Famous opera singer Montserrat Caballe and the Youth Orchestra of Armenia will give a concert in Yerevan. The press service of the Orchestra told ArmInfo that the concert will take place on June 9.

Armenian rock band Dorians is preparing for Eurovision Song Contest 2013. "Dorians will bring good energy and positive to Sweden," Gor Sujyan, lead vocalist of the band, told media on May 3 that. "We are preparing seriously. Our major goal is to get the message of our song Lonely Planet across the footlights. Our song is about humane values," he said.

‘It's not Me’ by Maria Sahakyan won the Hayak National Cinema Awards for Best Film. ‘White Tiger’ by Karen Shakhnazarov awarded for Best Foreign Film. Best Leading Actor award went to Shant Honhannisyan - ‘Garegin Nzhdeh’. Best Leading Actress award went to Mariam Davtyan- ‘The Voice of Silence’. Best Actor in a Supporting Role: ‘Garegin Nzhdeh’ -Khoren Levonyan. Best Actress in a Supporting Role: ‘If Only Everyone’- Zhenya Mkrtumyan. Best Short Film: ‘February 19’ by Tamara Stepanyan. Best Documentary: ‘The Endless Return’ by Harutyun Khachatryan.

French-Armenian actor and film director Serge Avedikian will present Armen Tigranyan's Anoush in Yerevan on Apr 26.

"Ravished Armenia" and "Genocide of Armenians Through the Swedish Eyes" by Goran Gunner, which were published in English in 2013 with financial support of Ameria group, were presented yesterday in Yerevan.

Within the frames of the Francophonie Month, authors and performers of Francophone songs will give a concert in Yerevan on April 19.

French actor Richard Berry, who starred in Henri Verneuil's Mayrig, Italian tenor Alessandro Safina and Canadian soprano Giorgia Fumanti will be among the guests at the Armenia Music Awards 2013, to take place the Kremlin Palace, Moscow, on Apr 20.

A joint performance by the artists of the National Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet and Bad Boys of Dance company will take place in Yerevan on April 18. The program of performances includes a ballet La Revancha del tango, and classical ballet and modern dance mixes.

Head of the Catholicos Hovhannes Odznetsi Foundation, Vanush Shermazanyan, advocates raising no scandal around restoration of the St. Mary Church of Odzun (Lori region).

The novel "Stone Dreams" by Akram Aylisli has been published in the Armenian language by "Nork" publishing house.

Armenia's Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan and Culture Minister Hasmik Poghosyan visited the National Opera and Ballet Theater on Wednesday to see the results of the technical re- equipment project, carried out by Waagner-Biro Austria Stage Systems AG with the support of the Armenian Government.

The Armenian-Iranian Friendship and Peace Park may turn into a transboundary biosphere reserve, Aram Aghasyan, Head of the Special Protection Areas Department of the Armenian Ministry of Nature Protection, told ArmInfo. He said that the relevant documents will be presented to UNESCO late this year.

Armenian National Cinema Awards "Hayak" ceremony will be held on April 28. Over 20 films fight for the 'Armenian Oscar.' 48 nominees according to 15 nominations have been selected during the secret ballot of the Jury The first secret ballot of the Jury took place on April 2.

The UN Yerevan Office is ready for dialogue with the WWII veterans displeased with some of the films screened during the Conflict and Reconciliation in Central-Eastern European Cinema festival.

British Candoco dance company will perform in Yerevan on Mar 30-31. They will present Three Acts of Play project. The company was set up in 1991 and involves also people with disabilities.