Concert İn Memory Of Armenian İntellectuals

Anatolian Culture and Kalan Music have collaborated to organize a concert in Istanbul to commemorate Armenian intellectuals who were sent to their deaths in 1915.

The concert, titled "In memoriam/April 24," will take place on April 22 at the Istanbul Congress Center at 8: 30 p.m.

Armenian intellectuals who were arrested, exiled and killed in 1915 will be remembered by Kardeş Türküler, Ara Dinkjian and Onnik Dinkjian, Erkan Oğur, Ertan Tekin, Hasmik Harutyunyan, Karine Hovhannisyan, Haig Yazdjian, Şahan Arzruni, Erman İmayhan, Eileen Khatchadourian, Henning Schmiedt, Haïg Sarikouyoumdjian, Gaguik Mouradian, David Mayoral and Jordi Savall on stage.

Zulfü Livaneli's "Hommage to Gomidas" will be performed for the first time during the event. There will also be readings from the works of Armenian poets and writers.

The concert tickets are available on Biletix and the proceeds will be used for concert expenses.

(PHOTO) - Istanbul