Komitas Plaque to be installed on Berlin University wall

YEREVAN, JULY 10, ARMENPRESS: Armenian Ministry of Culture has announced a competition for the formation and preparation of plaque dedicated to Komitas, aimed at instaling on Berlin University wall.

As cultural heritage of folk arts department employee, Ministry of Culture, Eranuhi Margaryan briefed Armenpress, the material should be of bronze, size 40 x 70 cm. The deadline of the presentation of the sketches is scheduled until July 19: up to now not a single application has been submitted.

The winner of the contest will be given the order to design the plaque.

Soghomon Gevorgi Soghomonyan , commonly known as Komitas Vardapet or simply Komitas (born on September 26 or October 8a, 1869, in Kütahya, Ottoman Empire; died on October 22, 1935, in Paris, France) was an Armenian priest, composer, choir leader, singer, music ethnologist, music pedagogue and musicologist. Many regard him as the founder of modern Armenian classical music.

Komitas lost his mind after witnessing the 1915 Armenian Genocide and is considered a martyr of the genocide.