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Through the Eyes of Music: An Interview with Serj Tankian

On Feb. 22, the Armenian Weekly conducted an interview with Serj Tankian, singer and songwriter of the Grammy Award-winning rock band System of a Down, who’s in the Boston area for the opening of “Prometheus Bound,” a musical. The American Repertory Theater’s Diane Paulus directs Prometheus Bound. Tony and Grammy Award-winning writer Steven Sater wrote the script and lyrics (original by Aeschylus), while Tankian composed the music. The play tells the myth of Prometheus, a Titan who ga

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Nanore Barsoumian

Nanore Barsoumian is the Investigations Editor at The Armenian Weekly and a Boston-based writer and researcher. She is also a research fellow at New York University’s Global Institute for Advanced Studies, where she works on the Armenian Genocide Denial project, focusing on denial at the United Nations. She previously served as editor of The Armenian Weekly (2014–2016) and assistant editor (2010–2014), reporting from Armenia, Artsakh/Nagorno-Karabakh, Javakhk and Turkey. Her writing covers politics, books and human rights, and her scholarly work examines genocide memorialization and denial. She holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and English and a master’s degree in conflict resolution. Her research appears in After the Ottomans: Genocide’s Long Shadow and Armenian Resilience (I.B. Tauris, 2023). She is currently working on her debut novel exploring themes of belonging and self-invention. Find her on social media or at www.nanorebarsoumian.com.

6 Comments

  1. Hye, Serge and Nanoor, great interview!  As a medz myrig my son had suggested that the music of SYSTEM OF A DOWN would not be ‘my cup of tea’…
    Today, you filled my cup of tea… an interview worthy of translations for all the world to know Serge, and so much more.  Abrees!  Manooshag

  2. Serj has been blessed with a platform that few of us ever achieve.  I love when he uses it to demand honesty from those in power.  Hope he isn’t losing his edge.

  3. Hye, so often talented persons have so much of their convoluted lives displayed before the public – leading one to think, well, their private lives aside, their talents shown before the world have won them their fame.  At times I feel for them… Too, the publicity of their private lives have become another industry from and for Hollywood – at times outdoing the news of world events.
    And yet there are great talents who choose to live their lives privately, and are respected more for this, who enjoy sharing their great talents.  Too, then there are those greatly talented, who beyond sharing their talents with their followers who enjoy their abilities – These, who go further, and offer to give of themselves, in so many other ways to better our world… are known for these efforts – of ways in which is needed in our world today.
    Thank you, Serj.  Manooshag

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