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Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
Fax: (04) 419724
E- mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.ArmenianOrthodoxChurch.org/
PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon
His Holiness Aram I receives archive photos of the Bird's Nest from
London-based Composer and Conductor, Vartan Melkonian
Antelias - On Monday 2 December 2013, Vartan Melkonian visited His Holiness
Aram I and handed over 100 pictures from the archives of the early years of
the Bird's Nest. The pictures were a gift from the K.M.A. Danish
Missionaries who established the Bird's Nest to house the orphans they had
brought from Turkey.
Vartan Melkonian and his siblings were admitted to the Bird's Nest in the
1950's after the death of their mother. In the 1970's during the war in
Lebanon he left for the United Kingdom and studied music in London.
Currently, he plays his compositions and conducts orchestras around the
world. He has conducted both the London and Royal Philharmonic Orchestras in
London. Melkonian, who is the founder of the Melkonian Foundation that
assists unfortunate children irrespective of religion and race, has always
been a strong supporter of his second home and first school.
His Holiness Aram I receives archive photos of the Bird's Nest from
London-based Composer and Conductor, Vartan Melkonian
Antelias - On Monday 2 December 2013, Vartan Melkonian visited His Holiness
Aram I and handed over 100 pictures from the archives of the early years of
the Bird's Nest. The pictures were a gift from the K.M.A. Danish
Missionaries who established the Bird's Nest to house the orphans they had
brought from Turkey.
Vartan Melkonian and his siblings were admitted to the Bird's Nest in the
1950's after the death of their mother. In the 1970's during the war in
Lebanon he left for the United Kingdom and studied music in London.
Currently, he plays his compositions and conducts orchestras around the
world. He has conducted both the London and Royal Philharmonic Orchestras in
London. Melkonian, who is the founder of the Melkonian Foundation that
assists unfortunate children irrespective of religion and race, has always
been a strong supporter of his second home and first school.
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Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
Fax: (04) 419724
E- mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.ArmenianOrthodoxChurch.org/
PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon
His Holiness Aram I receives archive photos of the Bird's Nest from
London-based Composer and Conductor, Vartan Melkonian
Antelias - On Monday 2 December 2013, Vartan Melkonian visited His Holiness
Aram I and handed over 100 pictures from the archives of the early years of
the Bird's Nest. The pictures were a gift from the K.M.A. Danish
Missionaries who established the Bird's Nest to house the orphans they had
brought from Turkey.
Vartan Melkonian and his siblings were admitted to the Bird's Nest in the
1950's after the death of their mother. In the 1970's during the war in
Lebanon he left for the United Kingdom and studied music in London.
Currently, he plays his compositions and conducts orchestras around the
world. He has conducted both the London and Royal Philharmonic Orchestras in
London. Melkonian, who is the founder of the Melkonian Foundation that
assists unfortunate children irrespective of religion and race, has always
been a strong supporter of his second home and first school.
His Holiness Aram I receives archive photos of the Bird's Nest from
London-based Composer and Conductor, Vartan Melkonian
Antelias - On Monday 2 December 2013, Vartan Melkonian visited His Holiness
Aram I and handed over 100 pictures from the archives of the early years of
the Bird's Nest. The pictures were a gift from the K.M.A. Danish
Missionaries who established the Bird's Nest to house the orphans they had
brought from Turkey.
Vartan Melkonian and his siblings were admitted to the Bird's Nest in the
1950's after the death of their mother. In the 1970's during the war in
Lebanon he left for the United Kingdom and studied music in London.
Currently, he plays his compositions and conducts orchestras around the
world. He has conducted both the London and Royal Philharmonic Orchestras in
London. Melkonian, who is the founder of the Melkonian Foundation that
assists unfortunate children irrespective of religion and race, has always
been a strong supporter of his second home and first school.
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http://armenianorthodoxchurch.org/gallery-2