AZNAVOUR, JIGARKHANYAN, BITOV, SPIVAKOV RECEIVE KAROT AWARD
PanARMENIAN.Net
16.05.2008 14:11 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The first-ever Karot award ceremony took place in
the State Kremlin Palace in the framework Days of Armenian Culture
in Moscow festival.
French singer of Armenian origin Charles Aznavour, actor Armen
Jigarkhanyan, writer Andrey Bitov and conductor of the Russian National
Philharmonic Orchestra Vladimir Spivakov received the award for their
contribution to development of Armenian culture and art.
The renowned French singer could not attend the ceremony. The statuette
in form of a vine will be handed to him later, in the Russian Embassy
in Paris.