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.
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.
French musician of Armenian origin Karol Mark Boren has established a music band named “Mahaleb” along with his friends, Ermenihaber reports.
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.
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.
This year 49 musicians from Artsakh participated in the 10th annual ‘Renaissance’ international competition-festival held in Gyumri. Some 32 captured prizes.
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.
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.
American singer and composer Daniel Decker’s “My Artsakh” project is one more sign of the musician’s support to the people of Artsakh.
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 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.
Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan on December 15 held a meeting with Russia’s cultural figure, prominent Armenian musician and painter, director and producer Stas Namin (Anastas Mikoyan) who arrived in Armenia to take part in the events in Yerevan on December 14-20 on the occasion of his 65th birthday, press service of the Presidential administration told.
In an interview with Artsakhpress, Vilen Mikayelyan, the director of the Stepanakert Youth and Children's Creative Center, the graduate of Yerevan State Conservatory, musician, composer, founder and artistic director of "VELANS" ensemble, said that the group includes graduates of Stepanakert Youth Creative Center.
Famous musician Serj Tankian, who is lead singer of the world-renowned American Armenian rock band System of a Down (SOAD), thanked all German Bundestag deputies of Turkish origin, who courageously voted for the resolution recognizing Armenian Genocide.
In recent days, famous musician Serj Tankian, who is lead singer of the world-renowned American Armenian rock band System of a Down (SOAD), often comments on Azerbaijan’s outright aggressive actions along the Line of Contact between the Karabakh-Azerbaijani opposing forces, and addresses the international community.
Famous American-Armenian rock musician Serj Tankian called on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to read history and understand that Nagorno Karabakh is historically Armenian land.
Aliyev took the bait of Erdogan attacking the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, famous U.S. musician of Armenian descent Serj Tankian posted on his Facebook.
Legendary French-Armenian singer Charles Aznavour is visiting Armenia in April, reports the musician’s spokesperson.
Famous musician Serj Tankian, who is lead singer of the world-renowned American Armenian rock band System of a Down (SOAD), has composed the score for the feature film “The Last Resident,” which is about the Karabakh War, NEWS.am informed.
A group of interesting and young musicians were introduced to the audience 10 years ago – on January 25, 2006.
World-known filmmaker and musician Emir Kusturica honoured the memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide in the Armenian Genocide memorial complex.
World-known director and musician Emir Kusturica will arrive in Armenia in the evening of December 24.
The suit initiated due to the comparison of Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Gollum character in the “The Lord of the Rings” movies utterly surprised famous rock musician Serj Tankian.
President of the National Assembly of Armenia sent a letter of condolence on distinguished French-Armenian musician Jean Ter-Merguerian’s death, the Information and Public Relations Department of the National Assembly of Armenia informed.
Sinquefield Cup winner Levon Aronian commented on his participation in World Chess Cup in Baku.
The legendary musician Djivan Gasparyan will give a concert at the Green Theatre of VDNH. The concert will be an outdoor one.
Armenia’s National Philharmonic Orchestra led by conductor Eduard Topchjan will give a concert in Beirut on August 8 during one of the Lebanon’s famous cultural events - the Beiteddine Art Festival.
World famous musician, composer, band leader and jazz pianist Gari Kyosayan will give a concert in Gyumri on October 30, succeeding the one in Yerevan.
The System of a Down (SOAD) rock band's lead vocalist, Serj Tankian, arrived in Yerevan with his musicians on Tuesday afternoon, a day after attending the premiere of an Armenian Genocide movie in Moscow.
A group of Armenian and Turkish musicians will give a concert on April 22 in Istanbul, Turkey.
100 musicians from 40 countries will participate in the concert dedicated to the Armenian Genocide, which will be held on April 24 in Republic Square.
The PEN Club of Sweden will hold an event on the occasion of the centenary of the genocide of the Armenians and other national minorities in the Ottoman Empire.
Fans of diminutive jazz dynamo, pianist Tigran Hamasyan, have the chance to take part in the Yerevan-Istanbul pilgrimage as part of the musician’s concert tour, “Luys I Lusoy”.
Musicians arrive at their signature sounds through all sorts of influences.
A punk band made up of musicians with learning disabilities is to represent Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest.
International Tango Day is on December 11th and celebrates the birthday of Carlos Gardel, the most famous and loved Tango singer of all times, and that of Julio De Caro, one of the influential musicians and orchestra leaders.
JANUARY 13, ARTSAKHPRESS: The campaign, to save the Armenian song “Sari Aghjik” from the Turkish-Azerbaijani privatization, continues. With the initiative of the duduk player Tigran Karapetyan, the folk music has been recorded with the accompaniment of the national musical instruments – duduk, zurna, kanon. As Artsakhpress reports in an interview with Armenpress that the co-author of the youth initiative Ani Margaryan considers one of the peculiarities of the initiative to be the fact that gradually more and more people join the campaign.
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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