“Ancestors of my mother are from Nagorno-Karabakh, from where my great-grandparents were forced to leave for Central Asia. My grandfather was 5 then, their family was evicted. He did silkworm breeding in Kyrgyzstan. One of my uncles tried to make our family-tree to understand who’s on its roots. It turned out, that mother’s side of my great-grandmother is the relative of my favorite composer—Aram Khachatryan. A crucial meeting in my teenage years was acquaintance with Genady Astsaturyan, Armenian composer and arranger living in Crimea. He taught me to jazz, listening to hard music, and did arrangement for me. I was a member of the Astsaturyans, and was visiting Armenian parties..”
Unfortunately, here, in Armenia, it’s impossible to have full halls through this art type. Besides, it’s been scientifically proven that human brain isn’t able to get information for 40 minutes uniterrupted, as it’s a big load for the brain. Conditioned by this and other reasons, I mainly participated in various corporative invitations. In this month I missed an important forum, the only reason for which was indifference towards the genre.
Both in creative and everyday life Sergei Parajanov never stopped being different from others, an individual seeking for and finding unique solutions. People tell that, upon his initiative every feast was becoming an unforgettable event for the guests. Especially the birthday on January 9 of the film director was the one. Although Zaven Sargsyan, Master’s old friend, and currently director of S.Parajanov House-Museum, told 168.am that he usually spent his birthday on his son’s—Suren Parajanov’s birthday on November 9.
Ryan was inspired to film this movie when she read The Human Comedy while going through her divorce with Dennis Quaid, when her son Jack – who is also cast in the movie – was 8. “I kept thinking, ‘How do you become a man? I mean is he going to be all right?’ And I remember reading all kinds of things, and I got to this book, and it’s about so many things…there was so many great ideas inside of it,” she said.
In an interview with the Paris-based magazine Numero, the former “Twilight” character and face of Dior Homme revealed his designer aspirations. “I’ve started making clothes,” he said. “For the last two years, I’ve been visiting producers and craftsmen. There are already quite a few pieces. I love doing it. My style is influenced by the cities I go to, sourcing fabrics and local skills. In Los Angeles it’s really easy to work with denim and do workwear-inspired clothes. In England I look more toward wool and knitwear. What I do is pretty multifaceted, clothes for men and for women, things that I make with friends….But I’m not going into too much detail, I don’t want to jinx anything.”
On March 8 ahead International Women’s Day, famous Russian singer Nikolai Baskov appeared in National Academic Opera and Ballet Theater. The surprise has been initiated by RA First Lady Mrs. Rita Sargsyan. After introducing the idea of the initiative to the Russian singer, according to certain information, a “request-claim” has been submitted—ultimately learn and perform […]
Recently, the New York Botanical Gardens recreated parts of the extensive tropical gardens from Frida Kahlo’s famous “Casa Azul” home in Mexico. It’s the first solo NYC presentation of her work in 25 years, and fans are thrilled to see her art in such an immersive, lush setting. In conjunction with the show, Throckmorton Fine […]
Ending of the film is quite surprising, as we edify how the one believing in his capabilities, is severely defeated, and the other, who seemed to settle all his issues with the existence and was solely living, raises on the stage with the baton and conducts the orchestra at the concert. A very nice movie. There is such a wise and subtle world in this movie.
The entertainment blog, The Playlist, is predicting that much-anticipated Genocide-themed film, “The Promise,” with its lead actors Oscar Issac and Christian Bale, will be on a short list for Academy Award consideration in 2017.
On March 4 USSR People’s Artist Armen Dzhigarkhanyan was hospitalized in the intensive care unit of the cardiology department of Scientific Research Institute for Emergency Medicine named after N.V. Sklifosovsky, reports TASS.. “He is in the cardiology department of intensive care for patients with heart attack,” – the institute informed.
