Yerevan to celebrate World Music Day

On the occasion of the World Music Day, Yerevan will host music festivals later on Tuesday.

The event has been celebrated in Armenia for the fifth year running.

Song and dance festivals will be organized in the Northern Avenue and several parks of the capital city, as well as in the vicinity of the Chamber Theatre and the National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre.

The World Music Day (Fête de la Musique) is celebrated every year on June 21.

It was first broached in 1976 when American musician Joel Cohen, then employed by the national French radio station France Musique. Cohen proposed an all-night music celebration at the moment of the summer solstice. The idea was taken up by French Music and Dance director Maurice Fleuret for Minister of Culture Jack Lang in 1981 and first took place in 1982.