On September 18, the pianist Shahan Artsruni performed a concert in Van, winning the appreciation of the audience.

Van Governor Munir Karaloglu, accompanied by a number of Turkish offficials, Archbishop Aram Ateshian, along with a large Turkish and Azrmenian audience attended the concert. Alaln Hovhannessian's Akhtamar composition was featured at the concert, Haberler Turkish information agency reported.