In the cultural spheres, irrespective of the scale, we had masterpieces at all times. For example, in the music. On December 7, 1988, to help victims of the devastating earthquake in Armenia, 1-2 days later, our compatriots Charles Aznavour and Georges Garvarentz, first time with 87 French celebrities performed the song “For you Armenia” on TV, which was registered in the Guinness Book of Records. In 10 weeks, it won the first place in the SNEP column of the singles. Incidentally, the song was turned into a video by Henri Verneuil. On various occasions, you can watch this song on TV. The song had another advice when it was performed at the end of the “Aurora” awards ceremony on April 24 by the interpretation of the opera baritone, Honored Artist of Armenia Gevorg Hakobyan, “Hover” Chamber Choir (artistic director Sona Hovhannisyan) and the State Youth Orchestra of Armenia conducted by Sergey Smbatyan.
To add that the responsibility for the artistic part of the awards ceremony was entrusted to conductor Sergey Smbatyan. During the meeting with “Aravot”, Gevorg Hakobyan stated that “Aurora” prize will now on be awarded on behalf of the Armenian Genocide survivors and in honor to those who reached out a helping hand to Armenians and said, “This award was created to once again focus the humanity’s attention to the crimes and genocides going on in the world. It will encourage the heroes who rescue human lives. For example, the Tutsi ethnic Marguerite Barankitse, right in the beginning of the war, saved and tried to hide her 70 neighbors from prosecution who we killed when being detected. After this brutal incident, Marguerite devoted her life to taking care of the refugees and children, saving a total of 30 thousand children. In 2008, she has founded a hospital where so far 80 people have received help.”
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To the question of what opinion Charles Aznavour had about the new interpretation of the song “For you Armenia”, Gevorg Hakobyan informed that Aznavour has asked him to convey his admiration for the performers. The artists talking to “Aravot” distinguished the high-quality of performances of Rudolf Kharatyan for Narekatsiological poetry and choreography for the ballet under the music of Babajanyan and Terteryan, opera Diva Hasmik Papian’s B. Kanachyan “Oror” and “Bells Symphony” by Mirzoyan in the interpretation of the Youth Orchestra. The award ceremony was directed by Alexander Revzin, the producer of “New Wave” contest of young singers held in Jūrmala. Following various event going on throughout the world on April 24, our attention was attracted by the words of Garik Martirosyan, an MC of the TV show “Dances with the Stars” on Russian PTP TV channel. Interrupting the show, he reminded the advice of April 24 for the Armenian people and the world.
Samvel DANIELYAN, “Aravot” daily
