Arts & Culture

PARIS — The controversy about the dismissal of three-time Grammy award nominee conductor Constantine Orbelian as managing or executive director of the Alexander Spendiaryan National Academic Theater of Opera and[...]

YEREVAN — “If music be the food of love, play on!” Shakespeare’s Duke of Orsino, who could not get enough if it to surfeit his appetite, may have been a[...]

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The St. Gregory of Narek parish of Cleveland Ohio for the second consecutive year held a painting workshop for children and adults. With the success of last[...]

HAMILTON, N.Y. (Colgate News) — Peter Balakian, Donald M. and Constance H. Rebar Professor in humanities and professor of English, has been selected as the 2019 recipient of the Jerome[...]

YEREVAN (Armenpress) — The Armenian translation of the book by Turkish historianTaner Akçam, Killing Orders: Talat Pasha’s Telegrams and the Armenian Genocide, has been published. The book presents unique telegrams[...]

WATERTOWN – The Tekeyan Cultural Association Boston Chapter and the Armenian General Benevolent Union New England District present a literary evening on May 15 with California novelist Aris Janigian and[...]

By Artsvi Bakhchinyan Special to the Mirror-Spectator YEREVAN/SÃO PAULO – Forty-one-year-old Santiago Nazarian was born in São Paulo, in the family of plastic artist Guilherme de Faria and writer and[...]

By Taleen Babayan BURBANK, Calif. — The religious, spiritual and cultural influences of Komitas Vartabed headlined the 2019 Reclaim Conference in honor of the 150th anniversary of his birth, in[...]

By Steven Vilkas BOSTON — In my article “In Appreciation Of Boston’s Armenian Heritage Park”, I began laying the foundations for why this place has quickly become one of my[...]

By Michelle Ekizian Whether the recent grapevine gossip floating around in the Armenian press of the possible dismissal of conductor Constantine Orbelian from his dual post as artistic director and[...]

By Richard Sandomir TEMPE, Ariz. (New York Times) — Sam Pilafian, a virtuoso tuba player who performed an eclectic mix of classical, jazz, pop and rock music and brought unflagging exuberance[...]