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Koryun Asatryan

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:12:24 GMT

Koryun Asatryan

Koryun Asatryan, born in Armenia in 1985, started his saxophone lessons at the college of music in Yerevan under Prof. A. Manukyan in 1993 after a brief interlude on the piano. From October 2000 he studied in Dortmund under Prof. Daniel Gauthier with whom he continued his study from October 2003 onwards at the conservatoire of music in Cologne...>

Nara Noian

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 16:33:50 GMT

All her life, Nara has been an artist with all her soul: by her parents, her relatives and the surroundings of her childhood in Armenia, by her studies or by her numerous creations. Born in January 1971 in Erevan, Nara took from her 14th, b oth piano and accompanying lessons at the High Academy of Music "Komitas" and stage interpretation at the High Academy of Dramatic Art of Erevan.
An outstanding feat! Even more, she gets the same year, in 1990, a first prize in both academies!...>

Armenian Stonehenge

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 16:17:02 GMT

Constructed over 6000 years ago, the Zorats Stones site was a place of activity for 4000 years until Armenia’s adoption of Christianity. In total, there are 203 stones, 76 of which have 5-7 cm diameter holes bored through them. Sixty three stones stand upright, 16 on an angle, while 90 lay flat. The largest of the boulders weigh more than 50 tons and were hauled from a quarry situated several kilometers away...>

Gabriel Arrut

Mon, 03 Dec 2012 23:08:07 GMT

Gabriel Arrut

Gabriel Arrut (Aroutchiyan, Арутчьян, Արուտչյան) es el testigo de la guerra y la revolución rusa, llegó con su familia en Francia de Armenia. Dramaturgo, escritor, traductor conocido francés. En 1978 Gabriel AROUT recibió el gran premio de la Sociedad de Autores y Compositores Dramáticos en 1981 y el premio de la Academia francesa de teatro...>

Djivan Gasparyan / Armenian Duduk

Mon, 03 Dec 2012 20:26:50 GMT

Djivan Gasparyan

Djivan Gasparyan (1928, Armenia) es un músico y compositor. Es ejecutante del duduk numero uno. 2000 compuso y toco el tema en "EL Gladiator" (2000 soundtrack) Gasparyan es la persona de mayor edad que participó como artista principal en el Festival de la Canción de Eurovisión, (Oslo 2010)...>

Armenian JAZZ

Sat, 01 Dec 2012 13:42:28 GMT

Armenian JAZZ

Jazz music is very popular in Armenia. The first jazz band of Yerevan was founded in 1936, by composer Tsolak Vardazaryan. In 1938, composer Artemi Ayvazyan firstly in the USSR founded the Armenian State Jazz Orchestra. Then Stepan Shakarian founded the jazz sextet of Radio, jazz-trios were founded by David Azaryan and Artashes Kartalyan. Jazz pianist Levon Malkhasian ("Malkhas") founded his jazz trio in cooperation with Armen Toutounjyan ("Chico") and Arthur Abrahamyan. In 1998, Malkhas become one of the initiators of Yerevan International Jazz-Festivals...>

Andre Kirk Agassi

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 13:32:20 GMT

Andre Kirk Agassi

Andre Kirk Agassi es un ex jugador de tenis estadounidense nacido el 29 de abril de 1970 en Las Vegas. Su verdadero nombre es Andre Kirk Agassian, es de origen armenio...>

Vinos de Armenia / Armenian Wines

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:12:01 GMT

Vinos de Armenia / Armenian Wines

Unos arqueólogos han anunciado el hallazgo en una cueva de Armenia de la bodega de vino más antigua del mundo, lo que prueba que los humanos hacían fermentar las uvas desde la Edad de Cobre, hace más de 6.000 años. En el mismo lugar, se encontró en junio de 2010 un mocasín de cuero en perfecto estado de hace 5.500 años, el zapato más antiguo conocido hasta ahora...>

ARENI

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:21:33 GMT

Areni (Armenian: Արենի; formerly Arpa)

...is a village in the Vayots Dzor Province of Armenia. It is best known for its wine production, although the majority of wine produced locally is from the nearby village of Getap. The church of S. Astvatsatsin is a single-nave two-aisled domed Armenian church completed in the year 1321, and is located atop a plateau overlooking the Arpa River and Areni. It was designed by the architect and sculptor Momik Vardpet who is best known for his high-relief carvings at the monastery of Noravank (located approximately 6 kilometers southeast from Areni). Nearby are also the 13th century ruins of lord Tarsaitch Orbelian of Syunik's palace, moved from Yeghegis to Areni during that time. Ruins of a 13th century bridge built by Bishop Sarkis in 1265-1287 are one kilometer northeast of the church. At the same location are the remains of an older bridge...>

Ivan Aivazovsky

Sat, 24 Nov 2012 21:15:55 GMT

Ivan Aivazovsky

Ivan Aivazovsky was a famous Russian artist specializing in seascape and landscape portraits. He was born into the family of a destitute Armenian merchant in the Crimean city of Feodosia on 17 July 1817...>