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During the 44 years of his life Rafik Qeshishyan has managed to create a whole galaxy of abstract and half-abstract style paintings, where mainly through red, grey and violet tints the psychologist and philosopher artist has indispensably added musical air. Symphonic music played on low volume helps him work, and if not a painter, he would definitely be a musician today. And it’s not accidental that he would love to live in Ancient Period, where art developed naturally, while now “life is full of artificial things, and one spends 80%…

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  Khachen Artsakhetsi was born in 1947 in Metsshen village of Martaket region. Upon graduating the local school he had tried to enter Drama Institute, but thanks to good luck he didn’t, instead he succeded in entering the Art Academy after Terlemezian.   When an actor strives for a play with all his heart, only then the play would be on the theatre stage.  Here he plays on the painting stage, playing with people’s emotions through landscapes, portraits and collages.

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The House of Young Pioneers was founded in 1982 and only in 1991 it was renamed to “The Youth Center of Fine Arts” (YCFA), the head is Artak Mouradyan.   Each year 200 students finish their works and at the end of each year an accountable concert takes place. There are many professional groups in YCFA such as aircraft modeling, center of scouts, “Hadis” Dance Ensemble, hairdressers work, cookery, pastry-cookery, chess group and so on. This year the wards of YCFA also prepared an accountable concert. In the entrance-room the students…

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Now my dear readers you can see that our city is a place for music and painting. Now I want to talk about someone whose meaning of life is in the Art, the person who expresses the treasures of the soul by means of songs and paintings. When I first saw her works I couldnt believe they were done by a human being. And just imagine what else can do such a wonderful pair of hands of this handicraftsman.   Her works  first appeared in Abovyan. She used to work…

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George was born in 1967 in Tehran, Iran. Soon his family moves to Abovyan city, Armenia, where he goes to school and to the Academy of Fine Arts simultaneously.   His abilities for painting came up very early. “If I dig very deep into my memory, I can see my first “mature” picture – the Red Hood, that I drew when I was 6″. After finishing the Academy he takes designing classes in Novgorod, Russia. Here is when he take up painting seriously. “I don’t have a definite style. I…

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In the 80-ies Abovyan city celebrated the opening of the first company of actors in the House of Culture. The first performance was called “Charlies Aunt” (the producer is Mr. Sasha Gharakhanyan ). In the second half 80-ies the company was completed with young staff. As they were not satisfied with being amateur the went to study in different cultural educational establishments of Armenia and came back as professionals. Some of them were rather successful and till now they go on working. The pothers left this hard work or just…

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Drastamat Hovsepyan (Daso) was born in 1958 in Goris. At 12 his family moved to Abovian city. Upon graduating the local school he enters Yerevan State "Mayakovski" Art Studio. He is married and has 4 children – 2 daughters and 2 sons. He has taken part in many exhibitions in Abovyan. In 1977 he served in the soviet army. In 1979 he began to work in "Chapitch" electronic factory as a painter-designer. From 1982 to 1987 he worked as a designer in culture department. Since 1987 he has been a…

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Abovyan city distinguishes with being musical. Even in the 70-ies it had the ensemble with national musical instruments, which was famous not only in Armenia. Its manager is Mr. Alyosha Abrahamyan. The other school which is also known with its gorgeous traditions is the MusicSchool by “Zareh Sahakyants” the director is Mr. Babken Mkhitaryan.

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Motherland is a home for everybody. It is our heart and soul. Every Armenian must be patriotic Only because of this patriotism our country became free and independent the people of Abovyan is not only patriotic but artistic also. The same feelings has Varouzh Aghadjanyan, (Vrezh). He was born in December, 1961 . After serving in the army he came back to Abovyan and together with some theatre fans got down to creating the national theatre “Hayely” which means “the mirror”. As he says himself “The repertory is very large,…

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As for me  a song is a call of soul and expression of emotions and feelings. My dear readers, I dont know if you have ever heard, remember or if you are familiar with the name of Ashot Aroustamyan and his works, but here in Abovyan city hearing his name we apprehend him as a man who composes , sings and passes his genre to the wards of “Akunk” art-studio being at the same time its art-adviser and a founder.  

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