Artsvi Bakhchinyan
Artsvi Bakhchinyan (b. 1971, Yerevan) is an Armenian art and film critic, armenologist, Doctor of philology.[1]
Biography
Artsvi Bakhchinyan received his Diploma in Armenian Language and Literature from the Yerevan State University.[2] He has been engaged in research on famous Armenians, Armenian art and culture for many years. Bakhchinyan published his first book, They are Armenian by origin, in 1993. The book contained concise biographies of famous Armenians who had lived and worked in foreign countries. The second, revised and completed edition of the book was published in 2002. Since 2001 Bakhchinyan is the Vice-President of FIPRESCI's Armenian branch, a member of jury of international film festivals. He is one of the organizers of Golden Apricot film festival (Yerevan). He works at the Institute of History of the National Academy of Armenia.
Bakhchinyan was also a member of "Hover" Armenian choir, which recorded a songtrack for Atom Egoyan's "Ararat".
Selected bibliography
- They are Armenian by origin, 1993
- Napoleon Bonaparte and the Armenians, 2003
- Armenia-Scandinavia: Historical-cultural connections, 2003
- Prominent Armenians from ancient times to the present, 2002
- Armenians in World Cinema, 2004
- Armenia-Sweden: Historical-Cultural Connections, 2006.
Links
- http://www.mirtv.ru/show.php?id=10810&templ=news
- http://www.golos.am/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3453&Itemid=54
- www.hoverchoir.org