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RICHARD HAGOPIAN AND ZAKIR HUSSAIN TO PERFORM LIVE IN LOS ANGELES
LOS ANGELES, AUGUST 22, ARMENIANS TODAY. NEA Folk Arts Heritage Award
Winners Richard Hagopian and Zakir Hussain will perform live at
California Plaza, Los Angeles on August 24.
Richard Hagopian was born in the small town of Fowler in the San
Joaquin Valley of California. He demonstrated his musical interest and
immense talents early, at 11 he took up the oud. By 13, Hagopian
started studying the oud with the internationally renowned Armenian
artist Kanuni Garbis Bakirgian. He also learned the clarinet and the
dumbeg and the kanoun, essential elements in a traditional Near Eastern
orchestra, and he mastered the accompanying musical theory, notation
techniques, and both the classical and folk repertoires. He was given
the title "Oudi" in 1969 by the internationally famous virtuoso Oudi
Hrant, a blind master. This is the highest honor an oudist can receive.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
LOS ANGELES, AUGUST 22, ARMENIANS TODAY. NEA Folk Arts Heritage Award
Winners Richard Hagopian and Zakir Hussain will perform live at
California Plaza, Los Angeles on August 24.
Richard Hagopian was born in the small town of Fowler in the San
Joaquin Valley of California. He demonstrated his musical interest and
immense talents early, at 11 he took up the oud. By 13, Hagopian
started studying the oud with the internationally renowned Armenian
artist Kanuni Garbis Bakirgian. He also learned the clarinet and the
dumbeg and the kanoun, essential elements in a traditional Near Eastern
orchestra, and he mastered the accompanying musical theory, notation
techniques, and both the classical and folk repertoires. He was given
the title "Oudi" in 1969 by the internationally famous virtuoso Oudi
Hrant, a blind master. This is the highest honor an oudist can receive.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress