Singer Suren Arustamyan to represent Armenia at annual Jurmala song contest (video)

Armenian singer and musician Suren Arustamyan is going to represent the country at the New Wave 2012 annual song festival in Jurmala.

He is leaving for Latvia on July 14 to participate in the contest. But before his departure, he held a news conference today to introduce himself and his expectations of the concert.

Speaking of his merits, the singer said that he differs from all the other 16 participants with his unique style.

“I have no look-alike in terms of style; they are more in the pop genre. I am the only one to sing blues. And I am also going to play music,” he said, introducing the songs to be performed at the contest.

“I will very probably perform Eric Clapton’s Change the World on the hit contest day, and sing the popular Armenian song Ov Sirun Sirun (Oh, You Beautiful) at the country hit contest,” he said.

The singer noted that the international hits’ contest program does not offer a big choice, adding that the authorship song, which has already been selected, is very likely to be modified.

Arustamyan admitted that he does not much rely on his vocal features and is more focused on his general performance.

“I do not consider myself a vocalist, as I count more on my general performance. So I am not going to surprise anyone with my vocal music,” he said.

As for his expectations for awards, the singer said he attaches more importance to good performance and is not thinking about any proposals on prize funds.