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YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 27, ARMENPRESS. World famous musician Tigran Hamasyan, having conquered most prestigious stages of the world, performed in one of abandoned hut districts of Gyumri.
Joining the uique compaign of voicing about the problems of residents of Gyumri huts, the pianist born in Gyumri gave a concert on February 27 in front of one of the huts on Manushyan Street. By this initiative Tigran Hamasyan joint the project of Hayk Baseghyan, photographer born in Gyumri.
“27 years have passed since the earthquake but there are still people living in huts in Gyumri: nearly 3000 families still live in trailers. I have introduced the real life of people living in those huts on December 7 for three years in a row within the framework of exhibitions called “Day of shame”, trying to draw the attention of everyone on the issue, and this year we launched an international fund-raising compaign throughout the world. I asked Tigran to give us something belonging to him in order to organize an auction and allocate the profit to our goal, but Tigran’s response was suprising: a concert just here and in this format. If we manage to accumulate 190 thousand USD until March 20, 13 families will obtain houses”, hayk Barseghyan mentioned.
The organizers of the concert had adopted a unique way of making the problems of homeless more visible: all the participants of the open air concert walked to the place of the event: People of Gyumri are familiar with this situation, and the guests saw the reality.
This district had never been so crowded. Hamasyan’s fans from different countries had arrived in Gyumri to attend Tigran’s concert and participate in the fund raising.
“I feel only one thing now: I have to be faithful to myself and whatever I do, I do it from my heart. I grew up in Gyumri which greatly influenced me. I was born here in the years of the earthquake and lived here until 1999 but my parents did their best for me not to feel what really existed. People live in these temporary shelters for nearly 30 years, which is a shame and these people must finally leave the huts. I hope that this project will be a success and 13 families will receive houses. Better late than never”, Tigran Hamasyan said after the concert.
At the end of the concert Gymri’s Deputy mayor Ruben Sanoyan hailed the initiative wishing successful future. By the decision of Gyumri Mayor Samvel Balasanyan, Tigran Hamasyan was awarded with a golden medal of Gyumri Mayor> The Deputy Mayor handed the medal to Hamasyan.
Armenuhi Mkhoyan