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Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
May 20 2013
Turkey's state-run channel broadcasts Western Armenian song for the first time
ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News
by Vercihan ZiflioÄ?lu
A Western Armenian song video has been aired for the first time ever
in the history of the state-owned Turkish TV channel TRT.
The song, `Tzyuni Patil' (Snow Flake) by Armenian musician Erlin
TomaoÄ?lu, was first broadcast on TRT on May 11.
The song depicts the story of a snowflake dreaming of melting into
water and flowing from mountains and waterfalls.
Speaking to the Hürriyet Daily News about her album `Dariner Vertch'
(After Years), TomaoÄ?lu expressed her thanks to TRT for broadcasting
the music video, allowing it a chance to go before Turkish audiences.
A few years ago, TRT broadcast another Armenian music video, but it
was in the Eastern Armenian dialect. Western Armenian, which is on the
list of UNESCO's endangered languages, is a rich dialect used by most
of the worldwide Armenian community except in Armenia and Iran. When
asked whether she was thinking of reaching a wider audience, TomaoÄ?lu
said: `The TRT broadcast was a significant step, but it is not enough
alone. My contacts with other TV channels for the broadcast of the
video are ongoing. This bears importance in going beyond our community
and reaching larger masses. We also have a concert planned for the
winter months; I would like to meet Turkish audiences at that
concert.'
The language of love and friendship
TomaoÄ?lu, who is a music teacher at a historic Armenian school in
Istanbul, said she began listening to Western Armenian songs with
tapes from abroad during her childhood. `Within time, Eastern Armenian
songs took the place of Western ones,' she said. Apart from Armenian
songs, TomaoÄ?lu also sings Turkish songs, as well. A Turkish single
named `Senden Sonra' (After You) was released in 2011. `My biggest
dream is to meet audiences both in Turkey and the world. I know that
songs keep languages alive and form a language of love and
friendship,' she said.
May/20/2013
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkeys-state-run-channel-broadcasts-western-armenian-song-for-the-first-time.aspx?pageID=238&nID=47154&NewsCatID=383
May 20 2013
Turkey's state-run channel broadcasts Western Armenian song for the first time
ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News
by Vercihan ZiflioÄ?lu
A Western Armenian song video has been aired for the first time ever
in the history of the state-owned Turkish TV channel TRT.
The song, `Tzyuni Patil' (Snow Flake) by Armenian musician Erlin
TomaoÄ?lu, was first broadcast on TRT on May 11.
The song depicts the story of a snowflake dreaming of melting into
water and flowing from mountains and waterfalls.
Speaking to the Hürriyet Daily News about her album `Dariner Vertch'
(After Years), TomaoÄ?lu expressed her thanks to TRT for broadcasting
the music video, allowing it a chance to go before Turkish audiences.
A few years ago, TRT broadcast another Armenian music video, but it
was in the Eastern Armenian dialect. Western Armenian, which is on the
list of UNESCO's endangered languages, is a rich dialect used by most
of the worldwide Armenian community except in Armenia and Iran. When
asked whether she was thinking of reaching a wider audience, TomaoÄ?lu
said: `The TRT broadcast was a significant step, but it is not enough
alone. My contacts with other TV channels for the broadcast of the
video are ongoing. This bears importance in going beyond our community
and reaching larger masses. We also have a concert planned for the
winter months; I would like to meet Turkish audiences at that
concert.'
The language of love and friendship
TomaoÄ?lu, who is a music teacher at a historic Armenian school in
Istanbul, said she began listening to Western Armenian songs with
tapes from abroad during her childhood. `Within time, Eastern Armenian
songs took the place of Western ones,' she said. Apart from Armenian
songs, TomaoÄ?lu also sings Turkish songs, as well. A Turkish single
named `Senden Sonra' (After You) was released in 2011. `My biggest
dream is to meet audiences both in Turkey and the world. I know that
songs keep languages alive and form a language of love and
friendship,' she said.
May/20/2013
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkeys-state-run-channel-broadcasts-western-armenian-song-for-the-first-time.aspx?pageID=238&nID=47154&NewsCatID=383