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YEREVAN, JUNE 1, ARMENPRESS. Armenia TV's delegation will depart for Jūrmala on June 13-23 to take part in the preparatory activities of "New Wave 2013" international song contest. In a conversation with "Armenpress" the Head of Musical Department of the TV company Irina Vardanyan noted that Aleksander Revzin, director-producer of the project, and the participants of the contest are constantly shifting those characters, which they deem fit for "New Wave" format. Winner of "Armenia's Voice" project Mari Mnjoyan will represent Armenia in the contest.
Elina Cholakhyan will introduce Armenia in "Junior New Wave 2013", which is scheduled to be held on August 18-20.
New Wave is an international contest for new stars, which usually lasts for six days: 3 contest days, 2 special event days and, at the end, the day where the contest's results are announced followed by an ending concert.
New Wave is a contest for young performers of popular music which was founded by a Russian composer Igor Krutoy and by Latvian pianist and composer Raimonds Pauls in 2002 and later enhanced by a very famous Russian superstar Alla Pugacheva. New wave is held in the Latvian costal city of Jūrmala (Dzintari).