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KOMITAS PLAQUE TO BE INSTALLED ON BERLIN UNIVERSITY WALL
ARMENPRESS
10 July, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, JULY 10, ARMENPRESS: Armenian Ministry of Culture has
announced a competition for the formation and preparation of plaque
dedicated to Komitas, aimed at instaling on Berlin University wall.
As cultural heritage of folk arts department employee, Ministry of
Culture, Eranuhi Margaryan briefed Armenpress, the material should
be of bronze, size 40 x 70 cm. The deadline of the presentation
of the sketches is scheduled until July 19: up to now not a single
application has been submitted.
The winner of the contest will be given the order to design the plaque.
Soghomon Gevorgi Soghomonyan , commonly known as Komitas Vardapet or
simply Komitas (born on September 26 or October 8a, 1869, in Kutahya,
Ottoman Empire; died on October 22, 1935, in Paris, France) was an
Armenian priest, composer, choir leader, singer, music ethnologist,
music pedagogue and musicologist. Many regard him as the founder of
modern Armenian classical music.
Komitas lost his mind after witnessing the 1915 Armenian Genocide
and is considered a martyr of the genocide.
ARMENPRESS
10 July, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, JULY 10, ARMENPRESS: Armenian Ministry of Culture has
announced a competition for the formation and preparation of plaque
dedicated to Komitas, aimed at instaling on Berlin University wall.
As cultural heritage of folk arts department employee, Ministry of
Culture, Eranuhi Margaryan briefed Armenpress, the material should
be of bronze, size 40 x 70 cm. The deadline of the presentation
of the sketches is scheduled until July 19: up to now not a single
application has been submitted.
The winner of the contest will be given the order to design the plaque.
Soghomon Gevorgi Soghomonyan , commonly known as Komitas Vardapet or
simply Komitas (born on September 26 or October 8a, 1869, in Kutahya,
Ottoman Empire; died on October 22, 1935, in Paris, France) was an
Armenian priest, composer, choir leader, singer, music ethnologist,
music pedagogue and musicologist. Many regard him as the founder of
modern Armenian classical music.
Komitas lost his mind after witnessing the 1915 Armenian Genocide
and is considered a martyr of the genocide.