YEREVAN, JUNE 7, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. By RA President Robert Kocharian's June 6 decree, Art Director and Principal Conductor of the Armenian State Philharmonic Orchestra Eduard Topchian was given the title of RA Honored Art Figure for his contribution to development of classical performance art and on the occasion of the Orchestra's 80th anniversary. Noyan Tapan was informed about it from the President's Press Office.

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