CONCERT DEDICATED TO MEMORY OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS TO TAKE PLACE IN MOSCOW HERMITAGE GARDEN ON APRIL 24
Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Apr 13 2006
MOSCOW, APRIL 13, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. On the initiative of
the “Russian-Armenian Concord” public organization, a charity concert
of the Belgian “Araks” group will take place in the Hermitage Garden
of the city of Moscow on April 24. The concert will be dedicated to
the memory of victims of the Armenian Genocide in Turkey. As the
“Yerkramas” (country) newspaper of Armenians of Russia informs,
the “Araks” group performs traditional Armenian music in the modern
interpretation and uses classic guitar, flute, violoncello, pipe and
duduk (Armenian national pipe). The goal of the concert is to draw
attention of public and political circles of Russia to the theme of
the Armenian Genocide, as well as to support consolidation of the
Armenian community, particularly, of youth. The information sponsors
of the concert are a number of Russian leading mass media. Prominent
public and political figures of Russia and Armenia are invited to
the concert. Entry is free.