AZG Armenian Daily #153, 25/08/2007
Culture
THE MUSICAL INSTITUTE – A CULTURAL CENTER
Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory’s Gyumri branch will have the
recurrent staff of the students this year in the Departments of String
Instruments, Wind Instruments, Vocal Art and Military Conducting. The
best graduates of "Improrythm" college are also among the new
students; some of them are participants of the international festival
sponsored by Vladimir Spivakov International Charity Foundation.
Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory’s branch of Gyumri has become a
kind of cultural center in Gyumri. It holds musical festivals,
concerts, cultural meetings, etc.
Armenian-Russian cultural dialogue-forum titled "Dialogue of two
cultures" will take place in September of this year in Gyumri.
"Art and time: a glance from Gyumri" scientific-cultural magazine
started to be published in 2006. Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory’s
Gyumri branch and "Improrythm" Co. Ltd. are the founders of the
above-mentioned magazine.
By Gegham Mkrtchian