DEEP PURPLE’S IAN GILLAN IN ARMENIA
18:15 ~U 19.09.13
Deep Purple soloist Ian Gillan is in Armenia to attend the opening
of a renovated musical school in the second largest city of Gyumri.
Speaking to reporters on Thursday, the musician admitted that his
involvement in the project was very personalized and symbolic.
He said that the band came up with the idea after visiting the town
of Spitak in 1989, (a year after the devastating earthquake which
claimed thousands of lives, leaving lots of people homeless) and
realizing that life would be very difficult without music.
The soloist said it was very exciting for him to see the one-time
forlorn construction having changed new image. He said his central
role in both the band and the Rock Aid Armenia project had made the
renovation project possible. But he also admitted that the Armenians’
too, had their contribution.
Asked what made him choose especially Armenia among the many
disaster-stricken countries around the world, the musician said it
was a personalized initiative that made him spiritually bound to
the country.
Armenian News – Tert.am
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
