PAN-ARMENIAN MUSICAL FESTIVAL ENTITLED “EGHEGAN POGH” (“PAPE”) TO BE
HELD IN ARMENIA FOR FIRST TIME IN AUTUMN
YEREVAN, MARCH 22, NOYAN TAPAN. The Pan-Armenian musical festival
entitled “Eghegan Pogh” (“Pape”) will be held in Armenia for the
first time within the framework of the festival entitled “One Nation,
One Culture” on September 25-29. According to Garnik Guyumjian, the
Head of the Department of State Programs, Cultural Cooperation and
Education and Science attached to the RA Ministry of Culture and
Youth Affairs, the ensemble of folk instruments from Armenia, the
Diaspora and the CIS countries will participate in the festival.
According to G. Guyumjian, the purpose of the festival is to
familiarize the wide public with performers and composers working in
the genre of gusan and folk song in Armenia and the Diaspora. The
festival will be held in two directions: festival and competitive.
The exhibition will be opened, as well as the conference devoted to
the problems of the development of the folk song art will be held
within the framework of the festival.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress