National Order of the Cedar
Parsegh Ganatchian (; 17 April 1885 – 21 May 1967) was a Lebanese-Armenian composer and conductor. He most notably arranged the music to ""Mer Hayrenik", the Armenian national anthem, as well as to a famous traditional Armenian lullaby "Oror Im Palas" (). He is founder, director and conductor of "Knar" wind orchestra and the "Gusan" ("Kusan" in Western Armenian) choirs in Istanbul and the similarly named "Gusan"" choir (1933–61) in Beirut. He was awarded with the National Order of the Cedar, a high Lebanese presidential award for promoting friendship between the Armenian and Lebanese peoples.