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The Shanghai International Film Festival is truly a grand event for filmmakers to exchange ideas. When the host notified everyone to take a group photo at the front desk, director Han Yan took out his phone and asked director Huang Jianxin to "scan" and add WeChat. At the Jin Jue Film Forum, Huang Jianxin's words made Han Yan suddenly enlightened and also sparked enthusiastic applause from the audience: "The relationship between filmmakers and audiences should have a 'fruit tree effect'. The audience can stand under the fruit tree and jump up to pick the fruit, but if it is too high, they may leave at a glance. They should maintain a positive interactive relationship with the audience, higher than the audience, but also have a desire to satisfy them. Based on the interaction, the story should be told better and better, and the relationship with the audience should be closer. In this regard, Chinese cinema has great development space." The audience is in this "light and shadow connecting the world and China." For the theme

In "Shark 2: Abyss", Wu Jing speaks English and has almost as many lines as Jason Stanson. "I play a scientist and use a lot of convoluted scientific jargon, saying 'water in my sinuses', which makes my mind water. When I encountered a last-minute word change, I asked Jason for help,' How would you perform it? '" On June 9th, during the Shanghai International Film Festival, "Shark 2: Abyss" held a "7000 meter dive into the deep sea" press conference. Wu Jing smiled and introduced her brother-in-law in the play, Jason Stanson. "Jason has some shyness. We have similar experiences, both being athletes and participating in the Olympics. We all come from a background in making kung fu films, with direct personalities and a love for hands-on action, experiencing the joy of action. We communicate without translation, just like a skilled player, knowing what the other person is going to do with just one move and one look." Wu Jing

June 10th is "Cultural and Natural Heritage Day". The theme of this year's "Cultural and Natural Heritage Day" promotion and exhibition activities in Shanghai is "Discovering the Most Shanghai Context, Experiencing Extraordinary Intangible Cultural Heritage". It links with various districts, intangible cultural heritage protection units, inheritors, and related entities in the city, and organizes a total of 527 rich intangible cultural heritage promotion and exhibition activities before and after "Cultural and Natural Heritage Day" in 2023. The city's activities revolve around the four distinctive themes of "Roaming and Appreciating Intangible Cultural Heritage", "Purchasing and Enjoying Intangible Cultural Heritage", "Immersing and Spreading Intangible Cultural Heritage", and "Mutual Learning and Understanding Intangible Cultural Heritage", guiding the general public to enjoy the purchase, exploration, and tourism of intangible cultural heritage. Around the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage, combined with Shanghai's local intangible cultural heritage resources, the city further inherits and promotes excellent traditional Chinese culture, showcases and disseminates Shanghai's intangible cultural heritage enthusiasts

This weekend, Shencheng welcomes the 2023 Cultural and Natural Heritage Day. On June 10th, the Shanghai Theatre Art Center, together with its affiliated Shanghai Peking Opera Theatre, Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe, Shanghai Shanghai Theatre, Shanghai Yue Opera Theatre, Shanghai Huai Opera Troupe, Shanghai Pingtan Troupe, and Shanghai Wanping Theatre, held a traditional Chinese opera intangible cultural heritage day event with the theme of "Intangible Cultural Heritage Opera Rhyme · Garden Tour". Over the course of two days, the center created a series of rich and colorful immersive interactive experiences integrating traditional Chinese opera markets, salons, performances, movies, and handicrafts. On the afternoon of the 10th, the festive and exciting lion dance performance kicked off the first live performance and online live broadcast of the "Garden Appreciation" activity. Beijing Opera performer Shang Changrong and Shanghai Opera Art Center Party Secretary and President Gu Haohao added the finishing touch to the lion's awakening. Beijing Opera "Sanchakou", Kun Opera "Peony Pavilion: Searching for Dreams", Shanghai Opera "Ludang Fire Seed: Wisdom Battle", Yue Opera

The schedule for the first two days of the Shanghai International Film Festival was particularly busy. When the first screening of "I Love You!" was held at the Daguang Cinema, the reporter was a few minutes late for the previous interview. As soon as he opened the door, he heard laughter from the whole audience. The "Thousand People Hall" was almost full, and the light on the phone screen could not be seen. This confirms the feelings shared by film director Han Yan at the Jin Jue Film Forum held on the morning of June 10th. "Audiences are becoming more and more picky, and movies are no longer the time to deceive audiences into cinemas with just one or two gimmicks. As audiences grow, creators should think more about the film itself. Don't think that being close to the audience means being away from art." As the opening film of the 25th Shanghai International Film Festival, "I Love You!" received two warm applause after its premiere at the Jin Jue Festival on June 9th, at the Da Guangming TV

