MediaMax, Armenia
Italian President is visiting Armenia
The Italian delegation headed by President Mattarella also includes Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Enzo Moavero Milanesi and other Italian officials.
Author: Hambardsumian Paul
Dan Yessian inducted Into 2018 Adcraft Hall of Fame in Detroit
Public Radio of Armenia
11:33, 26 Jul 2018
Dan Yessian, award-winning musician, composer and founder of the music, sound design and soundscapes production company, Yessian, headquartered in Farmington Hills, will be inducted into the Adcraft Hall of Fame today at The Madison Building in Detroit. Yessian will be recognized for his remarkable career, spanning almost 50 years, and his contributions to the advertising industry locally and across the globe, ShootOnline reports.
“Dan is an amazing ambassador for the advertising community in Detroit,” said Michelle Rossow, executive director of Adcraft, the oldest advertising association in the United States. “He is like our city – hardworking, humble and creative at his core. In addition to building a company with an impressive local client roster, Yessian also gives the Detroit advertising industry a global footprint.”
Founded in 1971 in a renovated bait shop in Farmington Hills, the company’s clients include some of world’s best-known brands in advertising, film, television, gaming and theme parks such as Ford, RAM, Toyota, Disney, Budweiser, Macy’s, United Airlines, Walmart, Coca Cola, IKEA, Mont Blanc, L’Oreal, McDonald’s, Volvo and Porsche. Yessian himself composed numerous iconic local and national advertising campaign jingles, including “Dittrich Furs by the Dittrich Family,” “Dodge Boys Have More Fun,” and Whirlpool’s “We’re making your life a little easier.” The company has won many national and international awards for its musical arrangements for commercials.
“I am truly honored to be recognized by my talented peers in the advertising world,” said Yessian. “I have had the privilege of collaborating with some of the most gifted musicians and producers in the country while growing my company. It stills remains a joy for me to sit down at the piano and create music.”
Yessian and his two sons, Brian and Michael, who became his partners in the mid-1990s, have grown the company into a worldwide collective of producers, composers, music supervisors and research creatives and recording artists. Yessian the company, with satellite offices in New York, Los Angeles and Hamburg, Germany, also has a music licensing and research division of indie bands and well-known artists called Dragon Licks.
Some of the company’s other well-known projects include creating music for NBC television network shows including “The Voice,” “Rise,” “America’s Got Talent” and “Sunday Night Football.” The Yessian company also created the music and sound design experience for the One World Trade Center and its Observatory in New York City.
In 2016, Yessian wrote a classical composition, An Armenian Trilogy, which pays homage to his Armenian heritage by commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide. The fully orchestrated version was performed for the first time in Armenia’s capital city, Yerevan, by the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra in 2017.
Yessian is a global collective of producers, composers, music supervisors, research creatives and recording artists. The company was founded by musician, composer and producer Dan Yessian in 1971, and isheadquartered in Farmington Hills, Michigan, with offices in New York, Los Angeles and Hamburg, Germany. Yessian has six full service recording studios including a music licensing and research division, and offers a complete source for music, sound design and soundscapes. This powerful combination has allowed Yessian to enlist some of the world’s best-known brands in film, television, advertising, gaming and theme parks as clients.
Entertainment: "I would do a good job" – Cher says would love to direct a movie
PanArmenian, Armenia
– 13:44 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net – Cher is hoping to step behind the camera to direct a movie.
The Oscar winner, who makes a return to the big screen as a grandma in “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again”, dreams of calling the shots on a film set, AceShowbiz says.
Appearing on British talk show Lorraine, the actress and singer said, “I’d like to direct a film. I love actors and I think I have perspective and I do write. I think I would do a good job. I think I would enjoy it and I think I would be good at it”.
The Armenian American pop diva earlier revealed plans to release a new album of ABBA covers.
The album, she said , would be a companion of sorts to her role in the all-ABBA movie musical, “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again”.
Citizen drowned in Lake Sevan
Category
Society
Armenian citizen, born in 1987, has drowned in the Lake Sevan on July 12, the ministry of emergency situations said.
Rescuers were dispatched to the scene and recovered the body of the drowned citizen.
Air temperature to reach 42 °C over the coming days in Yerevan
Panorama, Armenia
July 9 2018
No precipitation is predicted in the territory of Armenia in the daytime of July 10-12. After the daytime of 13-14 in north regions rain and thunderstorm is predicted, “Hydromet” meteorological service at Armenia’s ministry of emergency situations reported.
