On July 15, 2018, from 13:00 to 17:00 in the big hall of the Armenian Russian Slavonic University, there took place “Neiro” the first Japanese musical contest festival in Armenia, which was organized by IROHA center. In the beginning there appeared on the screen the official video of the song “Revive Japan”,written by the composer Shushan Sargsyan. The song is written in memory of the terrible earthquake, which took place in March 2011 in Japan.
Then there delivered greeting speeches the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Japan in Armenia Mr. Yamada and the President of IROHA center Mrs. Ruzan Khojikyan. Then there were presented the members of the jury.
After that there started the performances of the 11 participants.
And then, meanwhile the jury were deciding the prizewinners, there performed the specially invited guests.
At the end there were announced the results of the contest.
Author: H. Muradyan
translated from Armenian into English by M.Vardanyan