"On July 13, 2021, after reading the script sent to me by Teacher Cao Baoping, Hu Ge and the director added us on WeChat. I saw a topic we usually avoid - death - in the script of" Not Void This Journey ". Eastern culture is not very willing to face death, so people are not very prepared and death catches people off guard. I have a similar experience." "Not Void This Journey" was produced by Cao Baoping, written and directed by Liu Jiayin, and led by Hu Ge, starring Wu Lei. Qi Xi starred, with Bai Ke playing a special role. The movie tells the story of an ordinary screenwriter named Wen Shan who falls behind and begins to make a living by writing eulogies. Through his encounters with various ordinary people, Wen Shan comforts others and gains warmth, ultimately finding his own self

At 5:20 pm, director Zhang Dalei sat in front of the reporter's camera. His hair was tied into a baseball cap, and the black T-shirt was printed with the words "loser" and "I printed it myself." The gray green cloth pants were paired with a pair of blue cloth shoes, and someone on the scene said, "You can directly go on stage at the music festival like this." Like director Xin Shuang of "The Long Season," Zhang Dalei is a true rock youth who has formed his own band and walked the Grunge style. He said he has recently heard about Grunge again, such as Kurt Cobain from Nirvana, who is willing to admit that he is a failure. In his shots, there are also ordinary people who have failed in life. In 2016, his debut feature film "August" became famous both domestically and internationally, focusing on the transformation of state-owned enterprises

"The story can be simple, but the emotional expression outside the story must be strong enough." As a judge for the short film unit of this year's Shanghai Film Festival, director Zhang Dalei of "Moses on the Plain" made an appearance in Shanghai. "Moses on the Plain" is adapted from the novel of the same name by Shuang Xuetao, telling the story of the two families, Zhuang Shu and Li Fei, who used to be close friends and embarked on different paths in the context of state-owned enterprise reform; Zhuang Shu, who grew up as a police officer, was investigating an old case where a police officer was murdered 7 years ago when he discovered that the suspect was actually Li Fei's father and daughter, and he himself became a participant in the case without realizing it. Did you smell the familiar recipe? Taking the reform of state-owned enterprises in the 1990s as the background and suspenseful cases as the starting point, I have mentioned "Moses on the Plain" in both "The Long Season" and "Thirteen Years of Dust" in the past, but have never written it separately

On the evening of June 10th, as one of the official events of the Shanghai International Film Festival, the "2023 China Film and Television Night" hosted by the Shanghai Station of China Central Television was held at the CMG Integrated Media Cinema in Shanghai International Media Port. The "2023 China Film and Television Night" themed "Light and Shadow World Chinese Stories" focuses on creating a series of activities around excellent original Chinese film and television works, paying tribute to Chinese film and television professionals in the new era. For the first time, the "China Film and Television Night · CMG Annual Recommendation Honor" has been established to promote a batch of high-quality film and television masterpieces to the audience, encouraging Chinese film and television professionals to use light and shadow to shape vivid character images and showcase credible, cute, and respectable Chinese images. The "China Film and Television Night · CMG Annual Recommendation" includes "Annual Recommended Works", "Annual Recommended Actors and Actresses", "Annual Recommended Directors", and "Annual Recommended Departments"

On June 10th, during the 25th Shanghai International Film Festival, China Mobile Migu Company and Ape Power Fanyu Group held a digital technology innovation cooperation press conference, announcing the deep cooperation with director Lu Chuan's new work "749 Bureau" as an opportunity to explore new models of the metaverse film industry and empower the development of Chinese cinema with technological innovation. The protagonist "Ma Shan", specially designed by Migu Company for the movie, also made his debut in the Metaverse Bitspace Interstellar Square, leading the audience to experience a different new experience of watching movies in the Metaverse. Liu Xin, General Manager of China Mobile Migu Company, stated that as a creative platform for excellent traditional Chinese culture, movies are an important carrier for cultural promotion, and cultural digitization is an important lever for building a strong cultural country. The new information service of "connection+computing power+capability" built on China Mobile

