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    HEAD OF COMPOSERS' UNION OF ARMENIA: ARMENIAN MARKET IS FULL OF CHEAP TEXTS THAT CANNOT BE CALLED MUSIC

    arminfo
    Tuesday, February 22, 19:10

    "The Armenian market is full of cheap texts resembling Muslim art. It
    is impossible to call these works music. Moreover, such an attitude
    to music may threaten national security, as this directly influences
    the consciousness and thinking of people", Chairman of the Composers'
    Union of Armenia Robert Amirkhanyan said at today's press conference
    in Yerevan when commenting on the current situation in the musical
    sphere in Armenia.

    He said that today the emphasis is put on profit and business, and
    this leads to appearance of low quality Muslim music in the Armenian
    market. The composer suggested setting up a commission under the
    Culture Ministry to assess music works. He is going to present his idea
    at the hearings in the Public Council to take place on February 24.

    According to the composer, Muslim music is a certain branch of music
    art, which should be respected. But the dominating direction in the
    Armenian music art has nothing to do with the classical Muslim music,
    and represents only a tasteless substitute of Muslim and Christian
    tunes.

    When commenting on composer Vahram Petrosyan's recent statement
    supporting Azerbaijani music, Amirkhanyan said that the composer
    lacked enough information to touch on such delicate issues and only
    paid a tribute to the demand and business.

    To recall, at Feb 17 press conference Vahram Petrosyan said that he
    and his friends are fond of Azeri music, and also pointed out a new
    wave of orientalism in music, which should be taken into account by
    the Armenian composers whishing to keep up with the times.

    To note, at present according to the major part of the Armenian
    society, the Azerbaijani music is not the classical mugham, but modern
    mixture of Muslim and pop music.




    From: A. Papazian
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