The “Renaissance” Cultural and Intellectual Foundation is a non-profit, non-commercial organization. In 2013, the “Intellectual Renaissance” Foundation was established, and in 2014, the “Cultural Renaissance” Foundation. In 2017, the two foundations merged and today continue to operate under the name “Renaissance” Cultural and Intellectual Foundation. Our main directions are:
The foundation has collected, processed, and recorded the best and most popular songs, movie soundtracks, urban romances, and dance tunes of the last hundred years. The best songs by the most famous Armenian composers and modern authors from 1920 to 2020 are featured on the website notes.armenianmusic.am. They are accessible to all musicians and performers. […]
The Renaissance Foundation invited representatives of show business, culture, and the arts to the village of Vardenis in the Aragatsotn Province for a pilgrimage. During the visit, participants toured the “Seven Wounds” and “Saint Narek” chapels, followed by the Saint Hakob Church. The guests became acquainted with the village’s sacred sites. One of them […]
The next stop of the book donation initiative by Newmag and the “Renaissance” Foundation was the Yeghvard community. As part of the program, 500 books were donated to seven libraries of the Yeghvard centralized library system. The head of the Yeghvard community, Norayr Sargsyan, expressing gratitude to the “Renaissance” Foundation, emphasized that this is an […]
On April 30, a landmark event in the Armenian music scene took place in Yerevan – the “Khazer” Music Awards, organized by the Armenian National Academy of Music. Hosted at the Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concert Complex, the ceremony celebrated the achievements of Armenian musicians and recognized emerging talent. The Armenian National Academy of Music […]
The 2nd Professional Guilds Awards ceremony took place on April 16, where the documentary film “Tagh: The Path of the Soul” received the award for Best Cinematography of a Documentary Film. The film’s cinematographer Artur Gharayan wrote: “I remember with longing the difficult, cold, but warm days of filming… I congratulate and thank my cinematography […]
After centuries, the monumental work “Book of Lamentations” by Grigor Narekatsi is being rewritten by hand once again – this time in calligraphy. The manuscript is being created by calligrapher Ruben Malayan, at the initiative of Artur Janibekyan, founder of the Renaissance Foundation. According to Ruben Malayan, the work itself is a journey – a path of […]