One of the first times that Ara Dinkjian performed on stage with his father was in New York City during the 1964 World’s Fair. Dressed in a costume that his mother sewed consisting of baggy pants, a ...
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 ...
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CALEDONIA — The Heritage Committee of St. Mesrob Church will host a free presentation of traditional Armenian musical instruments by Stepan Fronjian at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22, in the St. Mesrob ...
This entrancing evening of Armenian music features Ara Dinkjian, one of the world's top oud (fretless lute) players; duduk (ancient oboe) virtuoso Arsen Petrosyan; and a string quartet from 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 ...
The Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra is 100 years old. On the occasion of the anniversary, benefactor Karen Vardanyan has donated to the orchestra 17 new musical instruments produced by the ...
Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The sold-out concert reading of When Two of Us Meet-a rising new Armenian-American ...
Sophia Chorbajian, cultural chair of the USC Armenian Students’ Association, performed a traditional Armenian dance called Shalaxo with the Ara Dance Studio, an Armenian dance group aiming to preserve ...