Original: Born in Baku, Ekimyan's first song for the Moscow International Festival (1957) was approved by Vano Muradeli ("I do n't know if you would become a general, but you would become a composer!").
Simplified: Ekimyan's first song for the Moscow International Festival (1957) was approved by Vano Muradeli ("I do n't know if you would become a general, but you would become a composer!").