Sons of Apollo
Sons of Apollo is an American progressive rock supergroup formed in 2017 and composed of drummer Mike Portnoy (ex Dream Theatre), bassist Billy Sheehan (ex Mister Big), keyboardist Derek Sherinian (ex Dream Theatre), vocalist Jeff Scott Soto (ex Journey) and guitarist Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal (ex Guns and Roses). Sherinian and Portnoy played together in progressive […]
Andrey Makarevich
Andrey Makarevich is a Soviet and Russian rock musician and the founder of Russia’s oldest still active rock band Mashina Vremeni (Time Machine). He is often considered as Sovet Union Paul McCartney. Makarevich was born in Moscow to mixed heritage parents of Belarusian, Polish aristocracy, Greek and Jewish origin. He graduated from Moscow Institute of […]
Tigran Hamasyan
Tigran Hamasyan is an Armenian jazz pianist. He plays mostly original compositions, which are strongly influenced by the Armenian folk tradition, often using its scales and modalities. In addition to Tigran’s folk influence, he is influenced by American jazz traditions and to some extent, as on his album Red Hail, by progressive rock. His solo […]
Mike Portnoy
Michael Stephen Portnoy (born April 20, 1967) is an American musician who is primarily known as the former drummer, backing vocalist, and a co-founder of the progressive metal band Dream Theater. In September 2010, Portnoy announced his departure from Dream Theater after 25 years, with Mike Mangini taking his place as drummer of the band. […]
Jeff Scott Soto
Jeff Scott Soto (born November 4, 1965) is an American rock singer of Puerto Rican descent. He is best known for being the vocalist on Yngwie Malmsteen’s first two albums, and (briefly) the lead vocalist for Journey in 2006–2007. Soto also sang lead vocals in the band Eyes. He also had a long tenure as […]
Brian May
Brian May, CBE (born 19 July 1947) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, astrophysicist, and photographer. He is best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Queen. He uses a home-built electric guitar called the Red Special. His compositions for the band include “We Will Rock You”, “Tie Your Mother Down”, “I Want It All”, “Fat Bottomed Girls”, […]
The Symphony Orchestra of the A. Spendiaryan Opera and Ballet National Academic Theatre
The first Armenian symphony orchestra was established in 1924, in the Conservatory, by the efforts of Aleksandr Spendiaryan, the famous Armenian composer and Arshak Adamyan, the rector of the Conservatory. On May 5, 1932 decision was made to establish Opera Theatre in Yerevan city. Implementation of this important decision was made possible thanks to huge […]
Paul Franklin
Paul Franklin has been creating spectacular visual effects for over 25 years. Co-founder of Double Negative Visual Effects – one of the world’s leading digital visual effects studios – Paul is perhaps best known for his long-running collaboration with director Christopher Nolan. Paul’s work has featured in more than thirty films including “Inception” , “Interstellar”, […]
Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra
The Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra (ANPO) is the national orchestra of Armenia. It was founded in 1925 as a symphony orchestra of the Yerevan State Conservatory. Now it performs in Khachaturian Hall, Yerevan. Over the years, conductors Arshak Adamian, Alexander Spendiarian, Ohan Durian, Valeri Gergiev, Loris Tjeknavorian, etc. directed the orchestra. Since its foundation, the […]
David Zambuka
David Zambuka astonished the audience at Starmus III with his presentation of Dimensional, Inter-phased, Cognitive, Knowledge in his tribute to Professor Stephen Hawking and revealed the Equation of Everything. After many requests he’s back again. Starmus IV sees his return to present his thoughts (and yours) on intelligent life. David Zambuka is a the worlds […]
