Arzas Voskanyan: Eurovision misrepresents cultures

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Armenia’s Honored Art Worker, composer Arzas Voskanyan believes that Eurovision Song Contest shouldn't be taken seriously, as it's a way to misrepresent national culture.



“I think it’s high time to stop exaggerating the importance of the contest for Armenia,” he told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.



While talking about Eva Rivas’ song to be presented at Eurovision Song Contest, maestro Voskanyan emphasized that Turkey is in habit to ‘privatize’ the cultural heritage of other nations.



“It’s not surprising that after hearing oriental motives, Turkey started to talk about stolen music. Actually, the fact that Turks haven’t yet laid claims to medieval Armenian music, means that they are not aware of its existence,” he said.