Thankfully there are multiple other imaginative commemorations by different Armenians that will inform the general public about this black historical episode. They are a reminder that there is no monolithic “Armenian diaspora,” but more than six million Armenians descended from the Ottoman Armenians of 1915, each with their own family history.
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Composer, singer and recording artist Daniel Decker has collaborated with Armenian composer Ara Gevorgyan for ten years ago to produce "Adana," a song that was performed at the 90th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Decker recently received Armenian citizenship.
Many Armenians were displaced during the mass killings in the Ottoman Empire, that started a hundred years ago. One such example is the family of Vartan Melkonian - an Armenian born in a refugee camp in Lebanon after his parents fled the killings in Turkey. He became a street child in Beirut from the age of eight, and is now a conductor with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. He recently composed a symphony, or "symphonic poem" called Drake Passage, excerpts of which you can hear performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and recorded at the Abbey Road studios in London. Vartan Melkonian is also involved with the 100 Lives Initiative - a project, whose purpose is to commemorate those who helped Armenian refugees in need and to tell their stories. www.bbc.co.uk
Danish missionary Karen Jeppe’s descendants Gudrun Veel Jeppe and Jytte Jacobsen speak about visiting a memorial service at her grave (a very touching moment!)