REPAIRS OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS TO BE DONE BY FRENCH AND ITALIAN SPECIALISTS IN 2007 IN ARMENIA

Noyan Tapan
Dec 27 2006

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 27, NOYAN TAPAN. The issue of retraining of the
employees of cultural sphere has become one of priority tasks of RA
Ministry of Culture and Youth Affairs. RA Minister of Culture and Youth
Affairs Hasmik Poghosian declared this at the December 26 annual brief
press conference. In her words, for the purpose of regulating this
issue, within the framework of Culture-2000 European program, French
and Italian specialists will repair various musical instruments in
Armenia. Lack of specialists repairing musical instruments in Armenia
gave rise to inevitable problems in the sphere. "Many precious musical
instruments have depreciated and have become unfit for use due to
not being repaired and the state has to purchase new instruments,"
the Minister emphasized. She stated that stringed, wind and clavier
instruments will be repaired in Armenia by foreign specialists within
the framework of the program and a concert with repaired instruments
with participation of musicians of Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra
will take place in 2007 February in France.

H.Poghosian also said that a school of restoration of cultural
values is planned to be founded in Armenia within the framework of
the program. The Minister expressed the hope that for the purpose
of solving the problem of high-quality repairing specialists in all
spheres (books, canvases, various cultural monuments) two specialists
will pass retraining every year in France and Russia, one specialist
in Germany.