On Friday, November 22 and Saturday, November 23, 2024, Cantori New York opened its 40th season with a thought provoking and technically accomplished commissioned world premiere of Dear Mountains, co-composed[...]
NEW YORK — When asked to describe the type of music she writes Kouyoumdjian defers to answer, offering that she is simply “a composer and documentarian.” Most would understand her[...]
SEVAN, Armenia — The transcultural literature project Geschichten vom Schwarzen Meer – Black Sea Lit is meant to open a dialog about the Black Sea region, including Armenia. Together with[...]
Of all the tomes written about the Armenian Genocide, none has had such a profound effect on me than this newest volume by Elyse Semerdjian, Remnants, published in 2023 on[...]
YEREVAN — They’re young, hip and environmentally informed. They mix East and West, minimalism with decorative, artisanal flourishes. Armenia’s top designers are strutting their stuff on Europe’s runways and creating[...]
Rare are those artists who can sustain a lifelong, holistic vision which contributes to both culture and progress in the broadest sense of the term. Born in Beirut into a[...]
Subtitled “Armenian-American Culture and Politics in the Twentieth Century,” Benjamin Alexander’s historical study sheds interesting light on events that shaped immigrant life in America for both survivors of the Armenian[...]
YEREVAN — It would seem that as time goes by, as many urge Armenians to forget their past, an almost iron-willed determination makes them want to hold on to it[...]
The LORD your God shall raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers-it is to him you shall listen. -Deuteronomy 18:15 “(SOAD was as) unlikely[...]
NEW YORK — On March 12, Armenian pianist and musical promoter Şahan Arzruni delivered a brilliant concert which featured the work of eight female Armenian classical composers, at the National[...]
NEW YORK — Under the leadership of its dynamic Director of Programming Victoria Hanavan, the Sheen Center on Bleeker Street is fast becoming a destination point for the arts in[...]
