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HARDtalk: Sir Vartan Melkonian – Conductor and Composer

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Zeinab Badawi interviews world famous music conductor Vartan Melkonian. 

Zeinab Badawi talks to music conductor Vartan Melkonian. How did he overcome the adversity of being a refugee in a Beirut orphanage, and how does this relate to a post-Covid world?

Zeinab Badawi interviews world famous music conductor Vartan Melkonian. He began his life as an Armenian refugee in Lebanon, spending his early years in an orphanage outside Beirut, followed by living rough on the streets for many years. How did he overcome such adversity, and what do his experiences tell us about a post-Covid world?

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