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one in tlie prestigious New project aroruid tliat date. appreciated.
Morning Jazz Club in Paris. How
did you inanage tliat? EarlierI already liad ceitaiii pre- Q: What is your next project?
limiiiaiy agi'eements witli Le
o Last year tl'ie group played in Cl'iat Noir liere in Geneva, and I am ah'eady ii'i toricli witli tlie
Lausai'uie, Fi'iboirg and Geneva. Ii'i tlien r began to collaborate witli i'nanagement of tlie Verbier
Larisanne tliey played iii tlie famoris tlie Armenian Diaspora in Lyon. Festival. I really wisli we could
C Clioi'iis jazz clrib and tlieir success In tlie end it worked orit and we con'ie to an agreement witl'i tliem,I
encoru'aged me to contiinie to woi'k ended rip liaving tl'iree concerts !lm also iii touch witli tlie manage-
witl'i tliem. I tliouglit tliat tliey are in tliree differei'it ment of tlie Cinq Continents
ceitainly woitli beiiig known to as places. Of corirse, it iiwolved a Festival iii Maitigny. I also liaye
laige a priblic as possible, aiid after lot of nuu'iing around and travel- fi'iends WIIO are really eager to see
doiiig some researcli I staited nego- liiig, and I was really concei'ned tl'ie gi'orip i+i Londo+i and in Italy.
tiatiiig witli tlie New Moming Chib aborit tlie musicians becarise it Tliere are also otlier tliings to
ii'i Pai'is. Of corirse, it soruided veiy was pl'iysically veiy tiriiig to h'a- come, but I worild ratl'ier wait witli
ambitious. Tlie worst tliig tliat vel and peifoi'in on tl'ie same announceinei'its at tlus point.
corild liappen was tliat tliey would day. However, it worked orit Leaving Mrs Ai'iibassador, we can
say "no", but it was woitli h'yiiig, so bearitifully. only wisli lier good tuclc in lier
I got in toricli witli tliem at tlie end fiiture projects and liope tl'iat tliey
of 2005. After long negotiations, It is always so ovei'wliehning will be as successful as tlie ones
tliey finally gave ine one day, and and gi'atifying wlien sometlffiig slie lias already oi'ganized.
tlien I staited buildiiig tlie rest oftlie yori presei'it is
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