Armenia's anthem to have new musical arrangement

Armenia’s national anthem will be re-recorded with a new musical arrangement, a Ministry of Culture official has said.

Speaking to Tert.am, Sona Harutyunyan, the head of the Department of Contemporary Art, said that the applications for the contest have already been reviewed.

According to her, in principle this contest differs from the previous one.

“In this case neither the words are changed, nor the music. What is meant is a contest of a new type of recording with ensemble and orchestra,” said Harutyunyan.

Further, she said that everything is already ready for the contest. They will only wait for some commission member to return from holidays, she added.

“The contest will start in September,” she said.

The anthem was adopted on 1 July 1991. The text is a poem by the Armenian poet and publicist Michael Nalbandyan called “The Song of the Italian Girl.”

The music was written by Barsegh Kanachyan.

The song was also the national anthem of the parliamentary state in 1918-1920.