From Artsvi Bakhchinyan

Artsvi Bakhchinyan

Artsvi Bakhchinyan is a Yerevan-based philologist, writer, historian of art, researcher in Armenian Diaspora, translator, Ph. D. He is author and editor of dozen books. Artsvi conducts interviews and writes articles in Armenian, English and Russian.

YEREVAN-MIYAZAKI, Japan — Shinnosuke Matsui is an associate professor at the University of Miyazaki’s Center for Language and Cultural Studies. From 1998 to 2001, he studied at the Kobe University,[...]

YEREVAN/ATHENS — Dancer, choreographer, dance researcher, dance instructor and organizer of international dance events Anahit Saribekyan, 39,  who was born in Vanadzor, graduated from the dance department of Vanadzor School[...]

YEREVAN/VIENNA — German musicologist, musician and translator Jonas Löffler, 36, studied classical guitar and musicology at the Conservatoire and the University of Basel, in Switzerland, as well as at Oxford[...]

YEREVAN/SEOUL – Daniel Kapelian is a French creative director, curator and producer, based in Seoul. Before living in Korea, he had a long career in the arts and culture sector[...]

YEREVAN/SOFIA — Kosta Karakashyan is a Bulgarian-Armenian director, producer, choreographer, and writer. A native of Plovdiv, Bulgaria, he started training in ballroom dance at age five before winning two Bulgarian[...]

VENICE — Rouben Koulaksezian’s name is known to many Armenians, especially in diaspora. Born in 1989 in Paris, to an Armenian father and a French mother, Rouben studied at the[...]

Many in Armenia and the diaspora knew Suzy Sahakian — a woman of extraordinary beauty, charm and boundless positivity. She was especially beloved among art enthusiasts and repats and expats[...]

VENICE — The first I met Antranik Zekian, an avid traveler and Armenian Diasporan activist, was in 2018 as a student of Venice Armenian Summer School, where he returns regularly[...]

YEREVAN — I have been in contact with Armine (Amie) Minassian, a makeup artist, cultural figure of the American-Armenian community, actress and poet since 1996. New York-based Armine was born[...]

YEREVAN-GERMANTOWN, Md. —  Last July, through a mutual friend, I was pleased to meet American Hip Hop artist, songwriter, educator and activist Marc Toureille and his mother, Diane Kupelian, in[...]

YEREVAN-SAINT PETERSBURG – In June, the Armenian surname Papoyan appeared on posters across Yerevan. Through my friendship with pianist Ilya Papoyan on social networks, I had the opportunity to meet[...]