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Manjikian: Ode to Aznavour
Start spreading the news: Aznavour is taking over Manhattan! An early gala celebrating Armenia’s 20th anniversary will take place in New York City on May 20 and will pay tribute to globally renowned songwriter and singer Charles Aznavour.
[caption id="attachment_14085" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Leaving my teenage years behind (something Aznavour laments so masterfully in 'Hier Encore'), his songs continue to resonate with me—as life progresses, as situations and persp
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Hier Encore
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzBncolQjP0
Happy Birthday Charles
May 22, 2011
His voice arrives
Not from his lips
Not from his tongue
Not from his vocal cords
But from every cell
Of his beating heart
That beats not for him only
but for others to feel
What he feels…
Chanting with innocence and purity
The words of love
Teaching others
What every love word means
And not to mack around
As many do and forget
(c) Sylva-MD-Poetry
Thanks Lalai
For your hearty article
You let me respond
With few words
More to come
When I have time …
Sylva
I was lucky to be there. He was so adorable.
Happy Birthday, our Dear Charles!
Asnavor, having seen and heard his performance… unforgettable talent.
First time I/we heard him sing was near 40 yrs ago , when his star(talent) was begining to shine a …P a r i s ..at the Olympiad.We drove all the way from Spain to be there!!
Le petit Charles-as amicably called in French was to MAKE HISTORY all over the world!!
Hope he has a good reception in NY and all over. We need him now above all, as Ambassador in CH(switzerland) and I now add him to the rostrum of my intended(God permit) National Investmenmt Trust Fund in Geneva, as an honourary member of the Board, alongside the 6/7 Armenian Magnates(that hopefullyu will establish the Nucleus.
yes charles aznavour- is there another one like him… I don’t think so. will there be another one like him in the future… very probably not. I saw him perform in miami, and beverly hills. years ago I saw him in toronto and after the show he gracefully agreed to come to the armenian community hall, strangely, I ended up sitting right beside him with no one else at the table, everyone else sitting in front of us. I think he noticed my nervousness and asked me if I was the press, I said no, i’m a musician. he looked at me and said,
“do you want to play in my band”. he sure knows how to put people at ease. in beverly hills after the show, as he was leaving, a fellow wanted his authograph, oddly enough all this chap had was a piece of tracing paper which he put in the palm of his hand so that charles could sign it, which he did but not before tracing the gent’s fingers on the paper and putting his signature in the middle.
that’s Charles. I really understand him, perhaps because we are born the same day,(may 22), I sort of think the same way he does as a musician but also because of the love he has, as we all have, for armenia.