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    PanARMENIAN.Net

    World-renowned musician Peter Gabriel stresses the importance of
    Armenian Genocide recognition
    08.03.2009 01:13 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ World-renowned musician and songwriter Peter Gabriel
    talked about the importance of the recognition of the Armenian
    Genocide. Asked by interviewer about the best places to travel for
    music, Gabriel said, â??I had a house in Senegal and music
    was a big reason. And when I did music for â?`The Last
    temptation of Christ,' I was introduced to one of the most soulful
    instruments, the Armenian duduk. I went to Armenia for the birthday of
    duduk player Djivan Kasparyan.. We visited the genocide Memorial,
    which is dedicated to the more than one million Armenians who died in
    1915.' He added, `The Turks deny the Armenian Genocide, and Britain
    and the United States haven't properly acknowledged it. I hope that
    happens. As with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South
    Africa, you need to air issues and accept what happened in the past
    before you are free to move on,' The Armenian Weekly reports.

    Gabriel, 59, has won Grammy Awards in 1989, 1992, 1993, 1995 and 2008
    for his work. He received the Nobel Peace Laureates' Man of
    Peace Award in 2006 and was named Amnesty International's
    Ambassador of Conscience in 2008.

    Also in 2008, Time magazine chose him as one of the 100 most
    influential people in the world.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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