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POP FOR PEACE?: SINGER NUNE YESAYAN SAYS CONCERT IN ISTANBUL "DREAM FOR HRANT"
http://www.armenianow.com/society/37997/nune_yesayan_hrant_dink_istanbul_concert
Society | 11.05.12 | 11:14
Armenian pop singer Nune Yesayan will appear on stage tonight at 8:00
p.m. at Istanbul's Lutfi Kırdar Convention and Exhibition Center,
despite lingering political strains between Turkey and Armenia,
and is issuing a message of friendship.
"Yes, the borders are politically closed, but our hearts are open. I do
not believe there are any boundaries in music," Yesayan, who has given
many international concerts in the past, told the Hurriyet Daily News.
Yesayan said she does not know either Turkey, Turks, or the Armenians
of Istanbul, and she was nervous about the reception the concert
would receive.
"I will remain in Istanbul for four more days. There is a picture
of Istanbul I have created in my mind. Whether I will find that or
encounter completely different surprises, I do not know. Like all
tourists, Hagia Sophia and the Topkapı Palace are the first places
I would like to see," she said, adding that her first concert in
Istanbul has great significance for her.
Yesayan has frequently been asked in the Armenian press whether she
harbored any fears about going to Turkey, and she said it was one of
the greatest dreams of Hrant Dink, a Turkish-Armenian journalist who
was assassinated in front of his Istanbul office on Jan. 19, 2007,
that she should give a concert in Turkey. "I am in Istanbul to realize
that dream."
http://www.armenianow.com/society/37997/nune_yesayan_hrant_dink_istanbul_concert
Society | 11.05.12 | 11:14
Armenian pop singer Nune Yesayan will appear on stage tonight at 8:00
p.m. at Istanbul's Lutfi Kırdar Convention and Exhibition Center,
despite lingering political strains between Turkey and Armenia,
and is issuing a message of friendship.
"Yes, the borders are politically closed, but our hearts are open. I do
not believe there are any boundaries in music," Yesayan, who has given
many international concerts in the past, told the Hurriyet Daily News.
Yesayan said she does not know either Turkey, Turks, or the Armenians
of Istanbul, and she was nervous about the reception the concert
would receive.
"I will remain in Istanbul for four more days. There is a picture
of Istanbul I have created in my mind. Whether I will find that or
encounter completely different surprises, I do not know. Like all
tourists, Hagia Sophia and the Topkapı Palace are the first places
I would like to see," she said, adding that her first concert in
Istanbul has great significance for her.
Yesayan has frequently been asked in the Armenian press whether she
harbored any fears about going to Turkey, and she said it was one of
the greatest dreams of Hrant Dink, a Turkish-Armenian journalist who
was assassinated in front of his Istanbul office on Jan. 19, 2007,
that she should give a concert in Turkey. "I am in Istanbul to realize
that dream."