MosJan Posted September 3, 2004 Report Share Posted September 3, 2004 Wonderland: Popular Armenian singer overwhelmed at meeting international star By Gayane Abrahamyan ArmeniaNow reporter “If I were told that someday I would be Stevie Wonder’s guest or would meet him I would definitely think that I'm in a mirage or a dream,” says singer Shushan Petrosyan. But at the end of a summer that began with her dream coming true, the singer still tears with, well, wonder, over meeting her musical hero. Stevie and Shusan Through a series of coincidence, the popular Armenian singer was invited to the international star’s studio at Wonder’s request. In typical Armenian fashion, the May connection was made through random events. A former Yerevan classmate of Petrosyan’s, Alina Cholakyan is first assistant in a design studio owned by Wonder’s wife and located in his studio complex in Los Angeles. While making coffee one morning, Alina – wishing for a memory of home – put Petrosyan’s cd “Towards the Earth” on the stereo. Stevie Wonder followed the music into the room and asked who the singer is, and said he’d like to meet her. “When Alina told me that Stevie Wonder has set a meeting I became numb, I couldn't believe my ears,” Petrosyan says, these months later. “(Stevie Woner) has been my idol since childhood. I grew up with his music. At those times only getting his cd was happiness for me, let alone seeing him.” Petrosyan says she was so nervous about meeting her idol that at one point she told her driver “Stop the car, I’m not going”. “I couldn’t feel how I got there. I only remember that I hugged him and was sobbing for a long time. Then, it was like in a dream. I couldn’t believe that everything was real.” The famous musician spent about three hours with Petrosyan, listened to several songs from her other cds, then asked her to sing for him. Then Wonder played his latest, un-released cd for Petrosyan. When telling her opinion about one of the songs Shushan said that some part of the melody resembled one of the songs on one of his 1980s cds and told the exact name of the album, its release date and the song title. Wonder asked where she knew all of that from. “I know all you albums and songs. I grew up singing and listening to your songs,” was her answer. As a result of their meeting, Wonder insinuated that he’d like to collaborate in some way with Petrosyan. But the popular Armenian singer won’t say anything else about that possibility, for fear of jinxing it. For now, it is enough that she lived out a dream Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Maral Posted September 3, 2004 Report Share Posted September 3, 2004 How fabulous would it be if he made some music with her!I'm impressed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sip Posted September 3, 2004 Report Share Posted September 3, 2004 How fabulous would it be if he made some music with her!I'm impressed style_images/master/snapback.png Eeeeeeeeeew why did that sound so dirty? But I'm sure they could make some beautiful music together (I said that in a french accent). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maral Posted September 3, 2004 Report Share Posted September 3, 2004 (edited) Eeeeeeeeeew why did that sound so dirty? But I'm sure they could make some beautiful music together (I said that in a french accent). style_images/master/snapback.png I reread it and I knew it didnt' sound right well it would be fabulous if after they recorded a song together(ah that's better) that it sound a little ARmenian and he talked about her and her background...like in some movies where we hear the duduk,it's great for us,and we might tell a few people....but, usually the general audience never knows the history of the instrument...so it makes no difference... anyways great potential here...hope it works out... Edited September 3, 2004 by Maral Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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