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ARMENIAN FESTIVAL IN CANADA
AZG DAILY
21-10-2011
This year, the Moncton Armenian Festival will celebrate the 20th
anniversary of the Independence of Armenia in style, with six days
filled with activities and discoveries of remarkable Armenian artists.
There will be a grand opening, two exhibitions, two concerts, a film
festival, lectures, master classes at the Universite de Moncton,
and art projects with schools in districts 01 and 02. This event
promises to be a feast for the senses with an array of exhibitions,
films, concerts, as well as music, dancing, and food tasting in order
to promote understanding, sharing, and communicating.
According to Sylvia Kasparian, President and Artistic Director of
the Festival, the goal of the Moncton Armenian Festival is to promote
Armenian culture in the Greater Moncton Area. This idea was initiated
by members of the Armenian community of Moncton, part of Maritimes
Armenian Association, which unites approximately 100 families living
in the Maritime Provinces. In each edition, the Armenian Festival
takes you on a voyage of discovery: from the origins of the great
"historic Armenia" to the discovery of present-day Armenia and the
significant Armenian diaspora throughout the world. To address the
diversity and vivacity of a culture that was threatened with extinction
at the onset of the first genocide of the 20th century... To create
a link between here and over there... To be born into the diaspora or
to be born in Armenia, on roads with common roots, from yesterday to
tomorrow... The Festival also allows local communities to discover
and understand this rich and tormented history, as is shown by the
more than 2500-year-old exceptionally vibrant Armenian heritage.
Each edition brings out a specific aspect of Armenian culture. This
4th edition, which will take place from October 27 until November 6,
will be a celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Independence of
Armenia and showcase artists mainly from Armenia. It will be dedicated
to two very original if marginal artists from Armenia: Maestro Sergei
Parjanov, a great artist and Armenian filmmaker who died in 1990, and
Tigran Hamasyan, a young virtuoso pianist and Armenian jazzman who,
at the age of 23, has shown enormous talent in his rise to fame. These
artists have demonstrated, with cutting-edge artistry, a remarkable
ability to tap into the roots of their 2500-year-old Armenian culture,
and bring out its essence, while merging it with other influences
that have inspired them. These artists have proven to be remarkably
creative and have shown unbridled originality, which makes them unique
and unmatched, in a class all their own. These artists, unique in
their genre, promise a colourful and energetic program of high quality.
AZG DAILY
21-10-2011
This year, the Moncton Armenian Festival will celebrate the 20th
anniversary of the Independence of Armenia in style, with six days
filled with activities and discoveries of remarkable Armenian artists.
There will be a grand opening, two exhibitions, two concerts, a film
festival, lectures, master classes at the Universite de Moncton,
and art projects with schools in districts 01 and 02. This event
promises to be a feast for the senses with an array of exhibitions,
films, concerts, as well as music, dancing, and food tasting in order
to promote understanding, sharing, and communicating.
According to Sylvia Kasparian, President and Artistic Director of
the Festival, the goal of the Moncton Armenian Festival is to promote
Armenian culture in the Greater Moncton Area. This idea was initiated
by members of the Armenian community of Moncton, part of Maritimes
Armenian Association, which unites approximately 100 families living
in the Maritime Provinces. In each edition, the Armenian Festival
takes you on a voyage of discovery: from the origins of the great
"historic Armenia" to the discovery of present-day Armenia and the
significant Armenian diaspora throughout the world. To address the
diversity and vivacity of a culture that was threatened with extinction
at the onset of the first genocide of the 20th century... To create
a link between here and over there... To be born into the diaspora or
to be born in Armenia, on roads with common roots, from yesterday to
tomorrow... The Festival also allows local communities to discover
and understand this rich and tormented history, as is shown by the
more than 2500-year-old exceptionally vibrant Armenian heritage.
Each edition brings out a specific aspect of Armenian culture. This
4th edition, which will take place from October 27 until November 6,
will be a celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Independence of
Armenia and showcase artists mainly from Armenia. It will be dedicated
to two very original if marginal artists from Armenia: Maestro Sergei
Parjanov, a great artist and Armenian filmmaker who died in 1990, and
Tigran Hamasyan, a young virtuoso pianist and Armenian jazzman who,
at the age of 23, has shown enormous talent in his rise to fame. These
artists have demonstrated, with cutting-edge artistry, a remarkable
ability to tap into the roots of their 2500-year-old Armenian culture,
and bring out its essence, while merging it with other influences
that have inspired them. These artists have proven to be remarkably
creative and have shown unbridled originality, which makes them unique
and unmatched, in a class all their own. These artists, unique in
their genre, promise a colourful and energetic program of high quality.