World Music Day 21st June 2011

The origins of the term world music (in relation to the selling of this type of music) began in 1982 when World Music Day(Fete de la Musique) was initiated in France. World Music Day has been celebrated on 21 June every year since then.

World music day is celebrated in Armenia for already fifth time. Today Yerevan residents will have opportunity to listen to classic, rock, jazz, folk and other types of music during the whole day.

RA Ministry of Culture has launched a range of events, which have started on 11:30 and will last up to midnight.

According to the organizers, one of the highlights of the event is the competition between five upcoming bands, the winner of which will get to record three songs with the French Sound Engineer Coleton Paskert and share the stage with “Betty Argo” on the final day.

“While not exactly popular mainstream acts, the musicians featured in these series are talented, and through our concert series, we hope to take their music to a wider audience,” shared Sylvie Thing, the organizer of the event.

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