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World-renowned musician Peter Gabriel stresses the importance of
Armenian Genocide recognition
08.03.2009 01:13 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ World-renowned musician and songwriter Peter Gabriel
talked about the importance of the recognition of the Armenian
Genocide. Asked by interviewer about the best places to travel for
music, Gabriel said, `I had a house in Senegal and music was a big
reason. And when I did music for `The Last temptation of Christ,’ I
was introduced to one of the most soulful instruments, the Armenian
duduk. I went to Armenia for the birthday of duduk player Djivan
Kasparyan.. We visited the genocide Memorial, which is dedicated to
the more than one million Armenians who died in 1915.’ He added, `The
Turks deny the Armenian Genocide, and Britain and the United States
haven’t properly acknowledged it. I hope that happens. As with the
Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa, you need to air
issues and accept what happened in the past before you are free to
move on,’ The Armenian Weekly reports.

Gabriel, 59, has won Grammy Awards in 1989, 1992, 1993, 1995 and 2008
for his work. He received the Nobel Peace Laureates’ Man of Peace
Award in 2006 and was named Amnesty International’s Ambassador of
Conscience in 2008.

Also in 2008, Time magazine chose him as one of the 100 most
influential people in the world.