American composer Daniel Decker has achieved critical acclaim for his collaborations with Armenian composer Ara Gevorgian . " Noah 's Prayer " ( originally entitled " Mush " ) chronicles Noah 's journey to Mount Ararat . " Noah 's Prayer " was debuted in 2002 in Sardarapat , Armenia to celebrate Armenian Independence day in the presence of Armenian President Robert Kocharyan , and His Holiness Karekin II , Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians ( head of the Armenian Apostolic Church ) . A second collaboration called " Adana " tells the story of the Armenian Genocide , during which soldiers of the Ottoman Empire forced 1.5 million Armenians into starvation , torture and extermination . As with their first collaboration , Decker wrote the song 's epic lyrics to complement the musical landscape of Ara Gevorgian . '' Cross Rhythms '' , Europe 's leading religious magazine and web portal said of " Adana " , “ seldom has a disaster of untold suffering produced such a magnificent piece of art . ” The first jazz-band of Yerevan was founded in 1936 . Soviet Jazz was developed by Armenians such as Artemi Ayvazyan , who founded the Armenian State Estrada Orchestra in 1938 . The conventional performers in the vocal genre have been : Georgi Minasian , Artashes Avetyan , and Levon Sevan . There are Jazz influenced singers who are popular in Armenia such as Aramo
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
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