Вартан Мелконян
SIIM
Longitude: 9 deg 46 min 54.12 sec N
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The small town near Ry, where Maria Jacobsen was born. It was here that she learnt about the Genocide.
Muşh
Longitude: 41 deg 29 min 27.96 sec N
Vartan’s father came from Mush, in today’s Turkey, but fled during the Genocide
BEIRUT
Longitude: 35 deg 29 min 43.8 sec N
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Vartan’s parents met in a Beirut refugee camp and he grew up there
BYBLOS
Longitude: 35 deg 39 min 6.8400000000001 sec N
The Bird’s Nest orphanage, where Vartan grew up, was established in 1928.
LONDON
Longitude: -0 deg 7 min 39.9288 sec N
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Vartan met two Omani princes during his residency at Celebrity nightclub. They helped launch his conducting career
ABBEY ROAD
Longitude: 0 deg 0 min 13.536 sec N
Where Vartan first recorded Drake’s Passage.
SEA SIDE TOWN SKEGNESS
Longitude: 0 deg 20 min 16.3716 sec N
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Vartan’s first job in England was singing Tom Jones covers in pubs around Skegness.
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Если Мария Якобсен спасла Мелконяну жизнь, то музыка наполнила ее смыслом. Впервые услышав классическую музыку на граммофоне Якобсен, Мелконян приобрел гитару и самостоятельно научился играть на ней.
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