text: 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 ! '' ) .