Marten Yorgantz: emigration is Armenia’s worst problem

 August 25, 2011 - 13:02 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian-French singer Marten Yorgantz thinks emigration to be Armenia’s worst problem.

“Emigration is a dangerous phenomenon as it makes the country weaker,” he told a press conference in Yerevan.

France-based singer confessed that he wants to move in Armenia in several years. “I want to spend here at least 3 months a year,” he said.

Yorgantz said he performed a number of concerts in Artsakh, “Of course, the country changed a lot but we should work for its further development,” he noted.

Marten Yorgantz (born June 24, 1946 in Istanbul) is a popular singer and composer. He recorded 24 albums in different languages, mostly in Armenian, Italian and French. Among his well-known hits are "Chkuytik", "Hayi Achker", "Hayeren Ergenk", In 1980 he opened a restaurant at Saint Georges, in the heart of Paris, where he regularly sings. After the 1988 earthquake in Armenia, he gave about 100 concerts for the Armenian children.