Since 2010, Shanghai has been providing targeted support to the Kashgar region, pairing up with four counties: Bachu, Shache, Yecheng, and Zepu. In addition, the Second People's Hospital, Kashgar University, and Kashgar Sixth Middle School located in the Kashgar region are also supported by Shanghai. To comprehensively reflect the many Shanghai strengths and Shanghai wisdom that have contributed to the economic and social development of the Kashgar region in the past 13 years, Shanghai People's Broadcasting Station and the Shanghai Municipal Government's Cooperation and Exchange Office have launched the first full media program, "The Voice of Aid Construction", which comprehensively records Shanghai's counterpart aid construction work in a panoramic manner since June 11th. It is broadcasted on FM93.4 Shanghai News Broadcast every Sunday from 12:00 to 13:00, and Archimedes and Talk Box apps are launched simultaneously. Currently, the eleventh batch of cadres and talents who have been rigorously selected for aid to Xinjiang have taken over the baton and bid farewell to their families

How to continuously improve the level of film and television production services, so that good production teams are willing to come and shoot with peace of mind? The "Yangtze River Delta Film and Television Shooting Base Cooperation Alliance" led by Shanghai Film and Television Production Service Agency has achieved remarkable results at the 25th Shanghai International Film Festival after three years of efficient operation and experience accumulation. At the same time, the alliance also joined forces with some domestic provincial and municipal filming service institutions and centers to jointly launch the "Shanghai Initiative", calling on various regions to build a "set of film and television filming service system", build a "film and television shooting information cloud platform", form a "set of film and television shooting location growth mechanisms", and substantially promote the common prosperity and development of the film and television industry. In August 2020, Shanghai Film and Television Production Service Agency and the first batch of 17 film and television shooting bases in the Yangtze River Delta jointly announced at the 23rd Shanghai International Film Festival

From June 2nd to 11th, the original French musical "Romeo and Juliet" was performed 13 times in a row at the Shanghai Cultural Square. This is the first large-scale overseas original musical to return to Shanghai after three years, and it was sold out on the day of ticket issuance, adding another spark to the Shanghai performing arts market. In the drama, the Capulet family to which Juliet belongs is mainly colored in red, while the Montague family to which Romeo belongs is mainly colored in blue. The stairs of the cultural square hall are decorated with red and blue roses, and the enthusiastic audience is also dressed in red or blue clothing, transforming the theater into a sea of red and blue. The final performance came to an end, and each audience member walked out of the theater with a rose and unique memories. After the hot performance of Romeo and Juliet, more and more overseas masterpieces with international perspectives and diverse aesthetics will return to the Shanghai stage

The Suzhou River meanders through the jurisdiction of Shanghai, carving a unique "pattern". When people face Suzhou River, they can always feel emotions that are far more complex than a street or an area. On June 10th, Cultural and Natural Heritage Day, the Reading and Sharing Conference on "Suzhou River" was held at the Tianshan Hall of the Changning District Library. Guests such as Wang Cheng, the editor in chief of the "Urban Landscape · Hiking in Shanghai" series and a national first-class registered architect, Xu Yongli, the vice president of the Suzhou National Historical and Cultural City Protection Research Institute at Suzhou University of Science and Technology, and Lv Feng, the chief architect of Shanghai Jiapin Architectural Design Co., Ltd., shared the history and stories of buildings on both sides of the Suzhou River with readers, and explored how to experience and perceive architectural heritage from the perspective of architectural style and details. The changes in architecture on both sides of Suzhou River

Perhaps a few years ago, Chinese science fiction filmmakers could only look up to Christopher Nolan's blockbusters such as "Inception" and "Star Trek". However, at this year's Shanghai International Film Festival, Chinese science fiction filmmakers Guo Fan, Wang Hongwei, Dong Runnian, Lu Chuan, Zhang Shiyu, along with their long-term collaboration with Nolan's visual effects director Peter Babu, sat on the same white sofa to participate in the Golden Jubilee Film Forum Science Fiction Film Week keynote forum held in Songjiang, Shanghai on June 11th. When talking about the international perspective and contemporary context of science fiction movies, they are full of confidence. Today, for the first time, we are sitting down to talk about the industry. Wang Hongwei, Vice President of the China Film Directors Association and Chairman of Blue Planet Science Fiction Film Week, believes that this high-level forum proves that people are paying more attention to science fiction movies and also shows confidence in the industry. 5 Chinese science fiction filmmakers present at the scene

