1. Autograph of the song “Queen of Beauty”
2. Arno Arutyunovich, perhaps, most of all liked the song “Queen of Beauty”. In addition, she immediately became so popular, not the word … incredibly popular. On June 2, 1966, the song was played on the radio. And in August I was in the Crimea, and there they were already dancing to it with might and main on the dance floor. Apparently, they recorded it from the air, they deciphered it into their own composition. I didn’t even believe my ears. When did you have time? The notes haven’t come out yet, which means they’re definitely off the air. And you could also go into a simple dining room, and there sounded “The Queen”, and other songs written by Arno …
Anatoly GOROKHOV
3. …I thank fate, which gave me the opportunity to become a performer of his song “Repentance”, which I still sing today. And I am immensely happy that I personally knew this greatest composer, who treated me so warmly and like a father, and like a musician. With Arno Arutyunovich, each composition sounds like a confession, like an event, like life. It is great, because everything is collected in it – the soul, and fire, and sensuality, and tenderness, even some kind of madness at the climax …
Tamara GVERDTSITELI