"KAROT" INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL IN MOSCOW
By Marietta Makarian
AZG Armenian Daily #092
15/05/2008
Culture
On May 13, Armenian Culture First International Festival under
heading "Karot" opened in Moscow Glinka Musical Culture Museum with
the exhibition of the Armenian artists. The festival will continue
until May 19.
Concerts, exhibitions, meetings with writers, film exhibitions and
also the Armenian kitchen contest will be held in the framework of
the festival.
On May 14, a performance based on Perch Zeytuntsian~Rs dramatical
piece will be premiered in Armen Dzigarkhanian Theatre.
The main event of the festival will be the gala concert in Kremlin
on May 15.
The same day, well-known composer Arno Babadzanian~Rs memorial plaque
will be opened in Moscow.
President of the Union of Armenians in Russia Ara Abrahamian assured
that the festival will become annual. "Similar events are uniting
the nations, and they are very important not only for the Armenians
in Russia, but also for all the Russian people".