“Armenpress” presents an exclusive interview with the member of the French National Guard Choir Jeremy Delver, who performed the farewell ceremony of Charles Aznavour’s “Armenian Waltz” song in Paris during the farewell ceremony of the legendary chansonnier Charles Aznavour.

– Mr. Delver, first of all, thank you for not denying Armenpress. Of course, I want to start the interview with Aznavour. France at the highest level paid tribute to the chansonnier, the man who was Armenian and at the same time French. We are grateful to France for such treatment. I suppose it was a responsible moment for you too.

– I, as well as all my colleagues, were very excited, excited and felt that we were just there, at the Invalid Palace and to take part in the farewell ceremony. Now I’m talking about this, but I think I can not say this definitely on behalf of the other 39 members of the French Orchestra. Charles Aznavour is one of the giants and pillars of the French song. Indeed, the moment was very important.

– How did it happen that you acted as a soloist?

– We started preparing for 48 hours before the ceremony. The Elysee Palace applied to the French Army Choir on Wednesday. Aurora Thiak, who oversees the choir of the French Army, has proposed to make a “Armenian Waltz”, which would be a nice tribute to the Armenian side and Charles Aznavour’s memory.

– Your song was loved in Armenia, say, “Armenian Waltz” was easily given to the soloist of the French National Guard Orchestra. How much time did you spend studying Armenian text?

– Frankly speaking, it was a challenge for me. It was not as difficult as I imagined, because Mr. Shmavonyan and Mrs. Hilda Geghamyan helped me a lot. Armen is a friend of one of my leaders, who sent me the text written in French letters because I do not read your language. It was not hard, because I was very helpful. The only problem was that we had very little time, and besides, I realized that the representatives of the Armenian authorities, Charles Aznavour’s family would be there, and I wanted the Armenian words to be realistic, given the fact, that I was 48 hours before, I did not speak Armenian yet. I hope I have not been disappointed enough to convey the meaning of this beautiful poetry. I receive quite a lot of emails from Armenians living in different parts of the world, and I think that my mission has been successfully accomplished.

You really did it perfectly, but was not it so difficult for the soloist of the military band to make that kind of emotional song?

Thank you very much. Let me make an adjustment: I’m not a choir soloist, I’m only one of the French Army Choir singers, and even being a soloist, I had 39 people on my back, just because I was lucky enough to be selected by my manager as a soloist, but also a very talented were people. It was teamwork. My head offered to include this section, which was approved by the Elysee Palace and the Aznavour family. The song is really full of sadness. It is a joint work of Den Gharibian and Bratsch, and for the second time I felt that there is a theme of the Armenian Diaspora in the song, the theme of the country in which they do not live. The most important thing for me was to feel that. I was an ordinary French who did not speak Armenian

– There are many Armenians in France, you have Armenian friends. Would you like to see Armenia, be in Aznavour’s homeland?

– I do not have French-Armenian friends, but my mother recognizes many French-Armenians. I have never been to Armenia and, frankly speaking, it would be great if Armenia would invite the French Army Choir. It would give you an opportunity to discover your country, your culture, and judging by the responses and letters I received from you.

– There is one of the favorites in the list of Csanones, which is the most beloved for you. Do it for us!

– Charles Aznavour has written 1,300 songs and it is difficult to choose one, but Mr. Aznavour liked to sing in foreign languages, and in some songs he mix the languages ​​and this one of them is … / Aznavour’s For Me. Formidable, Team. /: This is probably one of the most beautiful songs in Aznavour, along with Emmenez moi, which sounded during the ceremony. And one last message, which is very important, I have many applications on facebook, as well as by email, unfortunately, I can not answer everyone, I apologize to everyone but I want to thank Armenians in all corners of the globe for beautiful reactions : I share this with all my friends, we are all very happy and excited, I apologize to all those whom I can not answer, I am really unable to answer 150 postcards. I have responded to 100 and I’m a little 50 and I can not go with everyone on Facebook, but I’m so grateful