Focusing on the deep integration of "film and television+science and technology" and promoting the high-quality development of the film industry, on the morning of June 11, the theme forum of the 25th Shanghai International Film Festival "Science Fiction Film Week" and the Shanghai Science and Technology Movie Metropolis Press Conference was held in Songjiang District, where the "Several Provisions of Songjiang District on Promoting the High quality Development of the Film and Television Industry in Shanghai Science and Technology Movie Metropolis" were released and signed on site. The Several Provisions of Songjiang District on Promoting the High quality Development of the Film and Television Industry in Shanghai's Science and Technology Film Capital have been upgraded again based on the 2020 Songjiang District Film and Television Industry Support Policy 2.0 version, expanding from the original 16 support measures to 18, and adding specific support for key links in the film and television industry such as "supporting film and television enterprises to go public", "supporting emerging film and television formats", "encouraging the introduction and training of film and television talents"

"Success is not easy, we must compromise and persevere." "I am a warm realist with a warm sense of faith, believing that tomorrow will be better." "You must be honest with yourself to make good movies." "I have never violated my conscience and made works that I don't believe in." "To 'calculate' what the audience likes to see, not only for box office, but also for resonance." On June 11th, director and producer Chen Kexin visited the 25th Shanghai International Film Festival Film Academy. The Master Chen Kexin class lasted until 12 noon. After the performance, in the elevator and restaurant, the audience who were still unsatisfied were still discussing Chen Kexin's golden lines. The only movie that made me "drift" was from working as an assistant, producer, and producer in a film company during summer vacation, from directing his debut film "Twin Cities Story" to filming a "Chinese drama that the world watches". In the past 40 years, Chen Kexin

On June 11th, Bona Film Group held the "Celebrating the Great Era and Describing a Better Life -2023 Bona Film New Film Release Conference" during the Shanghai International Film Festival, announcing the "Super Luxury Film List" of 20 films and 5 series on site. Directors Chen Kaige, Lin Chaoxian, Hu Mei, Gao Qunshu, Cheng Er, Han Han, Tang Jili, Liu Weiqiang, Chen Guohui, Pan Yaoming, and Zhuang Wenqiang attended with their new works. The movie "Don't Call Me the God of Gamblers", which is about to be released on June 21st, also features leading actors Chow Yun fat and Yuan Yong yi, along with the entire cast, at the end of the press conference. On the same day, new trailers and trailers for the films "Youth", "Burst Point", "Dream of the Red Chamber: Golden and Jade Marriage", "Blade", and "Legend" were released on site. The films "Operation Red Sea 2: Operation Tiger Whale" and "Princess Kashmir" were also released

On June 11, Yuewen Group's starting point reading "word in youth" national college new writer selection competition was launched in Peking University. Du Xiaoqin, director of the Chinese Department of Peking University, said that the Chinese Department of Peking University has always been concerned about the development of online literature. "The young generation of contemporary China is participating in the creation and reading of online literature with unprecedented enthusiasm and vitality. As an emerging literary style, online literature has created a way of writing, reading and disseminating that is different from traditional literature ...... I hope we will work together to provide a better environment and more support for the originality of online literature." Stimulating the interest and potential of campus network literature creation The Research Report on the Development of Chinese Network Literature in 2022 by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences shows that the creation of network literature in my country presents obvious characteristics of intergenerational replacement,

"Yang Jian," "Wukong," "Ao Guang," and other popular musical songs have recently been released at the Shanghai Film and Television Park. Shanghai Juhuo Music Culture Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Shangxi Culture Communication Co., Ltd. were invited to participate in the "First Night Shanghai Film and Music Festival" and jointly create the "Park Magic Day" with Shanghai Film and Television Park. The concert showcases the "New National Style" series of musicals, linking multiple classic domestic animated movie theme songs to refresh the audience's audio-visual experience. In recent years, the "national style" that integrates traditional music culture and strong Eastern aesthetics has been increasingly favored by young people. The popularity of Chinese style themed musicals is increasing day by day, becoming one of the most marketable types of works. Starting from 2019, Juhuo Music and Shangxi Culture have planned to produce the "New · National Style" musical series, covering ancient Chinese history, myths and legends, and national culture

"I'm going to the Shanghai Film Festival to show a movie! It's like a dream. Duras said that the audience for a film by the author is 6000 people, and 6000 people don't want to escape two hours of life in the dimness of the cinema. Which of the 6000 people will I encounter in the cinema in June? They should be like the readers in my mind, right? I'm looking forward to seeing their faces." In May, the Shanghai International Film Festival announced the screening list, and writer Chen Danyan wrote excitedly. On the evening of June 11th, Chen Danyan's first documentary feature film "The Direction of Sava Flowing" was screened for the first time at the Shanghai Film Festival, and the new director finally met his audience. "The Direction of Sava's Flow" is not only Chen Danyan's debut feature film, but also the first co production film between China and Serbia. In 2014, holding onto the nostalgia for "Hazare"

On June 11th, 2023, the Shanghai Shanghai Opera Art Festival kicked off in Haishen Village, Huinan Town, Pudong New Area, singing the "voice of Shanghai" and providing a colorful and enjoyable cultural life for theater fans. The opening ceremony is divided into eight chapters: "Red Classics", "Traditional Novels", "Modern Novels", "Suit Qipao", "Innovative Theme", "Fuzi Xinsheng", "New Era", and "Setting Sail". Through classic singing segments such as "Shanghai Sound Shines Over the Pujiang River", "Reed Fire Seed", "Starry Fire", "Jiang Jie", "Difficult Journey", "Tao Xingzhi", "Under the Pomegranate Skirt", "Thunderstorm", "Moss Flower", "Number One Secret", "Alley Premier", and "Chen Yi in Shanghai", the creative achievements and national influence of Shanghai opera in the field of red culture are showcased. The main stage is decorated with three irregular large screens in the shape of Shanghai style rural buildings, echoing the surrounding rural farmhouses.

A well-known filmmaker once said that it is difficult to truly establish a foothold in the national market without bringing works to Shanghai as a "dock". Director Xu Haofeng premiered his highly anticipated new film "Gate Treasure Land" at the Shanghai International Film Festival. On June 12th, he brought a group of creators to the "Gate Treasure Land" of the Shanghai Federation of Literary and Art Circles to participate in the "Maritime Film Forum" event of the Shanghai Film Association at the Shanghai Art Hall. Like Xu Haofeng's previous work "Master", "The Treasure Land in front of the Door" emphasizes the etiquette and rules of traditional walking. This gentle and well mannered director pays tribute to Shanghai, the origin and original intention of Chinese cinema, through more than an hour of in-depth communication with Shanghai filmmakers and audiences. The martial arts film "Treasure Land in Front of the Gate" tells the story of the "martial arts" that took place in Tianjin in the 1920s. The old martial arts school

Focusing on the dilemma of artistic creation, through a series of hot topics such as "flow", it reflects the sad and happy life of musicians in different times and positions. From June 14 to June 16, the major literary and artistic creation funded project of the Shanghai Cultural Development Foundation and the China-Chic musical "Autumn Mountain Singing" premiered in the new box small theater of Shanghai Grand Theater. "Autumn Mountain Song" tells the story of Tang Qian, a popular online pipa player, who is about to realize her artistic dream. When doubts arise about her performance experience, Tang Qian desperately wants to pop up "Autumn Mountain Song" to prove herself. Li Ke, who claimed to be the founder of the Liupai pipa, suddenly appeared and taught her to play "Autumn Mountain Song" hand in hand. However, when faced with only half finished "Autumn Mountain Song", Li Ke dodged left and right. Director Wang Qizheng stated that "Autumn Mountain Song" tells a story about love and reconciliation. "Autumn Mountain Song" is praised as the willow school

The solo exhibition "A Good Magnolia - Xu Jinping's Traditional Chinese Painting Works Exhibition" by Xu Jinping, a Chinese painter and vice chairman of the Shanxi Artists Association, was held at the Shanghai Xinjinjie Art Space from June 3 to July 10. This exhibition showcases nearly 20 works created by Xu Jinping in recent years with the theme of magnolias. Xu Jinping's flower and bird paintings combine the overall poetic beauty and fresh charm, showing the special charm of the blending of form and spirit. The thousand branches and ten thousand stamens of magnolia flowers in his pen rise up, as if soaking in snow, showcasing a noble temperament against the backdrop of ancient architecture. Xu Jinping uses clever blank space and exquisite techniques to convey the essence and aesthetic taste of traditional Chinese art in his light and natural brushstrokes. The exhibition is under the academic guidance of Mao Shi'an, Vice Chairman of the China Association of Literary Critics. He stated, "Mr. Xu's works..."

