year. The 16th edition of the event will open on June 6 - the birthday anniversary of the renowned Armenian composer.
On 7 February Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan for the contribution to the sphere of musical art and in connection with the 20th anniversary of the "Mrakats" State Chamber Choir foundation handed in state awards to a group of distinguished representatives of the collective and the relatives of those who have been honored with the awards posthumously, Central Information Department of the Office of Artsakh Republic President stated.
Music by renowned Armenian composer Komitas opened a conference at the UN headquarters in New York on Monday. The event hosted by UN Armenia was dedicated to the prevention and raising awareness of genocide.
President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian signed a decree on awarding composer Robert Amirkhanyan with the 1st Degree Order for the Services to the Fatherland for his great contribution in the field of music art.
Azerbaijani police arrested a man in Baku for playing Armenian music in his car, local media report.
Multiple events honoring one of the greatest Armenian poets Hovhannes Tumayan and composer, the founder of the Armenian national school of music Komitas are being organized across Armenia and abroad on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of births of the two eminent figures.
At the initiative of the "Ararich" charitable foundation, 29 students of the Sayat Nova Music College left for Armenia on a three-day visit as part of the "Know Your Homeland" program.
French musician of Armenian origin Karol Mark Boren has established a music band named “Mahaleb” along with his friends, Ermenihaber reports.
Warner Bros has launched legal action against Donald Trump after he used music from The Dark Knight Rises in a tweet, The Guardian reports.
The Artsakh little singer Misha (Michael Grigoryan) is a member of the music group “Voices of Artsakh”.
The Eurovision music contest in Israel was under threat, The Jerusalem Post reported.
10-year-old Michael Grigoryan (Mishka), member of the Russian musical project “The Voice Kids” who confidently passed the “blind auditions”, is getting ready for the final stage.
The 10th “Art Music” contest-festival kicked off in Yerevan on March 14. Artsakh participants have already made significant progress in the competition.
Today, at the Stepanakert State Music College named after Sayat-Nova, the results of the photo and video competition entitled "Human Rights through My Eyes", dedicated to the 12th anniversary of the Constitution of Artsakh Republic and 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights were summed up.
On 30 November Asrtakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan received a group of teachers of the Stepanakert's music school after Komitas at the head of the school's director Arthur Petrosyan, Central Information Department of the Office of Artsakh Republic President stated.
Today at Stepanakert Komitas Music School, the 80th anniversary of the establishment of the school was celebrated.
From September 29 to October 2, musicians of Stepanakert State Music College after Sayat Nova were in Lithuania at the invitation of the mayor of Varena, Lithuania, member of the Artsakh-Lithuania Friendship Circle, Algis Kasheta.
Recently, Artsakh singer Narek Vahanyan’s “Akhchi, hamuta’’ music video has been shot. The aim of the singer is to present Artsakh in his song.
Armenian President Armen Sarkissian today received member of the Board of Creative Armenia innovative cultural foundation, famous American-Armenian rock musician Serj Tankian and founding director of the foundation Garin Hovannisian, the Presidential Office said.
2017-18 reporting concert of Sayat-Nova musical college was held in Stepanakert. During the ceremony graduates received their diplomas.
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Shushi’s Daniel Ghazaryan Specialized Music School, the pupils of the school have organized a concert at the Stepanakert Culture and Youth Palace.
The celebrations on Victory Day, Liberation of Shushi and Artsakh’s Defense Army anniversary of establishment were kicked off May 9 in Stepanakert with the military convoys of the Defense Army accompanied by victory march music.
Yerevan’s Komitas museum-institute’s staff will visit Stepanakert’s music school after Komitas, Sayat Nova Music College and Shushi’s “Narekatsi” Art Union to hold concert-lectures, administrator of “Narekatsi” Art Union, Mariam Andreasyan, told ArtsakhPress.
The government of Japan has announced the 2018 Spring Conferment of Decorations on Foreign Nationals on April 29. French-Armenian singer Charles Aznavour is among the laureates, and the legendary singer was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun for contributions in the development of music in Japan and strengthening friendship between Japan and France, the Embassy of Japan in Armenia informed.
This year 49 musicians from Artsakh participated in the 10th annual ‘Renaissance’ international competition-festival held in Gyumri. Some 32 captured prizes.
