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by Paul Chaderjian June 29, 2002 YEREVAN--Talented French star Patrick Fiori joined Armenian diva Nune Yesayan on stage at the Hamalir Stadium last weekend for an unforgettable concert melding French and Armenian cultures. Nearly eight thousand fans attended the sold-out show, buying tickets weeks in advance. "This was Patrick's first concert in his ancestral homeland," says Nune. "He felt very welcomed, very connected, and he wants to come back again." The 34-year-old Fiori was born in Marseille to an Armenian father and Corsican mother. He made a name for himself by performing with the opera at the age of 13 and winning a television talent show in his late teens. "One of his most popular songs all over Europe is 'Belle' from the musical 'Notre-Dame de Paris," says Nune. "Patrick recorded the CD, and it became a hit. He also sang on the French soundtracks of 'Mulan' and 'The Prince of Egypt.'" Nune and Fiori perfo...

by Paul Chaderjian June 29, 2002 (Yerevan) - Since the launch of Nune Radio on the Internet in December, 2001, nearly 500 listeners, every month, point and click to the Nune Radio link from www.nune.am to hear Nune's music. Listeners are also treated to rare interviews with the superstar and music from other Armenian artists, 24-hours-a-day and seven-days-a-week, all for free. "Everyone you know is on the Internet, " says Nune. "Young people are Internet and e-mail experts in Armenian families, and I see them teaching older relatives because it is a great tool to keep in touch, to learn and be entertained." The audio entertainment offered on Nune Radio through the Internet has had an overwhelmingly positive response, according to Houri Vartanian with "Friend of Nune," the official Nune fan club. "Friends of Nune" funds and operates Nune Radio. "We launched Nune Radio at a standard bitrate connection, so that everyone who access the Inter...

By Paul Chaderjian May 25, 2002 Yerevan, Armenia - Unprecedented, unexpected and unbelievable were a few of the words used to describe last weekend's Nune Yesayan musical stage production called "NY for NY - Armenia for America." Locals and tourists alike were amazed at the caliber and high quality of the show that involved more than five hundred actors, dancers, musicians, singers and crew members. The overwhelming enormity of the Broadway-like musical and the talent showcased in this grand stage production left the six thousand who attended the show in disbelief. Many, including the Republic's first foreign Minister Raffi Hovanissian, were surprised that the local art community could envision and effortlessly execute such a grand, professional and entertaining theatrical production. Hovanissian reacted by simply saying it was "unprecedented." "The production we created was like a living movie for us," said Hrand Vardanyan, the director of the sho...

By Paul Chaderjian May 20, 2002 (Yerevan) - The largest group of artists assembled in Armenia this year are spending long hours in preparation for what organizers are calling 'a Spartacusian Spectacular.' This extraordinary concert, called "NY for NY", is creation of Armenia's most popular entertainer, Nune Yesayan, and it will be dedicated to the memory of the victims of the attacks against the US last September. Yesayan has hired nearly 150 actors, dancers and singers, who are now in rehearsal to master their roles, learn their choreography, speak their lines, sings their songs and sound their instruments in unison, like a finely tuned philharmonic of 150 voices. Together, with the help of nearly 50 technicians, audio specialists, stage managers and stage hands, these artists in their prime will create a world of magic, music, dance and drama. "NY for NY"(Nune Yesayan for New York) will take place on Friday and Saturday nights, May 24th and May 25th at...

by Paul Chaderjian March 12, 2002 (Yerevan) - Thousands of miles away from the horror of the attacks on the World Trade Center, the Republic of Armenia's most popular entertainer, singer Nune Yesayan, is planning two unity concerts in Yerevan, Armenia, on May 26 and May 27th. The concerts will honor the memory of those who lost their lives September 11th and will rally Armenians for their support of those who are grieving for their loved ones. "I watched the events unfold in horror," says the 32-year-old singer. "All I could think of was how those innocent victims were never going to be able to share what was in their hearts. Sons, daughters, wives, husbands, friends, lovers, they didn't know that the last time they saw one another would be their last; and if they only could have had the chance to say goodbye." The terrorist attacks and the thousands of lives cut short in an instant reminded Yesayan of the 1989 earthquake in Armenia, when more than 50,000 Ar...

The World Wide Web of Nune March 6, 2001 By Paul Chaderjian (Anywhere, March 2001) -- While most artists talk-the-talk, they don't necessarily walk-the-walk. They plan, plot, prepare, promise and dream but fail to materialize their object d’art. That's not the case with one of the hardest working Armenian performers in the world, Nune Yesayan. Her world wide web is now so vast and her music so popular, that the singer sometimes wonders how she keeps up. That’s the theme of one of Nune’s new songs. In her new CD ‘Love’ Nune sings about her meteoric career with infinite jest. She raps about her endless jaunts across the oceans and around the globe, her concerts in halls, arenas and auditoriums, interviews with multilingual journalists and reporters and meeting with officials, civilians and clergy. All that, she sings, leaves her no time to find her true love. 'Tu eents, yess kez' is one of the many original songs on Nune's latest album. Due out this month, Nune's...

by Paul Chaderjian Sept 2, 2000 (Fresno, CA) - Armenian Diva Nune Yesayan will make her debut on American broadcast television on Thursday, September 7th at 7:00pm on KGMC TV, the Central California's powerful Channel 43 (Channel 10 on most AT&T Broadband cable systems in the San Joaquin Valley). The hour-long program features five of the performer's popular music videos, regularly seen on Armenian television programming around the world. The collection also offers vignettes from the Armenian superstar's concerts as well as interviews about her career and her life. The special begins with a haunting rendition of "Kele Lao," sung a cappella inside an ancient Armenian monastery. The first music video featured on the self-titled program is "Toon Ga Verevits" from Nune's second album, "Who Knows." The video is a montage of old and new, mixing tradition with popular culture. Nune sings as young athletic dancers surround her and move to the ...