"Starbucks has teamed up with 'Xiao Po Station', and in the trendy city, Starbucks has also become more fashionable." The 2023 Shanghai Coffee Culture Week has just come to an end, and new things in the coffee industry are still emerging one after another. During the college entrance examination season, Starbucks collaborated for the first time with Bilibili, headquartered in Shanghai, to launch the concept of "fresh coffee throwing tiles", defining the five types of tiles that young people collectively possess, and designing corresponding tile throwing bracelets, hoping to give strength to boys and girls who have taken the college entrance examination this year and in the past. Throwing tiles is a popular internet term, homophonic English word for power. Starbucks Milo City store has landed a joint pop-up store called "Fresh Coffee Throwing Tile Base Station", with Starbucks green converted to pink and the support of the bear store manager. During this year's Shanghai Coffee Culture Week, Starbucks launched a new series of fresh coffee drinks, becoming the first coffee chain brand to bring the original extract of coffee beans to China

In 1793, the Macartney Mission's visit to China was the first formal diplomatic contact between China and Britain. For a considerable period of time, people's understanding of this event was generally: "The political and economic structures of China and Britain are completely different, and the governments of both countries have adopted a tenacious and uncompromising attitude of resistance in order to maintain their social systems and historical traditions." The occurrence and development of diplomatic events have an unavoidable factor - translation. When British people send missions to China, there will inevitably be language barriers. In order for the mission to effectively communicate with the Qing court, it must rely on translation, which means that translation is an important element of the mission's activities in China. What role did translation play in the Marco Polo delegation's visit to China? What is the significance of understanding this event for us? Professor Wang Hongzhi, Emeritus of the Department of Translation at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, has written a new book titled "Dialogue between Dragons and Lions"

Virginia Woolf said in "A Room of Her Own": "If a woman intends to write a novel, she must have money and also have a room of her own." What if a condition is added? "Best Facing South." In the original documentary work "Best Facing South" published by Sandwich Editor in Chief and Shanghai Translation Publishing House, 22 women write 24 life stories. Through writing, they ask themselves about the situation they are in: "What have I experienced?"? Why did I go through all of this? What do these experiences mean to me? How do they form a part of "me"? Recently, at the Shangsheng Xinsuo Niaoya Bookstore, sandwich founder Li Zixin, writer Guo Shuang, one of the authors of "The Best Facing South" Shen Pinglin, and sandwich editor Li Yiman jointly discussed women's "facing south rooms" and life writing. We are

Through the use of media such as light and shadow, long ropes, images, bodies, and sounds, dancers constantly cut through space in time... Director Tang Chen won the gold medal in the 2021 Foreshore 31 Youth Creativity Program with "Scenery". Little known is that Tang Chen once wanted to give up his profession and switch to becoming a yoga instructor. At the recent Creative Plan Sharing Conference, the initiator and artistic director Crystal encouraged young creators to enhance their self motivation, "Don't wait for others to feed you, open your mind; don't entertain yourself, we have a responsibility to make the audience happy and satisfied." From 2021 to 2022, the performance industry was deeply affected, and the Foreshore 31 and Edinburgh Frontier Theatre Exhibition started with the "Foreshore 31 Youth Creative Plan" to provide phased creative funding support for excellent creative schemes, and to provide young artists with "creativity, tolerance, connection,"

The 19th Hachaturian International Music Competition was held in the Armenian capital Yerevan from June 6th to 13th, and Chinese pianist Kong Xiangdong was invited to serve as a judge for the competition. The judges include Sergey Sarajyan, Pavel Gililov, Vag Papian, Stephane Lemelin, and Oxana Yablonskaya. The Hachaturian International Music Competition was founded on June 6, 2003, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Armenian composer Aram Hachaturian, who is a world-renowned classical music giant of the 20th century. The Hachaturian International Music Competition has been held annually since 2003, covering four music disciplines: cello, piano, violin, and conductor