COMMEMORATING GREAT ARMENIANS
Panorama.am
16:39 12/01/2009
On 20 January a museum named after Armenian writer Silva Kaputikyan
will be opened to commemorate 90th jubilee of her birthday, said the
Minister of Culture Hasmik Poghosyan in a press conference.
The Minister said that the events devoted to the 85th jubilee of Sergey
Paradjanov have not been finished by his birthday (9 January). "We
have a big projects connected with Paradjanov – we are planning to
present his art abroad," said the Minister.
Regarding the 500 jubilee of Armenian print (2012), the Minister of
Culture said that the chairman of the committee is the President of
the country Serzh Sargsyan. After the Minister receives projects and
discusses them, they will be presented to the President.
The Minister said that they are trying to establish new methods of
commemorating great Armenians. Note that in 2009 Hrachya Kochar’s
(100), Hovhannes Tumanyan’s (140), Daniel Varuzhan’s (125), Charles
Aznavour’s (85) and Komitas’ (140) jubilees will be celebrated.