esctoday.com
26/Sep at 00:00 by Russell Davies
Armenia: Eurovision artists live in London concert
Fans of Armenia’s Eurovision Song Contest entrants will have an
opportunity to see two previous Armenian representatives in a concert
to be held in London. Andre the 2006 singer of Without your love and
DerHova the composer and producer of Qele, Qele, will be appearing
live in a special concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank
Centre, London on 1st October 2009. The event entitled Wonderful
Armenia is being organised by Armenian Youth Forum UK with the support
of the Benlian Trust and the Ministry of Culture of Armenia.
Andre was the first singer to represent Armenia in the 2006 Eurovision
Song Contest in Athens. After qualifying from the semi-final, he
finished 8th in the contest with his entry Without your love, an
upbeat song which mixture modern Western sounds with traditional
Armenian music.
DerHova, the composer and producer of the uptempo song Qele, Qele sung
by Sirusho which finished 4th in the 2008 contest in Belgrade for
Armenia. This is highest position for Armenia in four attempts since
fist entering in 2006. DerHova will be performing a DJ set in the
Wonderful Armenia event. Media reports in Armenia are indicating that
DerHove will be submitting a song to represent Armenia in the 2010
Eurovision Song Contest
The Wonderful Armenia concert will also include some of the leading
singer in the Armenian music scene which will include. Hasmik
Karapetyan, Nick and Hayk Kasparov.Ticket are available here :
Fans will also have a chance to listen to a live broadcast of the
concert on Armenian online radio station here.
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