On February 3 Anahit Arushanyan, a young pianist from Artsakh, participated in Forte international competition held in New York’s Carnegie Hall and won the first prize. She was also honored with a special prize for the best performance techniques and a gold medal.
Composer Tigran Mansurian’s Requiem, dedicated to the victims of the Armenian Genocide, has been awarded the Grand Prix of the International Classical Music Competition in the Modern Music category.
Istanbul Office of the opposition and pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) of Turkey has issued a congratulatory message on the birth anniversary of renowned Armenian musician, the late Aram Tigran.
Upon the initiative of Stepanakert Music College after Sayat-Nova, an event dedicated to pianist Bella Parsadanyan on her 80th birthday took place in Artsakh capital city of Stpanakert.
Earlier this month, news spread that the System of a Down frontman was interested only in instrumental music now and that in an interview he'd even said, "Screw vocals." When he thinks about that story now, he laughs, Rollingstone.com reports.
System of a Down frontman will lead a world-renowned jury for his 7 Notes music challenge - deadline December 15.
On October 22 a young pianist from Stepanakert, Anahit Arushanyan, participated in the international music festival-competition of the Canary Islands “Stars at Tenerife” and was honored with Grand Prix Award.
Aram Tigran’s name has been erased again from the sign at the entrance to the park named after this Armenian musician, in Batman, Turkey.
“Voices of Artsakh” music ensemble shot a new music video entitled “ Es Em” (I am) dedicated to the 26th anniversary of the Artsakh proclamation. The song performs Michael Grigoryan (Misha).
At the initiative of the Ministry of Culture and Youth Affairs of the Republic of Artsakh and the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Armenia, American singer and composer Daniel Decker on September 3 had a concert in Shushi within the framework of "My Artsakh" project, accompanied by Armenian State Orchestra of National Musical Instruments headed by the artistic director and the leading conductor-Honored Artist of the Republic of Armenia and Professor Norayr Davtyan.
American singer and composer Daniel Decker’s “My Artsakh” project is one more sign of the musician’s support to the people of Artsakh.
At the initiative of the ministries of Culture and Youth Affairs of the Republic of Artsakh and Armenia, the concert of the Armenian State Chamber Choir was held in Stepanakert’s Musical College after Sayat Nova.
An accounting concert was held on Stepanakert music school after Komitas on June 7.
At the initiative of the Ministries of Culture of Artsakh and Armenia and the Armenian Relief Society,American- Armenian renowned pianist Shahan Artsruni gave a charity concert in Stepanakert’s Musical College after Sayat Nova, on May 30.
At the initiative of the Ministry of Culture and Youth Affairs of the Republic of Artsakh, American- Armenian renowned pianist Shahan Artsruni will give a charity concert and master classes in Stepanakert’s Musical College after Sayat Nova.
Azerbaijan will include musicians from Italy and Slovenia on its Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) “blacklist” of foreigners that have visited Nagorno-Karabakh.
President of the Republic of Artsakh Bako Sahakyan received on April 3 a large group of culture workers, among them famous musician and composer Serj Tankian, film director, screenwriter Atom Egoyan, philanthropists and representatives of the "Artsakh Fund" organization's USA branch who arrived in Artsakh at the "Tufenkian" foundation initiative, the press service of Artsakh President’s Office stated.
The concert of Artsakh and Iranian flautists Artashes Grigoryan and Meysam Ghodrati was held in Stepanakert’s Musical College after Sayat Nova, accompanied by the pianist Marine Barkhudaryan.
The man in the white Brioni suit has passed away. Cigar icon and jazz musician Avo Uvezian died today at age 91 at his home in Orlando, Florida, just two days after his birthday, cigaraficionado.com reports.
Adam Barro will perform Komitas and Caccini in Paris’ Zenith concert hall on March 26 in the upcoming Armenian Europe Music Awards Paris 2017.
On October 26, within the framework of the Silk Road Forum in Tbilisi, Nikol Pashinyan presented the project “Crossroads of Peace”. According to him, unblocking communications in the region will not only lead to the establishment of peace in the South Caucasus, but will also turn Armenia into a crossroads of infrastructure projects.
The National Journal, one of the most cited newspapers in the US Congress, published an extensive interview with former Artsakh official Artak Beglaryan, within the framework of his and Artsakh Human Rights Acting Defender Gegham Stepanyan's recent visit to the US.
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