A Number Of International Festivals To Be Held This Year As Well In

A NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS TO BE HELD THIS YEAR AS WELL IN ARMENIA

Noyan Tapan
March 14, 2008

YEREVAN, MARCH 14, NOYAN TAPAN. Like in previous years, this year as
well a number of international festivals will be held in Armenia on the
initiative of the RA Ministry of Culture. According to the information
provided to a Noyan Tapan correspondent by Gayane Durgarian, the
Head of the Public Relations Department of the Ministry, according to
the tradition, the "ARMMONO" and "HAYFEST" theatre festivals will be
organized in autumn. In addition to this, international festivals of
pantomime theatre will be held in Tsaghkadzor and "Tumanian folk-tale
day" puppet theatre in Dsegh.

According to Gayane Durgarian, a festival of Italian films will also
be organized. For classical music lovers the "National gallery" and
"Prospects of 21" festivals will be held in Yerevan, and world-famous
Armenian and foreign musicians will take part in them. In her words,
a festival of Arno Babajanian songs will also be organized this year.

It was also mentioned that different groups of Armenia will in their
turn take part in international festivals held abroad. In particular,
the choir of St. Geghard monastery will have a concert within the
frameworks of the "Romance voices and way" festival to be held in
Strasburg.