The Concert of Maestro Karen Israyelyan ...

Today at the Museum-Institute after Komitas there took place the joint concert of the Armenian violoncellist Karen Israyelyan, who lives in Tokyo and the Japanese harpist Urara Inoue. The concert was dedicated to the opening of the Embassy of Japan in the Republic of Armenia. The concert consisted of two parts. There were performed works of both Japanese and Armenian musicians, including the works of Komitas “Apricot tree”, “Crane”, “Chinar es” and “Red Aylugh”. The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan in the Republic of Armenia Eiji...

“After the Concert in Tokyo They Were As...

17/09/2015  “In Japan there is observed the growth of interest towards the Armenian culture, music”, said the pianist of Aram Khachatryan Trio Armine Grigoryan during the interview with Panorama.am. Let’s mention that from September 7 to 11, with the cooperation and sponsorship of the Embassy of RA in Japan and the Ministry of Culture of RA, in the frameworks of the events dedicated to the 100-th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, Aram Khachatryan Trio had a concert tour in Tokyo – pianist Armine Grigoryan, violoncellist Karen Shahgaldyan and cellist...

Barbeque contest-fest held in Armenia’s ...

08.09.2012 YEREVAN.–Development and Preservation of Armenian Culinary Traditions NGO along with the Areni Festival fund, Akhtala city hall of the Armenia’s Lori Region, and with the support of the Armenian Ministry of Economy held on Saturday the fourth international and traditional barbeque contest-festival in Lori’s Akhtala city, Armenian News-NEWS.am Lori correspondent reports from the site. The US Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern, Armenia’s Minister of Agriculture Sergo Yeritsyan local authority representatives and lots of tourists attended the festival. 18...

The Japanese Armenologist was in Armenia...

In the new academic year the public lectures with the participation of foreign lecturers are being continued in the Faculty of History and Law of ASPU. Today the lecturer of Waseda University of Japan, armenologist Takayuki Yoshimura delivered a lecture for the students of the faculty. He makes his armenological studies of the Armenian history of the 20th century at the NationalArchives of Armenia. The Japanese armenologist presented the students the Armenian-Japanese relations especially during the years of the World War 1st: by the way, it was his first open...

Japanese Tea as a Basis for the Armenian...

07.09.2015  Today the students studying Japanese at Yerevan State University have gathered around the tea table together with the delegation of the Japanese Kagawa University.  The meeting was organized in the frameworks of the cooperation between YSU Faculty of International Relations and the Embassy of Japan in RA. Though such a visit is organized in Armenia for already the 5th year, YSU receives the Japanese guests for the first time. “It is already the second year that the students of our faculty study Japanese as the second foreign language and now they have...

Unique Event in the Chair of the Japanes...

On September 4, 2015 Mr. Hasegawa Arihiko, who is already partially an Armenian (as he is married to an Armenian girl) and his six friends were hosted in the Chair of the Japanese language of Slavonic University. At first, they introduced themselves and began a pleasant talk with the students. Then the master of sato (Japanese tea-drinking ceremony) Kimura Hajuki made tea, which was accompanied by the explanations of the teacher of the Japanese language Karine Karamyan and then she treated all the students who were present there. After that, Yumien sang, including in...