Armenian traditional clothing – taraz in it’s bright colors express the inner sight of Armenian identity. This unique collection of ancient Armenian traditional women dresses from different epochs and different regions of Armenia are similar with bright colors, making the women like flowering tree.
Mysterious Armenian Alphabet
Here are the names of some chemical elements. The interesting fact is that each one of the Armenian alphabetic letters represent a numerical value. Now the sum of the numerical values of letters used to write the name of each element equals the Atomic Number of that element. Here are some examples… No other alphabet […]
Lucine Amara
Born on 1927, Hartford, USA Leading singer of Metropolitan Opera House of New York Lucine Amara (soprano) Isahak Stern, an eminent violinist, called singing violin Lusin Amara (real name and surname- Taguhi Armaghanyan) studied at the Western Academy of Music, at the University of Southern California. In 1948 during she won 1st music award at the […]
Artavazd Egiazaryan | Here
Source – Yerevan Magazine The drama of director Breyden King “Here” became the first American film which has been completely shot in Armenia. The picture a leading role in which executed a rising star of Hollywood Ben Foster, was shown on the international film festival «Golden apricot» this summer. And its director, told us about […]
Msho Charentir
The Giant Treasure of Matenadaran One of the gorgeous sights of Yerevan is Mashtots Avenue which stretches along many beautiful buildings, but the most gracious architectural one stands at the highest place at the edge of the avenue. This building made of steel color basalt is Matenadaran, research institute of ancient manuscripts after M. Mashtots […]
Armenian Cultural Events Schedule for April 2012
Concerts A.Spendiarian Opera and Ballet National Academic Theater 04.04.12. A.Tigranyan “Anush” Opera Conductor` K.Lavchyan Concert start at 7:00 P.M. Ticket price: from 1000 to 5000 AMD 10.04.12. T.Tchoukhajian ”Arshak the Second” Opera Conductor` A.Arakelyan Concert start at 6:00 P.M. Ticket price: from 1000 to 5000 AMD 14.04.12. A.Vivaldi “Primavera ” Ballet Premiere M.Ravel “Bolero” Ballet Premiere […]
Yerevan World Book Capital 2012
The schedule of events for Yerevan World Book Capital 2012 places a special emphasis on children and young adults as carriers of knowledge into the future. Many programs will be organized to help instill the love of reading, reciting, writing and even learning how to publish and print books for children. Events such as, “Give […]
The Gospel of Sebastia of 1066 (Matenadaran N311)
The Treasures of Matenadaran The manuscripts of 11th century make a separate group of manuscripts in the history of Armenian miniature art. Though very few manuscripts of that period have reached to us, they express the nature and rich traditions of Armenian miniature art of the time. The sizes of the manuscripts of that period are […]
Gyumri The Cultural Capital of Armenia
This year we are going to celebrate the 100th anniversary of opera “Anush” with great splendor and solemnity. This wonderful work by Armen Tigranyan for the first time was staged a century ago, in 1912 in Gyumri. The author himself was from Gyumri and with his brother, composer Nikoghayos Tigranyan, he has thoroughly developed mighty traditions of local […]
The Works of Spartak Gevorgyan
Original Samples of Modern Statuary Statuary has its unique place in modern art and one of the remarkable representatives of Armenian modern sculpture is Spartak Gevorgyan who presents to the art lovers his works distinguished for their unique style and content, the testimony of which are his works: fine bronze statuettes placed on the agate or obsidian […]