Michel Legrand and George Garanyan perform in Krasnodar

PanARMENIAN.Net - Well-known French composer, pianist, arranger and singer of Armenian origin, Michel Legrand will arrive in Krasnodar with his orchestra in late September.



According to the Yerkramas newspaper, the joint concert of Legrand with the Krasnodar Big Band conducted by George Garanyan will be held, the director general and artistic director of "Premiere", Honored Artist of Russia Tatiana Gatova said.



Michel Legrand is a famous French composer, author of music for the films: "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg", "The Young Girls of Rochefort" and many others, he is an Armenian by his mother's side. Mother of Legrand, Haykanush Ter-Mikaelian, was a pianist, her father, Sargis Ter-Mikaelian, escaped from the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey, and found refuge in France.