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GYUMRI HOLDS LITURGY OF DIRGE ON MHER MKRTCHYAN'S DEATH ANNIVERSARY
20:25, 25 December, 2013
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 25, ARMENPRESS. December 28 is the 20th anniversary
of Mher Lazarian's death.
"Logos" youth public organization attaching great importance to the
dissemination of information about the Armenian great people to all
members of society, especially to young adults learns that Saint Mary
church in Gyumri holds dirge event in memory of the genius.
As "Armenpress" was informed from the organization, the liturgy will
be followed by the opening of an exhibition in the museum named after
Mher Lazarian. At the course of the exhibition, the visitors will
attend the paintings by the master made with pencil.
Mher Lazarian was born in Leninakan (now Gyumri), the Armenian SSR.
Frunzik studied in Leninakan Art College and Theatre Studio and then
graduated from the Acting Department of Yerevan Institute of Fine
Arts and Theatre. Beginning from 1953, the actor performed in the
Sundukyan Drama Theatre of Yerevan.
Frunzik also directed many successful productions, the best of which
was Maxim Gorky's "The Lower Depths". The cinema career of Mher
Lazarian began in 1955.
Frunzik's famous roles in Rolan Bykov's "Aybolit-66" (1966), Leonid
Gaidai's "Kidnapping, Caucasian Style" (1966), and Georgi Daneliya's
"Mimino" (1977) earned him a reputation as one of the Soviet Union's
leading comedy actors. But that reputation sometimes overshadowed his
real talent and emotional depth which he put into his roles in such
classics of Armenian cinema as "Yerankyuni" ("Triangle") (1967), "Menq
enq, mer sarere" ("We, Our Mountains") (1969), "Hayrik" ("Father")
(1973), "Nahapet" (1977), "Hin oreri yerge" ("Old Days' Song") (1982),
"Mer mankutyan tangon" ("Tango of Our Childhood") (1985).
Among his many awards was the USSR State Prize for 1978.
Mher Lazarian died in Yerevan, Armenia, on December 29 in 1993. The
house-museum of Frunzik functions currently in the second capital of
the Republic of Armenia, Gyumri, where one can find rich materials
concerning the life and the creative way of the great Armenian actor,
as well as his personal things.
Even though he was known as a comedic actor, Lazarian's personal
life was filled with tragedy. His first wife, Donara Lazarian, became
mentally ill and was sent to a mental institution for the rest of her
life. Lazarian became a single parent of two young children. His son
inherited his mother's mental illness. Thousands of people attended
the funeral of their beloved actor.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/745057/gyumri-holds-liturgy-of-dirge-on-mher-mkrtchyan%E2%80%99s-death-anniversary.html
From: A. Papazian
20:25, 25 December, 2013
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 25, ARMENPRESS. December 28 is the 20th anniversary
of Mher Lazarian's death.
"Logos" youth public organization attaching great importance to the
dissemination of information about the Armenian great people to all
members of society, especially to young adults learns that Saint Mary
church in Gyumri holds dirge event in memory of the genius.
As "Armenpress" was informed from the organization, the liturgy will
be followed by the opening of an exhibition in the museum named after
Mher Lazarian. At the course of the exhibition, the visitors will
attend the paintings by the master made with pencil.
Mher Lazarian was born in Leninakan (now Gyumri), the Armenian SSR.
Frunzik studied in Leninakan Art College and Theatre Studio and then
graduated from the Acting Department of Yerevan Institute of Fine
Arts and Theatre. Beginning from 1953, the actor performed in the
Sundukyan Drama Theatre of Yerevan.
Frunzik also directed many successful productions, the best of which
was Maxim Gorky's "The Lower Depths". The cinema career of Mher
Lazarian began in 1955.
Frunzik's famous roles in Rolan Bykov's "Aybolit-66" (1966), Leonid
Gaidai's "Kidnapping, Caucasian Style" (1966), and Georgi Daneliya's
"Mimino" (1977) earned him a reputation as one of the Soviet Union's
leading comedy actors. But that reputation sometimes overshadowed his
real talent and emotional depth which he put into his roles in such
classics of Armenian cinema as "Yerankyuni" ("Triangle") (1967), "Menq
enq, mer sarere" ("We, Our Mountains") (1969), "Hayrik" ("Father")
(1973), "Nahapet" (1977), "Hin oreri yerge" ("Old Days' Song") (1982),
"Mer mankutyan tangon" ("Tango of Our Childhood") (1985).
Among his many awards was the USSR State Prize for 1978.
Mher Lazarian died in Yerevan, Armenia, on December 29 in 1993. The
house-museum of Frunzik functions currently in the second capital of
the Republic of Armenia, Gyumri, where one can find rich materials
concerning the life and the creative way of the great Armenian actor,
as well as his personal things.
Even though he was known as a comedic actor, Lazarian's personal
life was filled with tragedy. His first wife, Donara Lazarian, became
mentally ill and was sent to a mental institution for the rest of her
life. Lazarian became a single parent of two young children. His son
inherited his mother's mental illness. Thousands of people attended
the funeral of their beloved actor.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/745057/gyumri-holds-liturgy-of-dirge-on-mher-mkrtchyan%E2%80%99s-death-anniversary.html
From: A. Papazian