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Tigran Hamasyan reimagined his native homeland of Armenia through a traditional, folk-inspired jazz performance Sunday evening. Fourth-year music and political science student Kishan Patel said he ...

Armenian folk music has retained its compelling singularity for centuries, through all the tribulations faced by the nation and its people, but TmbaTa Orchestra show that a deep respect for this ...

Be it progressive metal bands like Tool and Meshuggah or a 19th-century poet who died at 21, jazz artist Tigran Hamaysan mines all kinds of... A Jazz Pianist Taps Armenian Folk, Metal Riffs And A ...

Stay on top of what’s happening in the Bay Area with essential Bay Area news stories, sent to your inbox every weekday. For 40 years now, an all-female vocal ensemble from Oakland has led audiences in ...

Every story has a spark. For pianist Hayk Melikyan, the spark that led to his exploration of the works of Gurdjieff wasn’t a ...

Born 150 years ago, the Armenian priest and pioneering ethnomusicologist Komitas Vardapet singlehandedly forged his people’s vast and ancient musical legacy into a coherent collection, encompassing ...

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 ...

One of the first times that Ara Dinkjian performed on stage with his father was in New York City during the 1964 World’s Fair. Dressed in a costume that his mother sewed consisting of baggy pants, a ...

The Naregatsi Orchestra’s performance, based on a song that appeared on Sabbath’s 1976 album Technical Ecstasy, took place in the Armenian capital city of Yerevan while the musicians were in the ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – St. Mark Armenian Church will celebrate its Annual Armenian Fest on Sunday, August 31, one of the parish’s biggest traditions. Holyoke twins in the running for Hasbro’s ...