South-west wind speed is 3-8 m/s, on 13-14 in separate regions wind speed may reach up to 15-20 m/s. In the daytime of July 9, on 10-12 the air temperature will gradually increase by 4-5 degrees, then on 13-14 it will decrease as much.
According to the report, the index of ultraviolet rays is predicted to reach 7, so it’s recommended to avoid direct sun rays during the period from 11:00 to 15:00.
In the daytime of July 9, on 10-12 no precipitation is predicted in capital Yerevan. In the evening hours of July 13-14 in different spots of the city short rain and thunderstorm is predicted. Wind speed may reach up to 15-20 m/s. The air temperature will reach 42 °C over the coming days.
Sports: Alashkert: All you need to know about Celtic’s opponents
STV News
July 9 2018
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Celtic travel to Yerevan to face Alashkert in the UEFA Champions League first qualifying round on Tuesday.
The Scottish champions are looking to make a third successive appearance in the group stage but first must overcome four two-legged ties, with their journey beginning in Eastern Europe.
Ahead of the first leg, STV offers the lowdown on the Armenian champions.
They deny it from the Mother See. Saint Geghard was neither sold nor damaged
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The news that the Holy Geghard kept in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiatsin was sold or damaged is false. This was reported by the head of the information system of the Mother See, priest Vahram Melikyan.
“In the near future, it will be brought out for the worship of the believers and our people will see that the all-Christian sanctity is intact and unharmed,” he assured.
To remind, the members of the “New Armenia, New Patriarch” initiative, which invaded the Diwanat building of St. Etchmiadzin demanding the resignation of Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II, demanded from the clergy to show them St. Geghard kept in the museum of the Mother Cathedral. The protesters claimed that it had been sold, but in response, Arshak Srbazan told the protesters that it had not been sold, but simply that “a part of Geghard was cut off and given to a Russian mayor”.
Music: ‘Music is my life’: Renowned violinist Nikolaj Znaider performs at Armenia Int’l Music Festival
Panorama, Armenia
July 6 2018
Culture 11:34 06/07/2018 Armenia
The guest of the second edition of Armenia International Music Festival is world famous violinist Nikolaj Znaider. The musician familiarized himself with the Armenian classic music art through Aram Khachaturian, as he had performed the maestro’s works.
This is the violinist’s first visit to Armenia, and on Wednesday he shared the stage with the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra for the first time, representing the famous works of Alexey Shor and Johannes Brahms to the audience. The musician’s performance acclaimed the warm greetings of the audience, the organizers of the music festival told Panorama.am.
The laureate of numerous international competitions, virtuous violinist Nikolaj Znaider is a professional conductor. He has been the guest conductor of Mariinsky Theatre since 2010.
Asked which is more essential for the musician – the role of the conductor or the soloist –Znaider confessed that music is the most beloved phenomenon for him, and it does not matter if he contacts with music as a violinist or as a conductor.
”Naturally it is quite different to perform as a violinist and as a conductor. When you perform as a soloist you must have a responsibility for everyone, which is sometimes difficult, but at the same time it is a pleasure to represent the music as you perceive and imagine it, but, of course in this case the repertoire is limited. When you guide the orchestra as a conductor the repertoire gives you unlimited opportunities,” Znaider says. “The cooperation in different formats is a great pleasure. When you perform as a soloist you play and enjoy, when you perform as a conductor you have communication with the musicians and it is also great, it is kind of experience that you gain.”
On the sidelines of the Armenia International Music Festival, Nikolaj Znaider represented to the audience the works of both classic and modern composers.
”I like to perform the works of the masters and it is not important if these works were written in baroque, classic or romantic era. It is much more interesting for me to find a real quality in these works. I never want to conclude the works of Brahms, maybe at the concert I conclude it, but for sure I return back to this work after some time: maybe after one week or one month. Music is my life; it is not important if it is classic or contemporary,” confessed the musician.
Znaider named Mozart as his most preferable composer, as for the musician the works of Mozart have an exceptional ability to describe the nature of human being with unique simplicity and in a very beautiful way. He also likes the operas of the great composer. The violinist also mentioned that he likes to play the works of Beethoven, Mahler, Strauss and Wagner.
