World-famous singers to commemorate Armenian Genocide victims

Flora Martirosian, Arto Tuncboyacıyan, Serj Tankian, Stevie Wonder, Al Jarreau, as well as many other world-famous stars, will give a joint concert in Los Angeles, California, USA, on Nov 1.

The concert will commemorate Armenian Genocide victims, Flora Martirosian told journalists Sept 22.

"That concert will inaugurate a large-scale project we have decided to implement until 2015. Before that, we plan to give concerts in many countries by holding a least one concert a year. Many of the world-famous singers will join us because they are against violence and terror," she said. A concert series is an excellent opportunity for the Armenian people to appear in the international arena. "We can present not only our national songs and art, but also our goods, to the world," Martirosian added.

"We must show all our strong points. The Armenian businessmen can take this opportunity and present their products to the international community," the singer said.

The next concert under the project is expected to be held in Europe, next May. "The European concert season is expected to spring even greater surprises. Under a tentative agreement, such celebrities as Peter Gabriel and Montserrat Caballe will join us there. Charles Aznavour and other stars will sing in Europe," the Armenian singer said.

The world tour organizers plan to sum it up in Armenia in 2015. "Let us hope we can host all the international celebrities that will be besides us during the coming four years. One of the difficulties is that Turkey may impede the concert series. They are silent now, and let us hope they will remain silent throughout the concert season," the Armenian organizer Zhirair Dadasyan said.