Monday, August 21 2017 20:12

ArmInfo. On August 19, an evening of Ukrainian music was held in the Yerevan House Museum of Sergei Parajanov. In a close circle of friends of the Ukrainian Diaspora in Armenia, the vocal ensemble , which turned 20 this year, performed a number of folk songs under the artistic direction of Nune Aroyan. During the music program, Ukrainian writer Mikhail Kotsyubinsky - , sounded a famous song from the cult film by Sergei Parajanov on the motives of the same story.

 

"I am very happy that we managed to organize such a wonderful evening  today," Zaven Sargsyan, director of the museum house, said in his  welcoming speech, noting that he was a longtime admirer of Ukrainian  music. He noted that Sergei Paradzhanov was the person who could  unite around him people of different nationalities, in particular  Armenians, Georgians, Ukrainians, Russians, etc. "This is exactly the  feature that is extremely necessary in our days and which can exclude  enmity ", Z. Sargsyan stressed.

For her part, the head of the NGO "Federation of Ukrainian Armenians"  Anna Harutyunyan noted that Paradzhanov was a close person for her.  Having Armenian-Ukrainian roots, Mrs. Harutyunyan's childhood passed  in Tbilisi, in the same area where Sergey Josifovich lived. She noted  that S. Parajanov united people with his love, creativity, and,  despite all the difficulties that he had to go through, he remained a  cheerful person. "I like the phrase that Sergey Yosifovich said about  himself most of all:" I am an Armenian who was born in Tbilisi, who  was imprisoned in the Ukrainian prison for Ukrainian nationalism, "A.   Harutyunyan cited.

At the evening there were also official guests, including employees  of the Embassy of Ukraine in Armenia.  "I've been in Armenia for more  than a month and I want to say that I'm just delighted with the  Armenian people," said Taras Yakovenko, advisor to the Ambassador of  Ukraine to the RA for cultural issues.  Expressing gratitude to Mr.  Sargsyan for the initiative in organizing the evening of Ukrainian  music, the staff of the Embassy of Ukraine noted that the Museum  really has a special spirit. "Sergei Parajanov was and remains the  cultural bridge that unites Ukraine and Armenia," he stressed.

It is noteworthy that both the members of the Ukrainian community and  the Armenians attended the event in the House-Museum of Sergei  Parajanov, who attended the event with the aim of getting closer to  Ukrainian culture.

To remind, by the decision of the Armenian government in 1988 the  museum of S. Parajanov was founded in Yerevan. The earthquake in 1988  delayed construction, and the museum was opened only in 1991. The  basis of the meeting is more than 600 works of Parajanov. Now, the  museum's collection consists of about 1,400 exhibits.