· Folk
"Akunq" ensemble to perform in Moscow
"Akunq" folk song and dance ensemble after Maro Muradyan (artistic director: Arthur Shahnazaryan) will have a concert tour in Moscow to present Armenian song, dance, and music to the local Armenian-Russian audience. Before the Moscow tours, the ensemble will perform at the "Arno Babajanyan" concert hall. The concert will take place on January 24 at 7 p.m.
"Akunq" folk song and dance ensemble was founded in 1976 in Yerevan by a candidate of philological sciences, ethnographer, and folklorist Maro Mouradian. The ensemble's first performance took place in 1977, at Yerevan State University. 30 people were involved in the initial phase of the ensemble. All of them were representatives of the first and the second generation of displaces indigenous population of Western and Eastern Armenia cities - Van, Mush, Sasun, Shatakh, Hamshen and others. The first time the ensemble was invited abroad was in 1979 to attend an international folk festival in Estonia. In 1981 "Akunq" was registered as a National State TV and Radio ensemble.
"Akunq" folk song and dance ensemble was founded in 1976 in Yerevan by a candidate of philological sciences, ethnographer, and folklorist Maro Mouradian. The ensemble's first performance took place in 1977, at Yerevan State University. 30 people were involved in the initial phase of the ensemble. All of them were representatives of the first and the second generation of displaces indigenous population of Western and Eastern Armenia cities - Van, Mush, Sasun, Shatakh, Hamshen and others. The first time the ensemble was invited abroad was in 1979 to attend an international folk festival in Estonia. In 1981 "Akunq" was registered as a National State TV and Radio ensemble.
