Turkey's Ministry of Culture cancels Armenian violinist's concert
Photo taken from Ara Malikian's Twitter account
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The concert performance by the Armenian violinist Ara Malikian, as part of the "Capital Cultural Road" Festival program of Turkey's Ministry of Culture, was canceled without specifying the reason.
The concert was to be held at the Presidential Symphony Orchestra Concert Hall on June 1.
The people who bought tickets were informed with a message about the cancellation.
Şimdi de Kültür Bakanlığı'nın festival programı kapsamında düzenlediği Ara Malikian konseri hiç bir açıklama yapılmadan iptal edilmiş. Bilet alanlar durumu dün gelen mesajla öğrenmişler. Ara Malikian Türkiye'de defalarca konser yapmış, tanınmış bir keman virtiyözü. pic.twitter.com/YmCjnKyYXZ
— Alper Fidaner ???? (@DemodePop) May 27, 2022
The "Cultural Road Festival" is held in Ankara and İstanbul with the organization of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
The festival, which will start tomorrow (May 28) and last for 16 days, hosts nearly 2,000 events.
A press conference was held at İstanbul Atatürk Cultural Center on 12 May, with the participation of Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy and the festival program was announced.
The press statement published on the official website of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism also includes information about Ara Malikian's concert.
However, as of May 27, 2022, at 12:25, no information is available on the websites csoadaankara.ktb.gov.tr and baskentkulturyolu.com, of the Ministry of Culture, about Ara Malikian's concert.
Defining Ara Malikian as an "enemy of the Turks", some Twitter users called on the Ministry of Culture to cancel the concert yesterday.
"Açıklama"yı uzakta aramayalım.
— Ferhat Boratav (@ferhatboratav) May 27, 2022
Sağdan, soldan, İslamcısı, milliyetçisi, #linç dört koldan devam ediyor. pic.twitter.com/uXR4fPC9Fb
The world-famous Ara Malikian performed in İstanbul and İzmir in 2012 and 2019, respectively.
Meanwhile, tickets for Malikian's concert to be held at İstanbul Zorlu PSM on June 9 are still available.
Throughout May, concerts by the musicians Aynur Doğan, Metin-Kemal Kahraman, Apolas Lermi, Niyazi Koyuncu and Burhan Şeşen were also canceled.
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About Ara Malikian Born in Beirut in 1968 to an Armenian family, Malikian started playing the violin at a very young age. He gave his first concert at the age of 12 and since then he continues performing all over the world. When he was 14, he was invited to study at Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover in Hannover, Germany, and became the youngest student to be admitted to this school. He continued his education at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. Having performed in the best concert halls all over the world; in more than 40 countries and all 5 continents, Malikian currently resides in Madrid. |
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