French-Armenian award-winning jazz musician and pianist Michel Legrand has died. He passed away at his home in France on Saturday, January 26. He was 86 years old. Legrand started his musical education at a young […]
Joëlle is getting ready to delight young fans with her cheerful melodies in Watertown, Massachusetts. The Canadian-Armenian singer from Montreal will be live in concert on Saturday, September 29 at the ACEC. “I’ve always had […]
Azniv Korkejian’s stage name, Bedouine, is an allusion to her itinerant lifestyle. Born in Syria, she spent most of the first decade of her life in Saudi Arabia, before coming to the US, where her […]
In 2010 two friends, an Armenian film director and an Arab cameraman decided to record a song called “Togh u Gna” (which translates in English to “Leave! Go!”). They never imagined that just a few […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Boston-based musician Samvel Galstian’s album ANDORR was released globally this month, premiering at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival which takes place annually at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. This year the world-renowned institution celebrated […]
BOSTON—The Friends of Armenian Culture Society will present the 67th annual Armenian Night at the Pops at Boston’s historic Symphony Hall on Saturday, June 9 at 8:00 PM. The evening will feature the Belmont native […]
Opera sensation Isabel Bayrakdarian will soon be coming to thrill the Metro-Detroit area audience for a solo appearance on Dec. 4 at 8 p.m. at the Dearborn Performing Arts Center, Michael Guido Theater, on Michigan […]
By Ara Arakelian BOSTON, Mass.—Narek Hakhnazaryan, the young cellist who made an impressive debut with the Boston Pops Orchestra at the Armenian Night at the Pops earlier this year, will appear in a recital at […]
BELMONT, Mass. (A.W.)—On Aug. 17, Berklee School of Music guitar professor John Baboian, his son guitarist Alex Baboian, drummer Karen Kocharyan, and visiting bass guitarist Artyom Manukyan and saxophonist Artur Grigoryan presented a summer jazz […]
The Weekly Talks to His Fans in Yerevan YEREVAN (A.W.)—Thousands of Michael Jackson fans in Armenia were tied to their television screens on July 7, watching the memorial concert at the Staples Center in Los […]
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