In order to perform and ‘conceal’ jazz, musicians translated the names of the Jazz Standards into the local language and added elements of local folk music into their performances. Note: Originally ...

The Armenian American Museum and Cultural Center of California, in collaboration with Instituto Cervantes Los Angeles, will ...

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With a live music performance, UCLA’s celebration of Armenian music continues. Acclaimed Armenian jazz pianist and composer Tigran Hamasyan will perform a free public concert tomorrow at Schoenberg ...

ELIZABETHTOWN — Joel A. Martin, “The Bentley,” returns to Piano by Nature with his six-year project, “Jazzical Komitas — Passion of Fire.” The Connecticut-based pianist, producer, composer and ...

In 2010, Ian Nagoski, founder of Baltimore-based Canary Records, came into possession of a box of vinyl passed on to him by Leo Sarkisian, the ethnomusicologist and radio host best known for his long ...

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Hagop's debut album Bolts features ten tracks of hyper-personal rhythm music that mixes techno with field recordings of his travels through Armenian and Mediterranean culture. Early DJ support has ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – St. Mark Armenian Church will celebrate its Annual Armenian Fest on Sunday, August 31, one of the parish’s biggest traditions. The festival, now in its 30th year, will take ...

Alexan Topalian of Armenian Fest introduces Mario Hilario and Christina Ernie to delicious Armenian pastries. What he shows the 2 Studio10 hosts is just a glimpse of what can be expected of the 2023 ...

It is not often you come across a musician whose work feels like a bridge—between cultures, centuries, and inner worlds. Levon Eskenian, the Armenian musician and artistic director behind the ...