JIVAN GASPARYAN AWARDED COMMONWEALTH STAR PRIZE FOR MAINTENANCE AND AUGMENTATION OF NATIONAL MUSIC HERITAGE AND CONSIDERABLE CONTRIBUTION TO WORLD MUSIC CULTURE

ArmInfo
2010-04-09 18:18:00

ArmInfo. The well-known Armenian musician, composer, duduk player
Jivan Gasparyan has been awarded the Commonwealth Star Prize for
maintenance and augmentation of the national music heritage and
considerable contribution to the world music culture, Alexander
Kalugin, Press-Secretary of the Interstate Fund for Humanitarian
Cooperation of the CIS Member States, told ArmInfo.

For the first time in the CIS history, the award ceremony took place
in Moscow, Pashkov’s House of the Russian State Library on April 9.

The guests of the ceremony were scientific and creative intellectuals
from the CIS, members of the Council for Humanitarian Cooperation
of the CIS Member States and Board of the Interstate Fund for
Humanitarian Cooperation of the CIS Member States, and other
interstate structures. Chairman of the Federation Council of the
Russian Federation Sergey Mironov handed the prizes.

The Commonwealth Star Prize was established in 2008 by the Council for
Humanitarian Cooperation of the CIS Member States and the Interstate
Fund for Humanitarian Cooperation of the CIS Member States. The prize
consists of money reward, a diploma, badge of honor of the prize
laureate, and its certificate. In each of the nominations three prizes
worth 2 mln RUR are awarded.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress