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Jivan Gasparyan Awarded Commonwealth Star Prize For Maintenance And

JIVAN GASPARYAN AWARDED COMMONWEALTH STAR PRIZE FOR MAINTENANCE AND AUGMENTATION OF NATIONAL MUSIC HERITAGE AND CONSIDERABLE CONTRIBUTION TO WORLD MUSIC CULTURE

ArmInfo
2010-04-09 18:18:00

ArmInfo. The well-known Armenian musician, composer, duduk player
Jivan Gasparyan has been awarded the Commonwealth Star Prize for
maintenance and augmentation of the national music heritage and
considerable contribution to the world music culture, Alexander
Kalugin, Press-Secretary of the Interstate Fund for Humanitarian
Cooperation of the CIS Member States, told ArmInfo.

For the first time in the CIS history, the award ceremony took place
in Moscow, Pashkov’s House of the Russian State Library on April 9.

The guests of the ceremony were scientific and creative intellectuals
from the CIS, members of the Council for Humanitarian Cooperation
of the CIS Member States and Board of the Interstate Fund for
Humanitarian Cooperation of the CIS Member States, and other
interstate structures. Chairman of the Federation Council of the
Russian Federation Sergey Mironov handed the prizes.

The Commonwealth Star Prize was established in 2008 by the Council for
Humanitarian Cooperation of the CIS Member States and the Interstate
Fund for Humanitarian Cooperation of the CIS Member States. The prize
consists of money reward, a diploma, badge of honor of the prize
laureate, and its certificate. In each of the nominations three prizes
worth 2 mln RUR are awarded.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS
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