10:48 20/03/2010

Hollywood-Bollywood coalition to fight against piracy

Leading Indian and US film makers have formed a Hollywood-Bollywood coalition to fight piracy in the South Asian nation — one of the world’s biggest movie markets.   Indian consumers snap up 700 million illegal DVDs every year, at the expense of box office revenue.   A study by the US-India Business Council and consultancy Ernst & Young showed that piracy cost the Indian film industry 959 million dollars and an estimated 571,000 jobs in 2008. ...

13:49 19/03/2010

Armenian President’s Youth Awards Ceremony for Best Classical Music Instrumental Performance 2009 due March 21

Komitas Chamber Music Hall will host the final of Armenian President’s Youth Awards Ceremony for Best Classical Music Instrumental Performance 2009 March 21. The finalists to perform are David Melkonyan (saxophone), Eduard Nersisyan (saxophone), Sona Barsegyan (piano), Narek Sargsyan (violin), Petros Simidyan (piano). The entrance is free, Armenia All Armenian Fund press office reported. Armenian President’s Youth Awards have been awarded since 2005, sponsored by Poghosyan ...

17:13 16/03/2010

Days of Francophonia to get underway in Armenia March 19

Days of Francophonia, initiated by the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, will officially get underway in Yerevan March 19 in connection with the 40th anniversary of the International Organization of Francophonia (OIF). A number of events to present the cultural diversity of France, Belgium, Canada, Romania, Switzerland and other Francophone states in the spheres of music, literature, science, education, etc. will be conducted in Yerevan and the regions of Armenia. The events are ...

10:38 16/03/2010

Shakespeare's lost play 'found' after 250 years

An 18th-century drama attributed to the Bard but dismissed as a hoax, truly is his work, according to an expert in the literature of the time. Double Falsehood, published by Lewis Theobald in 1728, is a version of Shakespeare's long-lost play Cardenio, he believes. The original was a collaboration between Shakespeare and John Fletcher, his successor as house playwright to the King's Men company. It was performed twice in 1613 but never made it into print and was lost to ...

11:52 12/03/2010

Hasmik Poghosyan travels to Italy

  Armenian Culture Minister Hasmik Poghosyan travels to Italy on 13 March to attend the first session of board of trustees of the center on Armenian culture studies in Venice. Armenian Culture Ministry reports that the further activities of the board will be discussed.   

15:12 11/03/2010

“Cane is the important part of duduk…Playing perfectly depends on it”

  “To play perfectly the musical instrument much depends on the cane. If the cane isn’t a good one, neither professional master can play well,” Arman Stepanyan, master of making duduk (Armenian national instrument) canes ensured in his talk to Panorama.am. How did you start your job of making canes? I am a duduk player. I graduated from musical college after R. Meliqyan. It’s a hard job to play duduk. I used to by the cane and make it, and then I ...

11:56 11/03/2010

Bible shown in 3d movie

  The Biblical story of creation is to be turned into a 3D movie by Paramount Pictures and Walden Media co-founder Cary Granat. The project, called In the Beginning, will be based on the Bible's Book of Genesis which describes God's creation of the world over six days and goes on to tell of Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Noah's Ark, Abraham, Jacob and Joseph. It's unclear how much of Genesis will be included in the film. John Fusco has written the screenplay, with David ...

15:43 10/03/2010

Jansem, Tonino Guerra awarded Medal of Honor

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan signed a decree on awarding the French-Armenian eminent artist Hovhannes Semerjian (Jansem) with a Medal of Honor for his significant investment in the enhancement of French-Armenian cultural ties, and on his 90th anniversary, President’s press office reported. By another decree, President Serzh Sargsyan awarded the prominent film director Tonino Guerra with a Medal of Honor for the contribution to the Armenian-Italian cultural ties, the ...

14:00 08/03/2010

“We can protect our being only by our type”

  Panorama.am interview with honored architect of the Republic of Armenia Albert Zurabyan . Panorama.am-   Mister Zurabyan, Government’s decision to alienate the territory of “Moscow” cinema summer hall to Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin and to build a church similar to St Poghos-Petros demolished within Soviet Era how could be assessed by you? Զուրաբյան -   It was completely not understandable for me . ...

11:46 08/03/2010

Peter Nalitch to present Russia in Eurovision 2010

Peter Nalitch will represent Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo . With the song Lost And Forgotten Nalitch won the Russian national final in which he defeated his 24 competitors. Just like Belgium , Russia takes part in the first semifinal of the Eurovision Song Contest on 25th May.

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