ABOUT 2,800 MUSICIANS AND PERFORMERS TO PARTICIPATE IN "RENAISSANCE" INTERNATIONAL CONTEST- FESTIVAL OF MUSICIANS AND PERFORMERS
15:54, 6 April, 2015
GYUMRI, 6 APRIL, ARMENPRESS. This year's "Renaissance" International
Contest-Festival of Musicians and Performers will be dedicated to the
100thanniversary of the Armenian Genocide and to the 70th anniversary
of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. By the decision of the
organizers, the festival will be entitled "Against the Crime of
Genocide, Against Wars". The organizers have received applications
from nearly 2,800 musicians and performers, of which 700 are from
36 countries, while the rest are from Yerevan and all provinces
of Armenia.
This year's contest-festival will bring together musicians and
performers from the United States, the UK, Austria, Belarus, Belgium,
Germany, Egypt, Yemen, Estonia, Turkmenistan, Iran, Italy, Spain, Iraq,
Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Lebanon,
Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Mongolia, Switzerland,
China, Russia, Syria, Serbia, Sudan, Georgia, Tajikistan, Taiwan,
Uzbekistan, Ukraine and France.
The solemn opening ceremony of the contest-festival will be held at
the Dramatic Theater of Gyumri on April 13 at 17:00. According to the
established tradition, the festival will begin with the blessing of
Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II and will be held under the high
patronage of First Lady of the Republic of Armenia Rita Sargsyan. As
always, this year's contest-festival is also organized by the Ministry
of Culture of the Republic of Armenia, the "Pyunik" Pan-Armenian Human
Resources Development Foundation, the Gyumri branch of Yerevan Komitas
State Conservatory and "Renaissance" International Contest-Festival
NGO. The contests will be held in 14 categories at cultural and
educational institutions of Gyumri from April 11 to May 20.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/800573/about-2800-musicians-and-performers-to-participate-in-%E2%80%9Crenaissance%E2%80%9D-international-contest-festival.html
15:54, 6 April, 2015
GYUMRI, 6 APRIL, ARMENPRESS. This year's "Renaissance" International
Contest-Festival of Musicians and Performers will be dedicated to the
100thanniversary of the Armenian Genocide and to the 70th anniversary
of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. By the decision of the
organizers, the festival will be entitled "Against the Crime of
Genocide, Against Wars". The organizers have received applications
from nearly 2,800 musicians and performers, of which 700 are from
36 countries, while the rest are from Yerevan and all provinces
of Armenia.
This year's contest-festival will bring together musicians and
performers from the United States, the UK, Austria, Belarus, Belgium,
Germany, Egypt, Yemen, Estonia, Turkmenistan, Iran, Italy, Spain, Iraq,
Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Lebanon,
Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Mongolia, Switzerland,
China, Russia, Syria, Serbia, Sudan, Georgia, Tajikistan, Taiwan,
Uzbekistan, Ukraine and France.
The solemn opening ceremony of the contest-festival will be held at
the Dramatic Theater of Gyumri on April 13 at 17:00. According to the
established tradition, the festival will begin with the blessing of
Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II and will be held under the high
patronage of First Lady of the Republic of Armenia Rita Sargsyan. As
always, this year's contest-festival is also organized by the Ministry
of Culture of the Republic of Armenia, the "Pyunik" Pan-Armenian Human
Resources Development Foundation, the Gyumri branch of Yerevan Komitas
State Conservatory and "Renaissance" International Contest-Festival
NGO. The contests will be held in 14 categories at cultural and
educational institutions of Gyumri from April 11 to May 20.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/800573/about-2800-musicians-and-performers-to-participate-in-%E2%80%9Crenaissance%E2%80%9D-international-contest-festival.html