YEREVAN, DECEMBER 11, NOYAN TAPAN. The Kardes Turkuler (Brother Songs) music ensemble and the Sayat Nova Armenian choir of Istanbul will have a joint concert program on December 12-13 in Yerevan and Vanadzor. As Gayush Calikma-Gavrilov, a member of the Sayat Nova ensemble, reported at the December 10 press conference, Kardes Turkuler's reportoire mainly includes Armenian, Turkish, and Kurdish folk songs. The ensemble will perform the Msho Akhchik, Kani Vur Janim, and other Armenian songs. It was also mentioned that Kardes Turkuler was created 15 years ago with the mission to contribute to improval of friendly, brotherly relations between the peoples of the countries being at war with each other.

---