The Armenia International Music Festival is taking place in Yerevan from 2 to 6 July. It is organized by the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra and the European Foundation for Support of Culture with the support of Armenia’s Ministry of Culture.
UAE Company Intends to Invest $200Mln in Wind Power in Armenia – Energy Ministry
Sputnik News Service
July 2, 2018 Monday 10:52 PM UTC
UAE Company Intends to Invest $200Mln in Wind Power in Armenia – Energy Ministry
YEREVAN, July 2 (Sputnik) – UAE-based energy company Access Power intends to invest $200 million in wind power projects in Armenia, the Armenian Ministry of Energy Infrastructures and Natural Resources said Monday in a press release.
Earlier in the day, Armenian Minister of Energy Infrastructures and Natural Resources Artur Grigoryan met with Access Power managing director Vahid Fotuhi to discuss the company’s investment projects in the country.
“Grigoryan and Fotuhi discussed the project of constructing a 130-MW wind farm in the Gegharkunik region of Armenia by Access Infra Central Asia. Fotuhi expressed his readiness to invest $200 million in expanding the project of constructing wind farms to other regions of Armenia,” the press release read.
Grigoryan, in turn, stressed his openness for further discussions that could give impetus to the effective implementation of the company’s investment projects in the country.
The actions of some member-states are undermining the trust in the National Security Council. MFA
- 27.06.2018
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The new government of Armenia is committed to fully use the potential of the SPC for the promotion of regional economic and trade cooperation and the effective implementation of the statutory goals of our organization. RA Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan announced this at the 38th Yerevan meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the CSTO member states.
“These goals were also the basis of our presidency. In the past six months, we have held two meetings of the Committee of Senior Officials, 14 meetings of working groups and two ministerial meetings on Education and Tourism. Finally, after almost 6 years of discussions, the Green Energy Strategy was adopted. The Steering Committee for the Development of Black Sea Projects accepted the project on Information and Communication Technologies and Small and Medium Enterprises proposed by Armenia.
Being the coordinating country of the CSTO Information and Communication Technologies Working Group and having significant capabilities in the field of information and communication technologies and programming, Armenia consistently encourages targeted cooperation among member states in this field. 2019 Armenia will host the World Congress of Information Technologies. We invite CSTO Member States to take advantage of this opportunity to share and mutually benefit from our collective experience and further expand strong regional cooperation in this field.
The sustainable development of tourism has significant potential for cooperation in the CIS region. Armenia has initiated the project “Wine tourism on the Silk Road” and is pursuing its implementation also within the framework of cooperation between the World Tourism Organization and the World Tourism Organization. The project already enjoys the support of some member states of the CSTO. We invite others to join as well.
Within the framework of the entrepreneurial dimension of cooperation, Armenia emphasizes the strongest involvement within the framework of the economic community of the SPC, promotion and support of small and medium-sized enterprises in business relations.
We also believe that in 2012 the economic agenda needs to be revised and adapted to current global economic trends. In this regard, the institutional potential of the National Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities needs a realistic evaluation. As an international organization, the SPC is not the only one undergoing reforms. We all need a more effective and efficient organization. However, the reform process does not mean rewriting the main goals of the Organization. We believe that in order to enhance the effectiveness of the CSIRO, we must take practical and realistic measures to achieve the strategies set out in the last summit declaration and provide tangible benefits to the CSIRO community as such.
Continuous attempts by some member states to abuse and politicize the platform of the CSTO have a negative impact not only on multilateral economic cooperation in the region, but also on the key foundations of the Organization. Such attempts undermine the trust in the SSC as an effective regional economic organization. We must resolutely prevent such dangerous trends, including within the framework of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Parliamentary Assembly, which should support the implementation of the key goals of the organization, instead of engaging in parallel activities independent of the rest of the structures of the Parliamentary Assembly. In addition, open borders, depoliticized, unfettered, free and comprehensive regional cooperation, as the key goals of this organization, are also important conditions for promoting stability and peace in the region,” said the Foreign Minister.
According to him, the economic cooperation within the framework of the CSDP will benefit more from the interaction with other regional organizations and integration platforms. He emphasized that Armenia is a member of the Eurasian Economic Union, which provides free customs access to a market with more than 180 million consumers. Armenia also has strong and expanding cooperative relations with the European Union, the legal basis of which is the Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement. And in October of this year, Armenia will host the 17th summit of the International Organization of Francophonie.