NO MENTION OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IN ‘APRICOT STONE’
Tert.am
16:04 ~U 17.02.10
Despite recent reports from Turkish and Azerbaijani media, there
is no mention of the Armenian Genocide in the song "Apricot Stone"
by Eva Rivas, the contestant who’ll be representing Armenian in the
upcoming 2010 Eurovision Song Contest.
"The song was created by Karen Kavaleryan; he is Armenian by ethnicity,
but he’s never been to Armenia; thus, it can be said that this [the
song] is also his story. And Eva was born in Russia, and the song is
also very dear to her heart," said Rivas’ producer, Valerie Saharyan,
who noted that the hint at the song being about the Armenian Genocide
is simply the Turks’ unfounded claims.
"If we begin to dissect the song thoroughly, then perhaps it’s
possible to find a certain connection in some parts, but ‘Apricot
Stone’ is the songwriter’s and singer’s life story," she said.