Nearly 73 years after his death the quality and the contemporary purchase of his poetry lives and make us think about. This year we’re going to celebrate the 113th anniversary of Yeghishe Charents (Yeghishe Soghomonyan) was born in Kars in 1897 to a family involved in the rug trade. He attended Armenian secondary school in […]
David Gazazyan (1910 – 1968)
“Only a real dramaturge will reveal the organic feelings, which will make his works become valuable ones. And D. Gazazyan’s works are a proof of it” Konstantin Simonov David Abraham Gazazyan was born in 1910, in historical province of Sebastia, city Nikodemia (Izmit), Constantinople where he spent his first years of childhood. In 1915 his family […]
Valmar
Painter Vladimir Margarian (Valmar) is an outstanding representative of the young Armenian figurative artists of the 70’s, a craftsman aspiring for new artistic forms. He has had solo exhibitions in Yerevan, Tartu (Estonia), Moscow, Yurmala (Latvia), USA, Hungary. He has been exhibited in several countries abroad. V.Margarian, a graduate of the Yerevan Arts and Theatre Institute, is a […]
Rustam Raza – Great Emperor’s Bodyguard
Roustam Raza – the most devoted person who accompanied the great emperor during fourteen years of his life was an Armenian. Roustam Raza, Bonaparte’s famous mamluk bodyguard, was born in Tbilisi, Georgia to Armenian parents. At thirteen Roustam was kidnapped and sold as a slave in Cairo. The Turks gave him the name Idzhahia. The sheikh of […]
Rouben Mamoulian (1898-1987)
Rouben Mamoulian – his name cannot be but mentioned in the history of Cinematography. A tireless experimenter whose innate taste and intelligence enabled him to succeed where less talented directors had failed; Mamoulian directed only 16 movies but left an indelible mark on film history. Rouben Mamoulian was born in 1898, Tiflis, Georgia and attended Nersesian School in […]
Man of Cinema
“To me Mher was a “God” in all matters; as a talented actor, as a brother, as a father. He was a man who was born a child and died a child. To him the most powerful thing in the space was love, love to work and create. He was a man who would never […]
Armenian laughter
It is said that laughter lengthens our lives. It is not necessary to study or test it to believe; it is enough only to look at the man who laughs heartily and you’ll immediately understand that his life will lengthen by all means depended on the strength of his laughter. To make people laugh is […]
Serj Tankians’ firts solo concert in Yerevan
Rock mood, a large concert hall and a lot of fans… all this was for the rock music lovers of all ages, who had got the chance to attend the world famous rock singer – Serj Tankian’s first solo concert in Yerevan, August 12, at the Sport Concert Complex named after K. Demirchyan. The concert organizers Deem […]
The Doctor who Overcame Aging
There are few doctors whose names are carved on the marble statue of Hippocrates in Greece. Among the few is world-famous Romanian doctor of Armenian extraction Ana Asian who created a remedy that prevents aging and its undesirable effects. Ana Vasilica Asian (1897-1988) was a founding figure of geriatrics and gerontology, doctor of med-ical sciences […]