MICHEL LEGRAND AND GEORGE GARANYAN PERFORM IN KRASNODAR
PanARMENIAN.Net
30.08.2009 20:44 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Well-known French composer, pianist, arranger and
singer of Armenian origin, Michel Legrand will arrive in Krasnodar
with his orchestra in late September.
According to the Yerkramas newspaper, the joint concert of Legrand
with the Krasnodar Big Band conducted by George Garanyan will be
held, the director general and artistic director of "Premiere",
Honored Artist of Russia Tatiana Gatova said.
Michel Legrand is a famous French composer, author of music for the
films: "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg", "The Young Girls of Rochefort"
and many others, he is an Armenian by his mother’s side. Mother of
Legrand, Haykanush Ter-Mikaelian, was a pianist, her father, Sargis
Ter-Mikaelian, escaped from the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey,
and found refuge in France.