Komitas

Reviews

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

We seem to have the political will at the moment (even if only for a very brief moment) to address…

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Music

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

NEW YORK, NY—Nvak, a music education non-profit organization dedicated to cultivating young global musical talent, has released an Armenian folk…

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Featured

Songs of Comfort

I’m watching on a small screen in my hand. A man in his bedroom in Brooklyn, with his back turned…

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Community News

Hamazkayin Chicago Presents Fables, Music and Poetry

GLENVIEW, Ill.—The Armenian community and the Chicago Hamazkayin Educational and Cultural Organization recently honored the music of Gomidas Vartabed and…

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Literary Corner

The Making of Komitas: Victim of the Great Crime

My interest in Komitas has been evolving since I was a young bride. I used to witness my mother-in-law Kayane…

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Music

The Mystic and the Priest: The Gurdjieff Ensemble Performs Komitas

At first blush, it may seem like an odd pairing: Gurdjieff and Komitas. The father of modern Armenian music, Komitas…

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Obituaries

In Memoriam: Maestro Krikor Pidedjian

Musicologist Krikor Pidedjian died on July 30, 2019. Maestro Pidedjian was internationally recognized as a talented musicologist, whose long career…

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Research

Revisiting Komitas: A More Optimistic, Psychological Reading

For over half a century, the story of Komitas, who ended his life in a psychiatric institution after a prolific…

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Diaspora

Hamazkayin Eastern Region Celebrates Komitas, Community Leaders

The Hamazkayin Armenian Educational and Cultural Society’s Eastern Region Committee along with the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research…

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