On invitation of the Regional Board of Hamazkayin Western America and the "LA Concert Group" the Lebanese Armenian musician Guy Manoukian, who has won international recognition, gave his first and exclusive concert on Saturday, 29 November 2014, in the luxury hall of San Gabriel Mission Playhouse, in the presence of more than 1,200 spectators.
The Secretary of the Regional Committee Anita Havatian delivered the opening speech presenting the great artist and appreciating him for his art on behalf of Hamazkayin. She highly assessed the presentation of the foreign culture along with the Armenian culture, which is especially important for the worldwide multi-layered Armenians subject to cultural interactions in the places of their residences without compromising the national cultural legacy.
In this sense, we should highly assess Guy Manoukian’s talent, his own compositions and the unique performances of the re-arranged musical pieces. Thanks to Guy’s communicativeness and frankness, his performances not only captivate the audience, but also link them with the stage. His musical works are of equally great value with the musical interpretations combined with short and concise narratives.
Guy’s music makes the audience imaginably go back to the past, to the childhood memories, and a very small piece of song performed by him, revives imperishable reminiscences in the spiritual world of his audience.
