Tag Archives: Armenian
Armenian Music in Hartland, MI
Over the weekend, I had the opportunity to perform Armenian and Middle Eastern music in Hartland, Michigan. This is a small community with under 15,000 people and not richly diverse, but a community that wants to embrace diversity. The Cromaine … Continue reading
Fred Elias (1922-2018) – Legendary Violinist
Fred Elias was a legendary musician. An Arab violinist, living to an impressive age of 95 years old, passed away only a few hours ago from the publishing of this blog. He was well regarded throughout the country, especially in … Continue reading
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Tagged arab, Armenian, Fred Elias, Middle Eastern, music arabic, violin
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TheOudPlayer Releases Album – nOUD
Antranig Kzirian has always loved music and so it was no surprise that he gravitated to the oud (Middle Eastern lute) as a young Armenian musician from Philadelphia. “The oud cast a spell over me from a young age. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Armenian, Bilezikjian, mgrdichian, music, nOUD, oud, solo
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Giving back, providing a difference to Detroit children
The other day I was given a unique opportunity to “pay it forward” within the Detroit community by providing music and education to area children. The Detroit Institute for Children provides a passionate, integrated approach to services for Michigan’s children … Continue reading
Armenian musician, Set Proodian passes at 97
On May 25, 2017, the Armenian music world lost another one of its members; Set Proodian passed away at the age of 97. I did not personally know Set, but I was certainly familiar with who he was as a musician along … Continue reading
Sosy Krikorian Kadian (1928-2016)
Far too often whenever we hear that someone has passed away, we automatically look at their age at the time of their death and evaluate their life by how long they actually lived. I think sometimes we do not look at … Continue reading
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Tagged Armenian, art, culture, dancing, music, musicians, tradition
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One year later, what’s next?
For the Armenians, 2015 was an important year. Notice I didn’t say it was a memorable or a joyous year. It was the year that Armenians from around the world commemorated, remembered, mourned and bonded over the 100th year of … Continue reading
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Tagged 100th, Ara Dinkjian, Armenian, armenian genocide, commemoration, Genocide, music, oud
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Guardians of Music One Year Anniversary
Hard to imagine that exactly one year ago today, my film documentary, Guardians of Music: A History of Armenian Music was released on Detroit Public Television. Like everything else, it seems like it was yesterday. My wife, Della seems more proud … Continue reading
An Eastern Wind Reunion
As many of you know, music is not my full time occupation. I am happy that it is not and very fortunate that it permeates my life in the manner in which it does – when I want it to. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Armenian, bouzouki, detroit, eastern winds, Greek, guitar, Immigrant Suns, Middle Eastern, music, oud, rehearsal, violin, world music
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Liana Aghajanian, Welcome to Detroit!
I met a truly inspiring young lady last tonight, Liana Aghajanian. She is new to Detroit coming from Los Angeles as she is a recipient of a residency for two years, part of Write-A-House. She was one of 232 applicants from around … Continue reading
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Tagged Armenian, Arts, creative, detroit, Iran, Journalism, journalist, Los Angeles, michigan, Neighborhoods, Shinola, writing
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HYE Times 