Video: Alen Simonian Announces New Anthem Text Competition

Member of the National Assembly and representative of the "My Step" faction, Alen Simonian, addressed the topic of changing the national anthem through a video message on his Facebook page.

He stated:

"You can send applications to participate in the competition for the text of the anthem based on the music of Aram Khachaturian to the following addresses:

• Baghramyan 19: Office of Alen Simonian, National Assembly
• Zarobian 3: House-Museum of Aram Khachaturian
• [email protected]

Composition of the working group / to be filled in:

1. Daniel Yerazhist - Conductor, Musicologist
2. Father Asoghik - Cleric, Mother See
3. Aram Satyan - President of the Composers' Union
4. Alen Simonian - Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly
5. Edward Militonian - President of the Writers' Union
6. Nikolay Kostanyan - Director of the Komitas Museum-Institute
7. Armine Grigoryan - Director of the House-Museum of Aram Khachaturian
8. Henrik Hovhannisyan - Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences, Doctor, Professor
9. Felix Bakhchinyan - Literary Critic
10. David Gyurjinyan - Chairman of the Language Committee

For more details, watch the video.