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    Emil Lazarian
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Music: The great French composer with Armenian roots Michel Legrand died.

Arminfo, Armenia
Jan 26 2019
Naira Badalian

ArmInfo. The famous French composer, pianist, singer, three times winner of the prestigious film award "Oscar" Michel Legrain died at the age of 86 years.

According to RIA Novosti, the newspaper Monde reported with reference to its  press attache.Michel Legrand was born in the family of a composer,  conductor and leader of one of the variety orchestras of Raymond  Legrand, and his mother, Marcel Ter-Mikaelyan, a pianist from a noble  Armenian family.Legrand is known, above all, as the author of film  music, in particular, he worked on the music for the films "Cherbourg  Umbrellas" (1964), "Girls from Rochefort" (1967), "The Scam of Thomas  Crown" (1968).During his career, which began about 50 years ago, he  became the winner of the prestigious film award "Oscar". 

So, in 1983 he received reward for the song that sounded in the movie  "Yentl" with Barbra Streisand inthe main role, and in 1968 – for the  best song for the film "Scam Thomas Crowne ".  He also won the Grammy  Award five times and was awarded the Golden Globe once. Such famous  singers as Ray Charles, Jean Cocteau, Frank Sinatra, Edith Piaf  worked with him.

Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS