MONUMENT TO WORLD-WIDE FAMOUS COMPOSER KHACHATURIAN OPENED IN MOSCOW
PanARMENIAN.Net
31.10.2006 18:09 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ A monument to world-wide famous composer Aram
Khachaturian opened in Moscow Tuesday.
Russian President’s spouse Lyudmila Putina, Armenian President Robert
Kocharian and Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov took part in the opening
ceremony. The bronze monument made by sculptor Georgy Frangulyan and
architect Igor Voskresensky shows the maestro surrounded by musical
instruments at a moment of creative inspiration.
"The monument symbolizes friendship between our peoples and I am sure
that natural flowers will always be laid to its pedestal," Lyudmila
Putina is convinced.
Armenian President, who arrived to the ceremony with his spouse Bella
Kocharian, noted that the life of Khachaturian, his fate and creation
is "a brilliant example of interweaving of the fates of our peoples."
It is very important that the image of Khachaturian remind us of the
happy future of our peoples." Yuri Luzhkov, who cut the ribbon along
with President Kocharian, underscored that the monument was opened
in an important year for Russians and Armenians – that of Armenia in
Russia, reports RIA Novosti.