Renaissance International Festival Completed In Armenia

RENAISSANCE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL COMPLETED IN ARMENIA

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
12.05.2009 17:35 GMT+04:00

On May 6-11 Gyumri hosted Renaissance International Festival. Musicians
from Russia, Turkmenistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania,
Switzerland, Georgia, different regions of Armenia and NKR participated
in the contest.

The festival featured over 740 musicians performing on piano, string
and wind instruments, singling folk and classic songs.

The following winners were announced at the closing ceremony of May 12:
Marika Gelashvili (piano), Theona Kazishvili (string instruments),
Mane Harutyunyan (oboe), Emmanuelle Hovhannesyan (duduk), Tigran
Melikyan (classic vocal) and Angela Mirakyan (folk song).

Renaissance International Festival in memory of Komitas’ 140th
anniversary was held under the patronage of Armenia’s first lady,
Rita Sargsyan.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS