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19:19 • 19.07.13Austrian to take over at La Scala opera in 2014La Scala has said Pereira's salary will be "at least 25 percent" lower than the 350,000 euros ($459,000) a year received by his predecessor and he will not have free housing…
10:04 • 19.07.13Emmy nominations announced in Los AngelesThe most Emmy nominations, 17, went to "American Horror Story: Asylum." Close behind was "Game of Thrones" with 16 nods, while "Saturday Night Live" and…
08:21 • 18.07.13Armenian melodies combined with jazzOne of the most famous artists of Syria, singer Lena Chamamyan, will host pianist Tuluğ Tırpan and one of the best cellists in Turkey, Özer Arkun, as well as renowned kanun player Göksel Baktagir…
17:48 • 17.07.13British star heads up WikiLeaks in Bill Condon’s conspiracy dramaThe trailer has the feel of a conspiracy thriller combined with the tech cred of 2010’s The Social Network, down to the rift growing between Assange and his right-hand man…
11:29 • 17.07.13Zimmerman: Stevie Wonder to boycott FloridaIn a video posted on YouTube, the 63-year-old singer said at a concert in Quebec City in Canada: "Until the stand your ground law is abolished in Florida, I will never perform there again…
11:38 • 16.07.13'I turned down 'Robert Galbraith'': Editor admits rejecting JK Rowling's secret novel“I thought it was well-written but quiet. It didn’t stand out for me and new crime novels are hard to launch right now…”
17:37 • 15.07.13Armenian actor speak of society’s disappointment and his ‘naïve hopes’“The greater part of Armenia’s society is disappointed, and we can see the result – the large-scale emigration we actually expected. I thing that the real figures are even higher than expected…”
15:06 • 15.07.13Armenian satirist to hold ‘Every Monday’ performance on grand scale“They say Monday is not a day of theater, but I have played on Mondays for dozens of years. I came to love Monday and to realize it is a very good day for starting something new…”
16:40 • 13.07.13Nationality is of no importance at international film festivals - Golden Apricot Festival director“If Armenia is hosting an international festival should it be afraid of screening Azerbaijani films?” said Khachatryan. If we are an international festival we must screen Azerbaijani and Turkish..."
11:43 • 13.07.13Voices of Armenia string quartet performs open-air concert in Yerevan’s Avan communityOpen-air concerts of classical music, movie shows and performances of dance groups are organized under the “Joyous Summer” program in the Avan community…
13:34 • 12.07.13‘Real art is kind of absent reality convincing as much as reality itself’ – Artavazd Peleshyan“But words are most important. I did not use words because words require sequence of images. Sounds, images, music speak stronger than words…”
12:55 • 11.07.13Armenian filmmaker speaks of Golden Apricot’s mission“I have done something impermissible. I asked my students to sincerely tell me if they wanted to leave Armenia. None of them raised his hand. I am happy about that. Of course, it is desirable that..."
12:20 • 11.07.13Slavyanski Bazar festival to open soon: Armenian performer to take partThe festival program envisages 60 cultural events, including 18 concerts at the Summer amphitheatre Vladimir Karachevsky, First Deputy Minister of Culture of Belarus, told journalists…
17:35 • 10.07.13Charles Aznavour tells about his life, participation in Golden Apricot festivalOn the opening day the star of the world-famous Armenian singer Charles Aznavour was unveiled on the Walk of Stars in Yerevan…
12:47 • 09.07.13Armenian cultural figures participate in Culture Night in Lithuania’s capitalThis year, the Culture Night festival is a major cultural event on the occasion of Lithuania’s chairmanship of the European Union (EU)…