YEREVAN. – President Serzh Sargsyan extended his congratulations to Honored Art Worker of Armenia, composer and pianist Stepan Shakaryan, on the occasion of his 80th birth anniversary.

“You have made a great contribution to the development and enrichment of the Armenian art of music, especially jazz,” the President’s congratulatory message specifically reads. “[And] your lasting pedagogical activities aimed at the future of our music culture are also appreciable.”