Topic: composers

Piano Recital in tribute to Armenian woman composers featuring Prominent Armenian Pianist Sahan Arzruni to be held at the Robbins Memorial Town Hall, 730 Mass Ave, Arlington, MA. The concert[...]

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[...]

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[...]

Armenia is famous for its musical culture, and the excellence of musical education. As my husband and I learned during our first visit there several years ago, the teaching staff[...]

By Satenik Kaplanyan YEREVAN — This year the Romanos Melikyan State Music College of Yerevan commemorates its 100th anniversary and the 140th anniversary of Melikyan’s birth. The festivities culminated in[...]

YEREVAN / MERCER ISLAND, Wash. —  My subject is American composer Stephen L. Lamson. Born in 1951 in Seattle, he grew up on Mercer Island, where he resides now. Throughout[...]

By Konstantin Petrossian PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Sad news came from Yerevan. Prominent Armenian composer, public figure and pedagogue Levon Chaushyan died suddenly. He was an Honored Art Worker of the[...]