An actor from start to finish

"An actor from start to finish. We, our colleagues, stood backstage, watching and waiting to see what new things he would do in the role today. We knew he had to improvise, and it was a brilliant improvisation. It was amazing how inventive he was. He could make the audience laugh. I remember performances with his participation began in the hall with Homeric laughter, and it continued throughout. In general, Frunzik was an amazing person: he began the day with a song and rejoiced. On the other hand, there was always something tragic in him. the feeling..."

Khoren Abrahamyan about Mher Mkrtchyan

December 29 is the commemoration day of Mher Mkrtchyan (1930-1993), a prominent Armenian film and theater actor, People's Artist of the USSR.

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Remembering the Poet

138 years ago, on February 9, 1885 (new style), in the family of a village priest in the village of Gandza near Akhalkalaki was born an outstanding Armenian poet Vahan Teryan. In 1899 Vahan entered Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages in Moscow. Together with his friends Teryan publishes at the institute a handwritten newspaper "Nadezhda", where he not only writes editorials and editorials, but also heads the poetry department, where he publishes his poems under the pseudonyms of Shvin, Volo and others. In August 1906 Teryan enters Moscow University, the Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Faculty of History and Philology. Under the direct influence of the 1905-1907 revolution, he wrote the cycle of poems "Crown of Thorns", in which he glorifies the revolutionary fighters. On the night of December 3, 1906 Teryan's apartment was searched, he and a friend were arrested, but on December 13 he was released from custody. During this period Terja...

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Армения удачно реализует программы индивидуального партнерства с ЕС и НАТО, заявил сегодня в Ереване секретарь Совета Национальной Безопасности Армении Артур Багдасарян, выступая на открытии 73-го семинара Парламентской Ассамблеи НАТО Rose-Roth "Региональные развития на Южном Кавказе: вызовы, возможности и перспективы". По его словам, программа сотрудничества с ЕС насчитывает около 190 конкретных действий, программа сотрудничества с НАТО -122 действий по реформированию различных сфер. В процессе реализации программ активно принимают участие и эксперты из ЕС и НАТО. "Армения привержена выполнению своих международных обязательств, в частности, в рамках программы индивидуального партнерства Армения-НАТО ", заявил Багдасарян, подчеркнув, что в этом вопросе в Армении отмечен ощутимый прогресс.

Composer Tigran Mansuryan turns 84

Today is the 84th birthday of Tigran Mansuryan, a world-famous Armenian composer, national artist and honored artist of Armenia. Tigran Mansuryan was born in Beirut on January 27, 1939. The Mansuryan family moved to Armenia in 1947 and settled in Yerevan in 1956. The future composer graduated from the Music College under Romanos Melikyan, then studied at the Yerevan Conservatory, taught there in 1967-1986, and was its rector in 1992-1995. At present he concentrates fully on composing. He is one of the most performed composers of modern Armenia. In his creative work he combines modern writing techniques with the support of national musical traditions, especially the traditions of Komitas. Tigran Mansuryan is known for his symphonic works as well as for his film music.

Yerevan Reporter

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