Enrique Iglesias to be special guest in Tashir 2013

YEREVAN, APRIL 3, ARMENPRESS: Tashir 2013 National Award annual ceremony will take place at the State Kremlin Palace on May 18. As Armenpress Moscow correspondent was reported by Tashir PR Director Marina Gaze, the main surprise of the anniversary gala Tashir 2013 will be a special guest – the most popular Latin artist in the world, the famous singer Enrique Iglesias.

“My fans from Russia and the CIS have always given me a warm welcome and support, and I am honored to speak at the Kremlin Palace on Music Award Tashir 2013, – said the special guest of the gala concert singer Enrique Iglesias.

Tashir-2013 – a national award for excellence in the field of Armenian musical culture, aimed at supporting the best representatives of the Armenian art in the world.The brightest musicians from around the world will gather for a concert stage at the State Kremlin Palace, to provide viewers a special show of the Russian capital, combining classical and modern musical culture.

The program of the gala concert on the occasion of the award of Tashir – 2013 will be attended by stars from Russia and Europe: Margarita Pozoyan, Nikolai Baskov, Sofia Rotaru, Avraam Russo, Christina Aguilera, Love Assumption, and world-renowned musician Jivan Gasparyan.

Among the prominent representatives of modern Armenian music culture will be: Awarded Grammy and World Music Awards Arto Tunjboyajian and avant-garde folk-jazz band of Armenian Navy Band, participants of Eurovision in 2008 and 2009, the singer Sirusho, and the popular folk duo Inga and Anush Arshakyans.Real decoration of the program will be a performance of famous artists of the musical “Notre de Paris” Helene Segara and Patrick Fiori.

Especially for the award “Tashir 2013″ composer Tolibkhon Shahidi unveils his new work Dialogue Rhapsody for piano and orchestra on the theme, tone of Aram Khachaturian, dedicated to the 110th anniversary of the great Armenian composer.

The world premiere will be performed in pianist Vazgen Vartanian and the Russian State Symphony Orchestra of Cinematography by People’s Artist of Russia Sergey Skripka.

Beginning in 2006, the prize Tashir always goes with broad national scale and is famous for its entertainment.Over the years the award has won great success in Moscow public and attracted a total of more than 40,000 spectators and more than 5 million viewers.

Leading award ceremony in 2013 will be: Victoria Lopyreva, Garik Martirosyan, Andrei Malakhov and Tatiana Gevorgyan.Gala concert to mark the awarding of the Prize TASHIR – 2013 will be broadcast on public television Armenia TV live and will be available to all residents of Armenia.

In 2013, Prize Tashir-2013 will be presented in such categories as “Best Duet”, “Best Singer”, “Best Singer”, “Breakthrough”, “Friend of Armenia.”

GC Tashir- a multi-holding company, established in 1999 by Samvel Karapetyan, brings together more than 200 companies involved in construction, manufacturing, energy, finance, trade, catering, etc. The total number of employees is more than 45 000 people.The total portfolio of facilities built or under construction – more than 4.1 million square meters, including more than 2.4 million square meters shopping and entertainment centers.