Famous Armenian basketball player Armenak Alajajian (Armenak Alachachan) passed away at the age of 87 in Toronto, Canada, on December 4th, 2017.
Armenian-American singer-songwriter Serj Tankian is introducing his own line of jewelry.
We tend to think about success as the pinnacle of achievement. It’s what we supposedly experience once we get everything we think we want. We get into Harvard Business School. Our startup goes through an IPO. We marry the person of our dreams.
Kevin de León – member of the California State Senate will honor Charles Aznavour during the unveiling ceremony on October 27 in Hollywood.
Great sins are attributed to great people. This isn’t regularity, however, such a tendency exists: some internal human aspiration seemingly needs to decrease difference between themselves and those, who are exclusive by their title and individuality. We come across with an episode of similar attitude, which relates reformist activity of Catholicos of all Armenians Mkrtich A.Khrimian—Khrimian Hayrik.
“Parajanov, for instance, never wanted to become famous. He simply made films, loyal to himself. And he gained world fame without any prize. The prize may help, but it can’t have decisive importance. Every person should strive to be strong. If he’s strong, he’ll make good films. And people, naturally, will get interested in good films. It’s important to be original, if you imitate others you won’t reach success and won’t be considered original. If political figures don’t interfere and give advice, an interesting Armenian film for abroad may be made.”
“As I made the piece, I was imagining the refugee children the Pope would be meeting as they would each come up to the Ark with water and soil from their home country… and that the piece would be symbolic in some way of their salvation and life in a new land,” he wrote.
“The duduk plays hot, but its loud voice seems pleasant to the ear, the drum plays loud but softly and behind that music you see another—the music of beautiful movement of flexible human body, free play in the variegated waves of bright clothes. At the moments when slenderness of multi-head body movements was increasing, turning into golden and apricot-color storm, I was waiting that the chain of dancers would broke into separate circles, however, even in that storm they were keeping united dynamics of movements, increasing and deepening the impression of power and unity.”
During the trial the prosecutor, demanding not such a severe punishment, at the same time reminded the foreigners, that there is no need, “to settle their political issues on the French ground.” Finally, the court sentenced Ter-Zakarian for one year in prison and obliged the dissatisfied party to pay one franc, as compensation.
“Restore Tourian’s face…accept the proposal or not? I have had many excitements in my scientific life, however, I confess what came over me at that moment is impossible to describe. No, it was not happiness or pride, maybe, first and foremost, it was fear. Yes, I was afraid of Tourian, his unique charm…”
