GRAND PRIX OF GIFT 2007 WENT TO ISPHAHAN

KarabakhOpen
07-06-2007 17:51:31

The Gift 2007 Armenian song contest and festival ended. Pareli
Amirjanyan from Isphahan got the grand-prix. The Armina, a trio from
Yerevan, took the first prize. Macbeth Gasparyan from Artashet got the
second prize, and the Elite band and Anahit Shahbazyan from Yerevan
shared the third prize.

Hrach Keshishyan, judge of the contest, said in an interview with the
KarabakhOpen they argued for a long time over giving the grand-prix
to Armina or Pareli Amirjanyan. "In our judgment, a band is a better-
established structure, and we decided to award the grand-prix to
Pareli," Hrach Keshishyan said.

This year there were 16 judges, mostly representatives of the Armenian
show business.