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    "Yerevan-Aleppo" concert supports Syrian-Armenians

    September 1, 2014
    http://www.horizonweekly.ca/news/details/47733


    Armenianow - A charity music event dedicated to '70s of Yerevan and
    Aleppo took place in Yerevan organized with the support of Ministries
    of Diaspora and Culture of Armenia and funded by AGBU Yerevan. All
    profits of the concert will be directed to meet the needs of
    Syrian-Armenians.

    Popular artists from Yerevan and Aleppo participated in the concerts
    on August 29 and 30 in Aram Khachaturyan Concert Hall.

    Concert presenter Zhan Vardan recalled the 40-plus year cultural bond
    between Aleppo-Armenians and Yerevan, dating back to a 1971 concert in
    Aleppo by composer Konstantin Orbelyan. These decades later the
    cultural exchange continues Vardan said.

    The main musicians of the concert were Konstantin Orbelyan's Armenian
    State Pop Orchestra singers. Four Aleppo-Armenian singers and three
    guitar players also took part.

    Songs of the 70s were presented by Aramo, Emmy, Gayane Hovhannisyan,
    Radik Gabrielyan. Jazz music collection was presented by
    Syrian-Armenian artists Rena Tin, Zhan Vardan, Lila
    Vardanyan-Poghosian, Karo Taghtevirenian.

    Singer Taghtevirenian was brought to Armenia by the ongoing war in
    Syria. Before that he had been in the motherland in 1966 and had 10
    concerts. In Armenia he continues his career singing in a restaurant.
    At the concert he sang together with Armenian singer Emmy. He says he
    will remain in Armenia.

    "It is a great pleasure for me to sing in my motherland. It is with
    excitement that I remember singing in this same concert hall decades
    ago. In 1966 in this same hall I had six concerts. I was a young boy
    then - 18-20 years old," he said.

    This concert with participation of Armenian and Syrian-Armenian
    artists is another step towards Syrian Armenians' integration and
    proof that culture serves an important role in unifying a nation.

    Expressing her gratitude Minister of Diaspora, Hranush Hakobyan said
    that Syrian-Armenians express their compassion and support through
    this concert.

    "They can feel that their motherland is by their side, and will not
    leave them alone in difficulties. We are powerful together, and
    together we must win and become stronger," Hakobyan said.

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