MICHEL LEGRAND: GERMANY AND TURKEY ARE TO BLAME FOR ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

PanARMENIAN.Net
14.09.2009 20:06 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ I have never been to Turkey and don’t have any desire
to visit that country. Two states are to blame for Armenian Genocide,"
world famous composer Michel Legrand told journalists in Yerevan.

"When I first visited Yerevan 2 years ago, I felt this was the only
place that made me feel like my real homeland. And though I am Armenian
only by my mother’s side, I have relatives here whom I love very much,"
maestro said.

On September 15, Aram Khachatryan big concert hall will host Michel
Legrand’s concert with the participation of State Youth Chamber
Orchestra, as well as the composer’s wife and daughter.

Concert organizers is RA Ministry of Culture in collaboration with
City Lights Productions (Director: Armenian jazzman Levon Malkhasyan)
and VTB Bank.

French composer, arranger, conductor and piano player Michel Jean
Legrand was born in 1932 in Paris in the family of French composer and
actor Raymond Legrand and Armenian piano player Haykanush Marcelle
Ter-Mikayelyan. Future musician gained his first musical experience
from his father. At age 11, he entered Paris Conservatory. Upon
graduation, he moved to United States where he started writing music
for films. Legrand’s music for The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The Young
Girls of Rochefort and many other motion pictures became masterpieces
of cinema art. His musical compositions have been performed by renowned
piano players Oscar Peterson, Caunt Beisya and Charlie Parker. Michel
Legrand his a winner of 3 Oscar and 5 Grammy nominations.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress