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Ara AlekyanFor some, the metal waste is merely a metal waste, while for painter sculptor Ara Alekyan it is the origin of a new work, source of inspiration. A simple, ordinary and so familiar to everyone, a piece of metal leaves his studio as a piece of art. The artist is as simple as his materials, though steady and persistent in his faith. In the program series "God in Me", the sculptor remembers his childhood, the road of life and self-recognition. |
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Ara GevorgyanComposer Ara Gevorgyan remembers that as a child, he visited Church quite often and participated in Divine Liturgies. His grandfather was a member of parish board, and his grandmother was singing in St. Hovhannes Church. He felt the real power of faith only when he lost his mother, famous national singer Valya Samvelyan. "If you believe in the existence of God, you should also believe in eternal life", - is deeply convinced the composer. |
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Aram IssabekyanThere are a lot of great things in the world, however, for painter Aram Issabekyan, the most wonderous of all in the world is the human being, with its prompt to think, create and simply live. The painter loves reading since childhood; he first read the Bible as a teenager and thought over the evil and good, life and death. His conversation with us was one of reviving his old feelings and rephrasing of the new ones... |
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Arev PetrosyanDesigner, painter Arev Petrosyan was born in Yerevan, in the family of famous sculptor Benik Petrosyan. She works on organic glass using gold and silver, which is a wholly new trend of art. Arev Petrosyan considers herself a supported of anything new and experimental. Another similar experience for her was spiritual learning… |
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Azniv MinasyanKanoon player Azniv Minasyan is with Tatul Altunyan’s Song-Dance Ensemble for 25 years now. She first heard that instrument when she was seven. Later, in Conservatory, while studying in the class of composer Khachatur Avetisyan, she chose the profession of kanoon player. Just like many of her generation, she didn’t get spiritual education, her parents, according to her, never articulated the name of God, nonetheless, they served as a great example for her with their personal lives. That’s what made her aware of the spiritual path of man.... |
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Eduard ZorikyanSinger-songwriter Eduard Zorikyan has a specific perception of what is Godly, he thinks that we should talk to God. His reply to assumed rebukes that this is an inpermissable pretence is - Am I not part of Him? |
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Hovhannes ChekijyanHovhannes Chekijyan is said to be the biggest phenomenon of the music art of century. The walking “classics” has a rich, profuse biography: performing with 55 Orchestras of the world, France, Greece, USA, Switzerland, former USSR countries, more than 700 pieces of work in the setlist of the Orchestra. |
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Varazdat HambardzumyanNational master Varazdat Hambardzumyan recalls 1992, when cold silence dominated everywhere and it was so hard to live. It was then that he created his first khachkar (cross stone).
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Karine PiliposyanKarine Piliposyan is a criminalist by specialty, however, she has never dealt with that field since her graduation of Yerevan State University. She works in the National Center of Aesthetics since its foundation and leads the section on handicraft there. Karine Piliposyan feels lucky that such a deflection happened in her life and the inner artist in her won. |
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Ruben Hovsepyan"God is in me, therefore I strive for perfection... And every single man is like that, as much God as he can place within himself, as much he can say that God is in me". This is how Ruben Hovsepyan, writer, screenwriter, interpret the title of TV series, thus exposing himself... |
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Ararat SargsyanArarat Sargsyan, a painter-sculptor, spent his childhood in Leninakan. The road from the school to the House of Pioneer passed by the Church. That mysterious building was present as a splendid architectural monument only, nothing more could be discerned then… Later in his life, the artist started reading the Bible. It appeared to him like an abstruse book which somewhat resembled to a fairy-tale. “Then, little by little, my life began to translate into that half fairy-tale”, - tells Ararat Sargsyan. The artist shares his thoughts on his findings about his passed roads, identity and human essence. |
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Robert Melkeyan“God in me, means the honest is in me, the pure in me. That is, to sin as little as possible in your life”, this is the simple formula that Robert Melkeyan, Art Director of the National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia uses to live and create.
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