RA popular singer, Honored Worker of Culture, director of the State Orchestra of National Instruments of the city Gyumri, Murad Malkhasyan, who gave a concert dedicated to Artsakh heroes on November 12 in the city of Toronto, Canada, together with 2 Gyumri singers Masha Mnjoyan and Gagik Mkoyan and musicians Vahan Urutyan, Arthur Zatikyan and Harutyun Yeghiazaryan, in an interview with us told that the concert was attended by local Armenians as well as Russians and Canadians. The repertoire included Armenian, Russian and English songs. The singer noted that the concert organizers were spouses Samuel and Hasmik Mamikonyans who are the managers of the “Ojax” cultural center in Toronto. Hasmik Mamikonyan, according to Murad Malkhasyan, was singing in the Gyumri orchestra of national instruments since the opening day but later she has moved to settle in Israel and then to Canada.
As mentioned by Murad Malkhasyan, the lady has never cut her ties with her native Gyumri, she has thought of a project to facilitate the social problems of Gyumri residents and has offered him to organize a concert in Canada for the renovation of the streets in Gyumri. “When the Karabakh war happened, we decided to dedicate the concert to our heroes and send the money to the families of fallen heroes. The first concert was on a big stage in Toronto, the second day in the Evangelical Church which was also attended by local Dashnaks. You know, they are very powerful in Canada. I will only be happy if our and their forces are jointly used for the benefit of the homeland, also Gyumri with many social problems,” said the singer.
Nune AREVSHATYAN
Photo from Vahan Urutyan’s Facebook page
