Armenian composer Hovik Sardaryan has been awarded the 2026 Ernst von Siemens Composer Prize by the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation, one of the most prestigious international honors for contemporary composers! The 32-year-old, originally from Artsakh, has become the first Armenian to receive this distinction. He was recognized for...

Sev Ohanian has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture as a producer of SINNERS, alongside fellow producers Ryan Coogler and Zinzi Coogler. SINNERS has also made Oscar history, becoming the most-nominated film of all time with 16 nominations. The previous record— 14 nominations— was held by...

Armenian-American writer Taleen Voskuni will release Our Ex’s Wedding, a new romantic comedy from Berkley, on January 20, 2026, centering an Armenian love story in California wine country, where a wedding planner and a winery owner are forced to work together on their mutual ex’s wedding, a setup Voskuni...

AGBU and Creative Armenia have jointly announced the recipients of the 2026 Creative Armenia-AGBU Fellowships—a one-year program that provides five exceptional artists with a $5,000 grant, mentorships with industry leaders, and diverse promotional opportunities.  As partner with Creative Armenia since the inception of its fellowship program, AGBU expressed its congratulations and...

Prague, 15 December 2025 | A total of 239 flautists and 231 pianists will compete in the preliminary round of the 77th Prague Spring International Music Competition. Compared with 2025, the overall number of applicants has risen by 13 to reach 470. This is the highest number since 1998, the...

Artsakh’s Cultural Heritage Ombudsman Hovik Avanesov says the destruction of its historical sites under Azerbaijani control is accelerating despite international concern. Speaking to Panorama.am on Saturday, Avanesov said satellite monitoring shows a growing number of cases of systematic vandalism targeting cultural, religious and architectural monuments. According to him, some...

Arsen Yarman’s book Jewellery and Armenian Goldsmiths Under the Ottomans, dedicated to Armenian jewellery, one of the most important crafts and arts in which the Armenian people excelled. After nearly a decade of meticulous and comprehensive work, the English edition of Arsen Yarman’s monumental masterpiece, Jewelry and Armenian Goldsmiths under...

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