From Asia Minor To The United States (The Press at California State University, Fresno, 2023) is a valuable contribution to ...
Armenian folk music has retained its compelling singularity for centuries, through all the tribulations faced by the nation and its people, but TmbaTa Orchestra show that a deep respect for this ...
Hayk Karoyi’s new album, “Yotqar!” Releasing today on all streaming and digital download platforms (and soon on vinyl), “Yotqar” is a unique fusion of Armenian folk music and electronic beats from ...
Cornell’s Dallas Morse Coors Concert Series continues to populate the Bailey Hall stage with musicians whose music defies categorization. When pianist Tigran Hamasyan arrives on Feb. 27, he will elimi ...
Few are familiar with the culture and history of Armenia, a small Middle Eastern country surrounded by Turkey, Iran, Azerbaijan and Georgia. The Armenians have a past which was both successful and ...
Khatchadour Khatchadourian’s voice is a troubadour’s voice. Round and gentle, the sound seems to emanate from his soul rather than from his chest, filling any room he’s in with warmth. But even with ...
With a live music performance, UCLA’s celebration of Armenian music continues. Acclaimed Armenian jazz pianist and composer Tigran Hamasyan will perform a free public concert tomorrow at Schoenberg ...
Armenian folk music is both unique and deeply familiar. Trapped, as it were, between the crushing influences of Islam, Russian Orthodoxy, gypsy culture and various bouts of ethnic cleansing, the ...
In order to perform and ‘conceal’ jazz, musicians translated the names of the Jazz Standards into the local language and added elements of local folk music into their performances. Note: Originally ...
It is not often you come across a musician whose work feels like a bridge—between cultures, centuries, and inner worlds. Levon Eskenian, the Armenian musician and artistic director behind the ...
Lucy Yeghiazaryan immigrated to New York at just 12 years of age, and the artist is known to draw on her Armenian identity as an inspiration to deliver powerful renditions of jazz standards and ...
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – St. Mark Armenian Church will celebrate its Annual Armenian Fest on Sunday, August 31, one of the parish’s biggest traditions. The festival, now in its 30th year, will take ...