{"id":16682,"date":"2015-05-14T10:27:08","date_gmt":"2015-05-14T10:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/?p=16682"},"modified":"2015-05-14T10:27:08","modified_gmt":"2015-05-14T10:27:08","slug":"canadian-armenian-filmmaker-receives-highest-honor-for-artistic-achievements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/?p=16682","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Armenian filmmaker receives highest honor for artistic achievements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Canadian Armenian filmmaker Atom Egoyan is among the 2015 winners of the Governor General\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0084\u00a7s Performing Arts Awards, <a href=\"http:\/\/asbarez.com\/blog\/archives\/136018\" target=\"_blank\">Asbarez <\/a>reports.<\/p>\n<p>Five Canadians were named for the country\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0084\u00a7s highest honor for lifetime artistic achievement. The winners included Walter Boudreau, C.M., composer, conductor and artistic director; Atom Egoyan, film and stage director; Diana Leblanc, actress and director; Sarah McLachlan, singer, songwriter; and R.H. Thomson, C.M., actor, director, producer and arts advocate.<\/p>\n<p>The winners will also get a $25,000 cash prize privided by the Canada Council for the Arts and a commemorative medallion produced by the Royal Canadian Mint. The awards will be handed out by Canada\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0084\u00a7s Governor General David Johnston at a special ceremony in Ottawa\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0084\u00a7s Rideau Hall on May 29. The recipients will be celebrated with a star-studded gala concert on May 30.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 1992, the Governor General\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0084\u00a7s Performing Arts Awards are given to Canadians whose accomplishments are deemed to have inspired and enriched the country.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-author\">Armenia News &#8211; NEWS.am<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Canadian Armenian filmmaker Atom Egoyan is among the 2015 winners of the Governor General\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0084\u00a7s Performing Arts Awards, Asbarez reports. Five Canadians were named for the country\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0084\u00a7s highest honor for lifetime artistic achievement. The winners included <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/?p=16682\" title=\"Canadian Armenian filmmaker receives highest honor for artistic achievements\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16683,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,8,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16682"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16682\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}