TONINO GUERRA IS LEAVING, TAKING WITH HIM INTERMINABLE IMPRESSIONS OF ARMENIAN MIRACLES
Noyan Tapan
Oct 18 2007
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 18, NOYAN TAPAN. "Another two days and this miraculous
journey will draw to its end. However, it will draw to its end with a
festival, just as it started. This miracle started last lear, when I
came to Armenia for the first time for the purpose of taking part in
the "Golden Apricot" international festival." Thus, Tonino Guerra,
a poet and a sculptor, the Italian legendary film scenario writer,
shared his impressions and feelings with journalists and his admirers
on October 17.
"It seems to me that the journey to Armenia cannot be a simple one. It
also seems to me that to make a journey to Armenia means to make a
journey to the sky. During this visit I again went to the museum of
S. Parajanov and again looked for the mistery of his talent and depth
of his art. There I once again made sure that to visit Armenia means
to go up to the sky, as I feel a mighty outburst of imaginations
inside me," the great scenario writer mentioned.
Tonino Guerra also told journalists that he has visited Jermuk:
"That is a magic place. I wonder how it happened that this miracle of
nature appeared at a height of 3000 meters." The maestro also spoke
about another miracle of Armenia: Noravank, and mentioned that the
government of Armenia should put all the miracles of the country
together in a right way and make them available for visitors.
"I will leave for Moscow from here, then for Italy. I want to remember
Armenia as a source of outburst of imaginations before going to
sleep," the maestro confessed. Saying good-bye to the participants
of the meeting, Tonino Guerra added that Armenia is full of talented
people and stunning fruits.
At the end of the meeting the Italian musicians, who had arrived in
Armenia within the frameworks of the "Tonino Guerra and his friends"
festival, played for the participants. Pianist Andrea de Paolo and
accordeon player Mario Stefano Pietrodarki played some of the works
of Astor Piatsola, an Argentinian musician.