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CHARLES AZNAVOUR TO SING IN HIS FATHER'S BIRTHPLACE IN GEORGIA
ITAR-TASS
August 2, 2012 Thursday 06:35 PM GMT+4
Russia
French singer Charles Aznavour will give a concert in the town of
Akhaltsikhe in the south of Georgia which is the birthplace of his
father. The concert will be held in a newly built theater building
on August 16.
The program of the concert includes Aznavour's most popular
compositions. Before the concert the singer is going to visit an
opening ceremony at an ancient fortress in Akhaltsikhe opened to
visitors after restoration.
The family of Charles Aznavour of Armenian descent moved from
Akhaltsikhe, which is the birth place of Charles Aznavour's father,
to Greece and then to France, where Charles Aznavour was born in 1924.
His grandmother and grandfather were buried in Akhaltsikhe, and
the singer's distant relatives still live there. The house of his
ancestors has not survived. Local residents and Charles Aznavour's
distant relatives look after the graves of the ancestors of the
celebrated singer.
Charles Aznavour first visited his father's birthplace in 1996. He
had last been to Georgia in 2005. In Akhaltsikhe the singer visited
the graves of his ancestors and was awarded the title of an honorary
citizen of Akhaltsikhe.
During his previous visits to Georgia the French singer was received
by prominent figures from the Georgian leadership.
ITAR-TASS
August 2, 2012 Thursday 06:35 PM GMT+4
Russia
French singer Charles Aznavour will give a concert in the town of
Akhaltsikhe in the south of Georgia which is the birthplace of his
father. The concert will be held in a newly built theater building
on August 16.
The program of the concert includes Aznavour's most popular
compositions. Before the concert the singer is going to visit an
opening ceremony at an ancient fortress in Akhaltsikhe opened to
visitors after restoration.
The family of Charles Aznavour of Armenian descent moved from
Akhaltsikhe, which is the birth place of Charles Aznavour's father,
to Greece and then to France, where Charles Aznavour was born in 1924.
His grandmother and grandfather were buried in Akhaltsikhe, and
the singer's distant relatives still live there. The house of his
ancestors has not survived. Local residents and Charles Aznavour's
distant relatives look after the graves of the ancestors of the
celebrated singer.
Charles Aznavour first visited his father's birthplace in 1996. He
had last been to Georgia in 2005. In Akhaltsikhe the singer visited
the graves of his ancestors and was awarded the title of an honorary
citizen of Akhaltsikhe.
During his previous visits to Georgia the French singer was received
by prominent figures from the Georgian leadership.