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Sirusho of Armenia Astonishes At Eurovision Rehersal

Eurovision 2008 rehersals are continuing in Belgrade ahead of next week's Eurovision 2008 song contest and the first three participants to rehearse today at the Belgrade Arena were Sirusho of Armenia, the Hind from the Netherlands and the Finnish rockers of Teräsbetoni.

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Poll Rates Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia As Favorites of Eurovision 2008

The representative of Armenia in the Eurovision 2008 international song competition Sirusho is highly evaluated and named in the best top five by the internet users.

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Arevik To Represent Armenia In Eurovision Song 2007

"AREVIK" is going to represent Armenia at Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007 for the first time ever on December 8th, 2007 in Rotterdam (Netherlands).

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Armenia's World-Renowned KOHAR Symphony Orchestra, Choir To Perform In American Tour

KOHAR Symphonic Orchestra and Choir Tours the U.S. and Canada, Performing in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Detroit, Chicago, Boston, Toronto, Montreal and New York’s Carnegie Hall

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Music of Armenia iin the streets of Yerevan

At the initiative of the French Embassy in Armenia, June 21 professional and amateur musicians will play live in the streets of downtown Yerevan.

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"Armenia's Nightingale" Shall No Longer Sing

On May 16, at 16:00, the "Armenian nightingale," the greatest Armenian opera singer Gohar Gasparyan passed away.

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French Film Festival to be held in the framework of the Golden Apricot Festival in Armenia

For the first time a French Film Festival will be held within the framework of the Golden Apricot International Film Festival to be held July 9-14 in Armenia's capital city, Yerevan.

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Armenian Catholicossate's "Shnorhali" Choir's Performance at the American University of Beirut

The Catholicosate of Cilicia's "Shenorhali" Choir and its artistic director and conductor, well-known Lebanese-Armenian musicologist Zakar Keshishian, dazzled a mixed audience of Armenian and foreign music lovers in its annual concert at the Assembly Hall of the American University of Beirut (AUB) on April 15.

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Speghani Choir: Bearers of Armenian Song

Speghani choir delights me with its artistry. I love listening to this choir, because of the hint of confession and introspection - so inherent in Armenian song - that is present in its singing.

Tigran Mansuryan, composer, 2004 Grammy awards nominee

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Armenian Jut is Unmatched

Musician Manouk Haroutyunyan has always dreamed of a musical instrument that will be unique and unmatched on the universal level and won't resemble any European violinist and kamanchas. He has carried out researches on national musical instruments, made an instrument of five wires, maple and pear tree woods and called it jut.

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Armenian Composer Tigran Mansourian To Present Three Premiers

Composer Tigran Mansourian (Armenia) represented the concert premiers he is going to give next year in France, USA and Sweden. In particular, he will perform pieces that are of more philosophical character. He explained that the musical pieces composed last year were based on his mood as a result of his wife's death.

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Armenian Movie "Priestess" To Premier In Los Angeles

"Priestess,' the latest film shot by one of the leading movie directors of Armenia, Vigen Chaldranian, will be premiered on January 25 in the Chinese Theatre cinema house in Glendale, California, USA. The film will be shown in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York.

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