FAMOUS COMPOSER ROBERT AMIRKHANIAN CELEBRATES 70TH BIRTHDAY
NOYAN TAPAN
NOVEMBER 19, 2009
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 19, NOYAN TAPAN. A concert dedicated to the 70th
birthday of the renowned composer, recipient of a Surb Mesrop Mashtots
order, People’s Artist of Armenia Robert Amirkhanian took place in
Yerevan on November 18. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan with his
spouse attended the event.
Popular singers and bands took part in the concert organized by
the Ministry of Culture, the Union of Composers and the Union of
Musicologists of Armenia.
In the words of R. Amirkhanian, his creative activity is valued not by
the number of years, but by his songs which are reflected in Armenian
eyes (NT: "Armenian Eyes" is a famous song by R. Amirkhanian).