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Armenian composer Edward Mirzoyan to be buried in Komitas Pantheon-Park
TERT.AM
13:51 - 07.10.12
Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan has chaired the session of a special
Government commission tasked with arranging the funerals of the
renowned Armenian composer, Edward Mirzoyan.
Speaking at the meeting, Minister of Culture Hasmik Poghosyan
introduced the agenda of the planned rituals.
According to the Armenian Government's official website, a funeral
service for the great composer will be held at the Komitas Chamber
Music Hall on Sunday evening. A final farewell ceremony will take
place at the Aram Khachatryan concert hall on Monday noon. Mirzoyan
will be buried at Yerevan's Komitas Pantheon-Park later in the day.
Edward Mirzoyan was a people's artist of Armenia and the USSR. Born in
Gori, Georgia in 1952, he pursued career in music since childhood.
After leaving a Yerevan musical school, he graduated from Komitas
State Conservatory and later went to Moscow to refine his art. In late
1956 he was elected president of the Armenian Composers' Union and
held the position until 1991. Mirzoyan was a professor of at the
Komitas State Conservatory, and the president of the Peace Foundation
of Armenia.
From: A. Papazian
TERT.AM
13:51 - 07.10.12
Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan has chaired the session of a special
Government commission tasked with arranging the funerals of the
renowned Armenian composer, Edward Mirzoyan.
Speaking at the meeting, Minister of Culture Hasmik Poghosyan
introduced the agenda of the planned rituals.
According to the Armenian Government's official website, a funeral
service for the great composer will be held at the Komitas Chamber
Music Hall on Sunday evening. A final farewell ceremony will take
place at the Aram Khachatryan concert hall on Monday noon. Mirzoyan
will be buried at Yerevan's Komitas Pantheon-Park later in the day.
Edward Mirzoyan was a people's artist of Armenia and the USSR. Born in
Gori, Georgia in 1952, he pursued career in music since childhood.
After leaving a Yerevan musical school, he graduated from Komitas
State Conservatory and later went to Moscow to refine his art. In late
1956 he was elected president of the Armenian Composers' Union and
held the position until 1991. Mirzoyan was a professor of at the
Komitas State Conservatory, and the president of the Peace Foundation
of Armenia.
From: A. Papazian