Topic: Folk Music

BOSTON — Miqayel Voskanyan, an Armenia-based tar virtuoso and composer, has recently completed a successful tour in Boston on August 2-11, highlighted by a sold-out concert titled Yerevan Nights at[...]

Russian-born Armenian flutist Yulia Musayelyan‘s music combines modern jazz harmonies, odd meters, and improvisation with folkloric styles from Armenia, Argentina, and other cultures, seeking to bridge distant traditions. She is[...]

WATERTOWN — The Armenian Museum of America will present “Early Recordings of Armenian Classics” featuring the eminent musician and composer Ara Dinkjian, on November 9, at 7 p.m. At the[...]

WATERTOWN — There are a fair number of Armenian soloists and ensembles who come to the United States on tour, but the all-women Nairyan Vocal Ensemble is distinguished from them[...]

WATERTOWN — The classics of Armenian folk music may seem eternal, passed down from one generation to another. Yet variations and new interpretations always arise, whether regionally or over time.[...]

By Harry A. Kezelian III Special to the Mirror-Spectator DETROIT — “That generation…” Stephan Karougian, the 80-something male soloist of St. John’s Armenian Church Komitas Choir in Detroit, was telling[...]

By Lilit Nurijanyan YEREVAN (Hetq) — Shoghaken Ensemble soloist Hasmik Harutyunyan was born in Yerevan into a family of emigrants from Moush in Western Armenia. It was a family in[...]