Culture

The Moscow International Film Festival has scrapped the 2019 historical drama Gate to Heaven directed by Jivan Avetisyan from its program. Gate to Heaven - an international co-production by producers in Lithuania, Germany, France, Italy, Austria, is set in during the days of the 2016 four-day war in Nagorno-Karabakh. Armenia’s D...

Pianist Andrey Gugnin will perform a solo concert on September 28 at 12.00 in Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex. As the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra reports, the concert which is organised within the frames of Armenia International Music Festival, will feature works by Józef Hofmann, Alexey Shor and Sergei Proko...

The events dedicated to the anniversary of birth of Komitas will launch in Armenia through an international conference-festival titled “Komitas”, Director of the Komitas Museum-Institute Nikolay Kostandyan told reporters today. “This year the events dedicated to the 151st anniversary of birth of Komitas will be held in a TV form...

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 25, ARMENPRESS/Press Release - Armenian State Symphony Orchestra/. The Armenia International Music Festival kicked off on September 24 in Yerevan. Music lovers had the opportunity to listen to Ernest Chausson’s Poème for Violin and Orchestra, Alexey Shor’s Violin Concerto “Phantasms” and Piano Concerto “Travel...

A rare Botticelli portrait could join the $100 million art club when it goes up for auction in New York, Sotheby’s said on Thursday. The Renaissance artist’s “Young Man Holding a Roundel” is one of only around a dozen of his portraits known to survive today. Sandro Botticelli’s large-scale “Birth of Venus” and “Primavera” pain...

National Centre of Chamber Music is organizing an open-air concert on the birthday anniversary of Armenian cooper and musicologist Komitas. As the Centre said in a release, the concert will take place on September 26 at 19։30 in the park adjacent to Komitas Chamber Music House. This year marks the 151st anniversary of Komitas ...

The Armenia International Music Festival will be held in Yerevan from September 24-28. Lovers of classical music will enjoy 5 concerts throughout the festival days performed in the concert hall of the Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex, the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra said. Within the framework of the 4th annua...

September 21, 2020 - 16:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - King Salman of Saudi Arabia and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman have sent a message to Armenian President Armen Sarkissian to congratulate on the 29th anniversary of Armenia’s Independence Day. In their message, the Saudi King and the Crown Prince wished progress and prosperity ...

According to the data of 2019, a total of 24,221 monuments are included in the list of Armenia’s sate owned immovable historical and cultural monuments. The data released by the Statistical Committee shows that 995 monuments are located in Yerevan. Gegharkunik Province is home to most of the monuments – 5,267. Last year, 119 ...

The 2020 European Heritage Days will be held in Armenia on 28-29 September, the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport reports. For the 2020 edition of the Heritage Days the theme is heritage and education and events will be held primarily online. Within the scope of the Days, more than 100 cultural and educational ...