Culture

Tombs With Ancient Artefacts Uncovered In Armenia’s Vanadzor

Tombs containing ancient relics, such as jars, jugs, human, and animal bones have been uncovered during construction works in Vanadzor’s Khnd...

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September 10th 2021

Government Plan Proposes Special Status for Western Armenian

A government action plan, put forward by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and approved last month by Armenia’s legislature, proposes granting the W...

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September 07th 2021

Yerevan Biennial Art Foundation in Partnership with Google Arts and Culture Presents On-Line Exhibit of Martiros Sarian

Yerevan Biennial Art Foundation has announced partnership with Google Arts and Culture with the opening of 3 new exhibitions alongside the digita...

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August 09th 2021

Food in Armenia: 30 Traditional Dishes to Look Out For

Will Fly for Food, a famous travel blog for the gastronomically inclined, has prepared an eye-catchy report on the Armenian cuisine, presenting a lis...

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August 03rd 2021

Occupied Avetaranots: Uncertain Future Awaits Hundreds of Cultural Monuments

Azerbaijani troops captured Avetaranots, a village in Artsakh’s Askeran region, on October 27, 2020.Avetaranots is one of the oldest and most famo...

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July 21st 2021

Hayk Hekekyan and Mari Hakobyan Won The VIII Stockholm Int’l Music Competition

The VIII Stockholm International Music Competition (SIMC) brings together young people in the field of classical music, who compete in different ...

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July 13th 2021

A contemporary Arts Festival is Bringing Creativity Back to War Torn Artsakh

A new contemporary arts festival in Stepanakert, the capital of Artsakh, is providing a platform for local youth in the war-torn town to heal through...

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July 09th 2021

Arto Tuncboyaciaian & Chakhruk ethno music group to Perform in Vanadzor on July 25

The "Chakhruk" annual festival will start on July 25 in Vanadzor, Armenia, in which "Chakhruk" ethno music group of the Kharberd specialized orph...

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July 08th 2021

Legendary Armenian Duduk Player Jivan Gasparayn Dies Aged 92

Legendary Armenian duduk player Jivan Gasparyan passed away today aged 92, his grandson informs.“The world has suffered unimaginable loss tonig...

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July 06th 2021

Revival: A Film by Jivan Avetisyan

Armenian award-winning film director Jivan Avetisyan, who spent 38 days of the 44-day war in Artsakh is creating his 4th film, Revival, documenting a...

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July 06th 2021

The Balyans, a prominent family of architects

A book by Buke Uras has been published to highlight the work done by the Balyan family during the Ottoman empire. The Balyans have been prominent arc...

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June 14th 2021

Tufenkian Gallery to Present ‘Serj Tankian: The Incandescent Pause’ Exhibit

Tufenkian Fine Arts will present “Serj Tankian: The Incandescent Pause,” an exhibition featuring selected works by the artist Serj Tankian. The e...

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June 11th 2021

New York City Opera Names Constantine Orbelian as Music Director and Principal Conductor

Director of the Armenian Opera and Ballet National Academic Theater after Alexander Spendiaryan Constantine Orbelian has been appointed Musi...

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June 08th 2021

Remembering The Life Of A Great Musician, Aram Khachaturian

Yesterday was the birthday of the Armenian composer, conductor, public figure Aram Khachaturian. The founder of the "DiasporArm" Hovel Chenorokian wa...

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June 08th 2021

Armenia Has A Representative At The 17th International Architecture Exhibition And You Can Be A Part Of It

After the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of the Republic of Armenia put out an open call, HYBRIDITY was selected to represent the...

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June 06th 2021

Armenian writer and public figure Toros Toranian dies at 93

Toros Toranian was born in Aleppo in 1928. His father had a strong command of the Armenian language whereas his mother, who had grown up in ...

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June 06th 2021

Tigran Hamasyan Wins Deutscher Jazzpreis Award, Named International Artist of the Year

Armenian jazz pianist Tigran Hamasyan has been awarded the Deutscher Jazzpreis 2021 for Piano/Keyboards and named International Artist of the ...

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June 04th 2021

Satellite Images Show Erasure of Armenian Churches in Azerbaijan

Covert destruction of Armenian-Christian heritage in Azerbaijan’s autonomous republic of Nakhichevan has been exposed in recently surfaced Cold War...

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June 03rd 2021

Monitoring the Cultural Heritage of Artsakh

An independent academic platform named “Monument Watch” has been established to record and present the condition and changes of Artsakh Cultu...

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May 19th 2021

Armenian Pavilion at the 2021 Venice Biennale

Named "HYBRIDITY", the Armenian Pavilion at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia, allows visitors to step into the...

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May 17th 2021

Bared Maronian’s “Bloodless” Wins Top Awards at Beverly Hills Film Festival 2021

According to the Beverly Hills Film Festival Website, Bared Maronian's feature documentary "Bloodless: The Path to Democracy" has won two awards:...

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May 06th 2021

Armenian Cemetery in Azerbaijani-Occupied Mets Tagher Village Destroyed

An Armenian cemetery in the village of Mets Tagher in Artsakh’s Azerbaijani-occupied Hadrut region has been destroyed, the Caucasus Heritage Wa...

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May 05th 2021

Possible Threat to 7th century Armenian Church of Vankasar

The Caucasus Heritage Watch warns of possible threat to 7th century Armenian church of Vankasar in Aghdam. It has released satellite images, show...