The Armenian government and Glendale music promoters will recognize the Armenian Genocide through music, report various press from the Glendale, Burbank and Los Angeles area.<\/p>\n
The Armenian government is teaming up with Stevie Wonder and a roster of international performers to bring a higher profile to genocide recognition efforts.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday night, Armenian dignitaries and music promoters in Glendale unveiled plans for a five-year series of concerts, dubbed \u201cNever Again,\u201d to keep the Armenian Genocide and other human rights atrocities in the public eye.<\/p>\n
The series is scheduled to culminate with performances in 2015, the 100-year anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, in which 1.5 million Armenians died at the hands of Ottoman Turks. Supporters say the effort is a companion to long-standing political and legal efforts by Armenian-Americans to have the United States formally recognize the Armenian Genocide.<\/p>\n
\u201cSomething that may not be done through the power of politics can be done through the power of music,\u201d said Anush Hovsepyan, spokesperson for Glendale-based nonprofit Artists for Peace.<\/p>\n
Hovsepyan said the program also is intended to highlight the many atrocities that have occurred even after a 1948 United Nations resolution condemning genocide, including those in Rwanda, Cambodia and Sudan.<\/p>\n
The first \u201cNever Again\u201d concert is scheduled to take place April 17 at the Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal City with Stevie Wonder; Canadian songwriter and producer David Foster \u2014 who has worked with Celine Dion, Josh Groban and others \u2014 and Flora Martirosyan, a popular Armenian performer who recently recorded the genocide-themed song and video \u201cNever Again.\u201d<\/p>\n
Promoters are hoping to add other names to the roster of performers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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