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Komitas

Film

Songs of Solomon: “And the Oscar goes to…”

February 3, 2021 Arpi Sarafian 0

We seem to have the political will at the moment (even if only for a very brief moment) to address social inequities and allow justice and fairness to guide our decisions. One can fairly hope […]

Music

Nvak Releases Komitas Album “I Cannot Come Out and Play”

April 24, 2020 Guest Contributor 0

NEW YORK, NY—Nvak, a music education non-profit organization dedicated to cultivating young global musical talent, has released an Armenian folk album from its collective of singer-songwriters. The album features five songs written by Father Komitas, […]

Reflections

Songs of Comfort

April 24, 2020 Hrag Avedanian 0

I’m watching on a small screen in my hand. A man in his bedroom in Brooklyn, with his back turned to the camera, is playing Komitas on his violin while looking outside of his window. […]

Community News

Hamazkayin Chicago Presents Fables, Music and Poetry

October 28, 2019 Hamazkayin Eastern U.S. 0

GLENVIEW, Ill.—The Armenian community and the Chicago Hamazkayin Educational and Cultural Organization recently honored the music of Gomidas Vartabed and the writings of Hovhannes Toumanyan and Gevorg Emin. More than 100 people attended event “Fables, […]

The Making Of

The Making of Komitas: Victim of the Great Crime

October 8, 2019 Meliné Karakashian 1

My interest in Komitas has been evolving since I was a young bride. I used to witness my mother-in-law Kayane proudly show off Komitas’ pictures, which were inscribed to his “sister, Marig.” Marig was Kayane’s […]

Music

The Mystic and the Priest: The Gurdjieff Ensemble Performs Komitas

September 17, 2019 Christopher Atamian 3

At first blush, it may seem like an odd pairing: Gurdjieff and Komitas. The father of modern Armenian music, Komitas Vartabed the itinerant priest who recorded thousands of Armenian ballads before the onslaught of the […]

Obituaries

In Memoriam: Maestro Krikor Pidedjian

August 5, 2019 Guest Contributor 1

Musicologist Krikor Pidedjian died on July 30, 2019. Maestro Pidedjian was internationally recognized as a talented musicologist, whose long career contributed to furthering the quality of Armenian cultural life and depth of knowledge in Armenian […]

Research

Revisiting Komitas: A More Optimistic, Psychological Reading

May 16, 2019 Meliné Karakashian 5

For over half a century, the story of Komitas, who ended his life in a psychiatric institution after a prolific career as a composer, became a symbol of trauma of the Armenian Genocide. The very […]

Diaspora

Hamazkayin Eastern Region Celebrates Komitas, Community Leaders

March 20, 2019 Hamazkayin Eastern U.S. 0

The Hamazkayin Armenian Educational and Cultural Society’s Eastern Region Committee along with the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) and Columbia University’s Armenian club recently hosted a celebration in honor of the 150th […]

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