How was this year's Francophone month?


Guillaume Nargolle, Adviser on Culture and Cooperation at the French Embassy in Armenia, spoke at the Artfocus pavilion on the mission of the International Organization of La Francophonie in Armenia and programs, features of the French language, motivations for learning it, interest of French filmmakers in Artavazd Peleshyan's art and other topics. 

Is there Need for Advanced Art Education in Public Schools?


Does our general education today stress the importance of teaching art subjects? What does art change in the thinking and psychology of schoolchildren? What should the school do to not break the courage and creativity of children, and to get rid of the mechanism of "by heart"? Aram Pakhchanyan, Vice President of ABBYY and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of "Ayb" Educational Foundation answers these and a number of other questions of Anahit Margaryan. 
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The image of Jesus and Christian themes in various fields of art


How much do works of art feed from religion, and vice versa? Does that connection continue nowdays or not?  Poet, translator Hakob Movses spoke in the "Artfocus" pavilion.
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The new normal in Armenian museums


How did the Armenian museums react to the "new normal"? What is the future of culture in the case of "dying" states? At the "Artfocus" pavilion, Anahit Margaryan hosted Armen Yesayants, Director of Exhibitions at the "Cafesjian" Center for the Arts.
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Distance learning, problems of increasing the salary of the Conservatory lecturers. Sona Hovhannisyan


How is it possible to carry out distance education in the field of music? Anahit Margaryan talked to Sona Hovhannisyan, rector of the Komitas State Conservatory and founder-director of the Hover State Chamber Choir, in the "Phonograph" pavilion. The issue of raising the salaries of the Conservatory lecturers is also referred to.

 

 

 

 

"Heroic ballad". 100th anniversary of Arno Babajanyan


At the "Artfocus" pavilion, Alexander Gindin, one of the original and progressive representatives of the Russian Piano School, spoke about the pleasure of playing in half-empty halls in epidemic conditions, the tendencies of modern performing arts and Arno Babajanyan's art.
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What is Vahagn Hayrapetyan's trump card?


Jazz pianist, composer Vahagn Hayrapetyan talks to Anahit Margaryan about the prospects of commercializing online concerts, politicizing jazz in Armenia, materially motivating young jazz musicians, and Armenian jazz.

 

 

"The crisis accelerated the process of innovations." Ara Khzmalyan


"This crisis has accelerated the end of old phenomena and forms and accelerated the process of innovation." Ara Khzmalyan, Deputy Minister of Education and Science, is in the "Record" pavilion.

 

 

 

What is the mission of today's theater?


We talked to Narine Grigoryan, the artistic director, actor and director of the Hamazgayin Theater, about the Artsakh tours of the Sos Sargsyan National Theater, redefining theatrical plays, integrating the Armenian theater into the world theatrical life, and a number of other issues. Following, cultural news.

 

 

 

Artfocus 06. 03. 2021


Losses and achievements of Armenian art in war and epidemic conditions.
The director of "Arame" gallery Aram Sargsyan was hosted in the pavilion.

Do not ever die. Arthur Aghasyan


The video is dedicated to Arthur Grigory Aghasyan, a participant of the four-day April war, recipient of the Order of the Battle Cross of the second degree, who died in the Artakh war in Sepember 2020.

 

 

 

Never die. Levon Khurshudyan


The video is dedicated to Levon Khurshudyan, who in the 2020 war that started in Artsakh in September, fell with the death of a hero and was immortalized with this new birth.