Kronos Quartet

Jivan Gasparyan, who is a world-famous Armenian composer, musician and one of the well-known duduk masters, died on July 6 at the age of 93, his grandson, Jivan Gasparyan Jr., announced on Facebook.

"I am writing with great sorrow about my big loss. Rest in peace," he said.

Filmmakers Sam Green and Joe Bini present a "live documentary" on the Kronos Quartet, the Grammy-winning American strings ensemble founded in 1973 which boasts more than 1.5 million record sales.

You could be forgiven for thinking that a typical night out in Athens involves, more or less, a dive into the delectable local cuisine, copious wine consumption, and impromptu merriment. This, after all, has been part of the benign stereotype for a while, one that is periodically rekindled as is the case with every cultural stereotype on this planet.

BEMUS, the Belgrade Music Festival, is inching ever closer to its golden anniversary, celebrating its 49th edition this year. One of the most important cultural events in the city, BEMUS will take place from October 11-20. This iteration will offer the audience some real international musical treasures.

BELGRADE - Aleksandra Vrebalov, a US-based Serbian composer whose Beyond Zero project - commissioned by UC Berkeley to commemorate the centenary of the outbreak of the Great War and recently performed in Serbia by the Kronos Quartet - is the winner of the prestigious annual award of Harvard University's Fromm Music Foundation.

NOVI SAD - The multimedia spectacle entitled '1914… i dalje' will see its premiere in Serbia in early November, the Serbian National Theatre in Novi Sad released on Friday.