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  • Soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian in London

    PRESS RELEASE
    Hamazkayin GB
    Navasartian Centre
    223 Northfield Avenue
    London W13 9QU
    Tel: 0044 208 5672277
    Email: [email protected]


    Soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian in London

    Hamazkayin London premiers the film: Isabel Bayrakdarian:
    'A Long Journey Home'
    A stunning music documentary directed and produced by Stormy Nights
    Productions of Toronto, Canada. [email protected]


    Saturday, May 27th, 2006

    The Navasartian Centre was packed with members of the London Armenian
    community of all ages and genders who had come to see not only the
    stunning film of Isabel's emotional and musical first trip to Armenia
    in 2004, but to also meet the Armenian-Canadian Soprano in person.

    They were not disappointed: Canada's most promising young Armenian
    soprano captivated the audience with her beauty as well as her golden
    voice, singing folksongs of Komitas and sacred church music: Dele
    Yaman, Andouni, Sourp- sourp and many others.

    Accompanying Isabel were her husband Serouj Krajian (pianist) and the
    Directors/Producers of the film.

    The Chairman of Hamazkayin London, Hayasdan Vartanian, introduced
    Isabel to the audience: Born in Lebanon, of proud Armenian heritage,
    and presently a loyal citizen of Canada. She is a First Prize winner
    of the prestigious Placido Domingo "Operalia" Competion in 2000 and
    recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee medal. Isabel has
    made a splash on the international stages of the opera world. She has
    performed with the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the Chicago Lyne
    Opera, Teatro alla Scala, L'|Opera de Paris and at the Salzburg
    Festival to name but a few.

    Her first CD, 'Joyous Light' is a disc of Armenian songs. In addition
    to her recorded albums, Ms Bayrakdarian's voice can be heard on the
    Grammy Award-winning sound-track of The Two Towers, the second
    installment of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, as well as in the
    award-winning film ARARAT.

    Following the screening of the film, a Questions & Answers session was
    held with the Star and her entourage. The evening ended with a
    cocktail reception with Armenian delicacy.

    Attending and seeing this beautiful 80-minute documentary was like a
    virtual journey to Armenia. Isabel Bayrakdarian is the God's gift to
    the Armenians, but we have to share this gift with all the nations of
    the world.

    The film 'A Long Journey Home' is available on DVD from Stormy Nights.

    Isabel is currently in London for another important debut, at Covent
    Garden, where she will perform Susanna in Mozart's The Marriage of
    Figaro.
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