ARMENIAN AND TURKISH FAMOUS MUSICIANS ARTO TUNCBOYACIAN AND YASAR KURT JOINTLY WILL RELEASE DISK DEDICATED TO HRANT DINK
Noyan Tapan
Mar 22 2007
YEREVAN, MARCH 22, NOYAN TAPAN. Turk composer of songs and singer
Yasar Kurt is in Armenia. The first visit of Turk musician to Armenia
is a peculiar mission: K. Yasar and musician Arto Tuncboyacian are
going to release a disk dedicated to the memory of their friend,
Agos newspaper’s editor Hrant Dink. As Noyan Tapan correspondent
was informed by Armenian Navy Band’s manager John Grigorian, the
two musicians were united by the circumstance that like Dink they
are against hatred, intolerance and revenge. In their opinion, the
mankind should be united, as life belongs to everybody and atmosphere
of hatred will result only in misfortunes and losses. J. Grigorian
said that as a result of this initiative a band has been formed
from several well-known Armenian and Turkish musicians, which by
names of Yasar and Arto is called Yas Ar (translated from Turkish
means living). The band will record a disk, then will shoot a video
clip on one of the songs. Y. Kurt was born in Turkey. He started his
professional music career in the 1990-s by recording three disks of
author songs. In his songs Yasar struggles against wars, violence
and obtacles of human life.