As private screenings for the upcoming Terry George Armenian Genocide epic The Promise are held on the Hill and elsewhere, battle lines are being drawn between those who embrace historical truth and those who would distort or deny it.
Komitas’s output was modest: 80 choral works and songs, arrangements of the Armenian mass, and some dances for piano. But as his better-known compatriot Aram Khachaturian acknowledged, he singlehandedly laid the foundations for Armenia’s classical tradition.
“Musicians from Armenia will also take part in the awards. The concert will bring together numerous Armenians of France and neighboring countries, as well as artists from the Fatherland,” Barro said. Adam Barro recently received two additional international awards from competitions in Italy and Spain.
Golden Globe winner Oscar Issac, Academy Award winning actor Christian Bale and famous rock musician, soloist of “System of a Down” group Serj Tankian, as well as actress Angela Sarafyan, screenwriter Terry George will attend the premiere of Armenian Genocide themed “The Promise” film.
More than dozens of movies left behind, several of which brought world fame not only to the film director, but also his homeland, authorizing discovery of “Distance montage”—exclusive innovative theory in cinematography, and today Pelechian won’t stop “shooting” the upcoming film—“Homo sapiens”, but for now only in his mind.
“For this book there will be fights, attacks against me, or there will be absolute indifference, as people reading will consider that I have written something absurd,” world movie legend Artavazd Pelechian said about his work “My world and common theory of the field”, which took him half a century to create it.
Iranian director Asghar Farhadi has won the best foreign language Oscar in Los Angeles, for a second time, for domestic drama “The Salesman.” Farhadi, 44, did not attend the ceremony because he said that the conditions that would be attached to a potential entry visa were unacceptable.
Oscar winner Susan Sarandon stars in Arthur Balder’s new experimental documentary “American Mirror” with Armenian painter Tigran Tsitoghzhyan, Asbarez reported. The shootings of the film are in th final stage.
“His outstanding body of work often focuses on the themes of community, isolation and the role of technology in our lives. Generous with his time and talent, he serves as a mentor and teacher, and as an active member of cultural boards and film festival juries. He is also a talented visual artist and director of both theater and opera.”
Famous German sculptor Bertrand Freiesleben has created the bust of Armenian Chess Grandmaster Levon Aronian. Bertrand Freiesleben told a press conference in “Armenpress” how he sculpted the bust.
