THE ENTRANCE OF MARKET RELATIONS INTO ART IS UNACCEPTABLE
Well known musician and composer Vahan Artsruni was hosted in ASUE Big Hall by the invitation of ASUE Student Council.
“The first specialty: doctor, the second specialty and mission: a musician, our guest will act to you, will answer your questions, will speak about the problems existing in cultural field”, presenting the gest, the Head of Theatrical and Literary Studio of Student Council Harutyun Arzumanyan informed that the meeting will be spent with new format and the participants can give their questions to the composer.
“I am so happy for such an initiative, and this meeting to be organized. You called me a well known composer in all your announcements, I deeply touched and impressed of such an assessment”, welcoming the students said Vahan Artsruni and thanked for the assessment. Beloved musician referred to the Armenian culture, particularly music. The perception of art, music is polar in society today. All think that the music should be happy or sad. And another music has been created in this environment, it’s so difficult”, said the composer, noting that it’s so difficult to say what kind of music he wrote. Vahan Artsruni offered the students as future economists to speak about Show Business. The speaker noted that Show Business was only illusion in Armenia which ended with restaurant performances. The musician observed that the market relations had entered this field and had reached to supply and demand terms. Vahan Artsruni mentioned that those who followed that principal couldn't create real works of art, because there is no differentiation between the subjects and creations.
The speaker referred to the origins of Armenian music: Mesrop Mashtots, Nerses Shnorhali, Komitas, Narekatsi, their created unique and beautiful spiritual music, noting with regret that today the music had left national origins.
The musician answered the students’ all questions, interrupting them with beautiful songs.
ASUE MEdia and Public Relations Division