ARMENIAN AND TURKISH MUSICIANS TO TRAVEL TOGETHER FOR PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING PEACE BETWEEN TWO STATES
Noyan Tapan
March 19, 2008
YEREVAN, MARCH 19, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. Acclaimed Armenian
"duduk" (a woodwind instrument) player Jivan Gasparyan and Turkish
folk singer Yavuz Bingol are set to take on a tour in April to promote
peace and friendship between Turkey and Armenia. The two musicians will
travel the United States of America, France, Belgium, the Netherlands,
Switzerland and Italy. "We have a thousand-year-old common history
between us. We are taking on the road to tell this friendship in our
songs," Bingol said.