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Open Music Society Foundation
Contact person:
Alina Koutnouyan
[email protected]
PRESS RELEASE
Open Music Society Foundation launched in Los Angeles
Projects include an international music festival,
artistic exchanges, youth-mentorship programs
Los Angeles, November 4, 2011 - The Open Music Society Foundation
(OMSF), a multifaceted arts organization dedicated to fostering
musical excellence, was established in Los Angeles this month.
Following two years of preparation, the foundation was launched with a
`strong community-engagement approach to the creation and performance
of classical, jazz, folk, and world music in an entirely novel
context,' said artistic director and conductor Aram Gharabekian, one
of the founders of the OMSF.
`The goal is not only to involve local communities in terms of
training talented youths, commissioning new works, and presenting
public performances, but engaging larger, global, communities of
artists and audiences, through collaborative projects that will lead
to groundbreaking concerts and multidisciplinary arts events,'
Gharabekian explained.
Forthcoming performances planned by the foundation include an
international, multi-day music festival which will take place at a
major venue in Los Angeles, sometime in 2012.
While classical music is at the heart of the OMSF, its founders have
stated their commitment to promoting a diversity of musical genres,
including various fusions. According to an OMSF representative, much
of the impetus for creating
the foundation came from Open Music Fest, an international music
festival that debuted in Yerevan, Armenia, in 2009. A critical and
popular success, the two-month long, 23-concert festival quickly
distinguished itself by a series of bold classical renditions as well
as a number of genre-bending concerts. Conceived and led by
Gharabekian, the festival also stood out by featuring numerous
international guest artists who collaborated closely on the event's
programming and performances.
An OMSF source said that Open Music Fest paved the way for the launch
of an international foundation dedicated to nurturing musical
stewardship and innovation on a genuinely global scale.
`What we witnessed throughout Open Music Fest, among performers and
audiences alike, was an unfettered enthusiasm for pushing the
envelope, for opening up classical and modern music to the most daring
of possibilities,' Gharabekian recalled. `It is no accident that we
decided to weave the name of our new endeavor around the term `open
music.' It is a key principal in everything we're trying to
accomplish.'
OMSF projects include the commissioning of new compositions; musical
mentorship and instruction for youths; a new installment of Open Music
Fest; collaborative projects comprising music, theater, and dance; and
concerts across the world.
For more information about OMSF programs and upcoming events, please
visit openmusicsociety.org.
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Contact person:
Alina Koutnouyan
[email protected]
PRESS RELEASE
Open Music Society Foundation launched in Los Angeles
Projects include an international music festival,
artistic exchanges, youth-mentorship programs
Los Angeles, November 4, 2011 - The Open Music Society Foundation
(OMSF), a multifaceted arts organization dedicated to fostering
musical excellence, was established in Los Angeles this month.
Following two years of preparation, the foundation was launched with a
`strong community-engagement approach to the creation and performance
of classical, jazz, folk, and world music in an entirely novel
context,' said artistic director and conductor Aram Gharabekian, one
of the founders of the OMSF.
`The goal is not only to involve local communities in terms of
training talented youths, commissioning new works, and presenting
public performances, but engaging larger, global, communities of
artists and audiences, through collaborative projects that will lead
to groundbreaking concerts and multidisciplinary arts events,'
Gharabekian explained.
Forthcoming performances planned by the foundation include an
international, multi-day music festival which will take place at a
major venue in Los Angeles, sometime in 2012.
While classical music is at the heart of the OMSF, its founders have
stated their commitment to promoting a diversity of musical genres,
including various fusions. According to an OMSF representative, much
of the impetus for creating
the foundation came from Open Music Fest, an international music
festival that debuted in Yerevan, Armenia, in 2009. A critical and
popular success, the two-month long, 23-concert festival quickly
distinguished itself by a series of bold classical renditions as well
as a number of genre-bending concerts. Conceived and led by
Gharabekian, the festival also stood out by featuring numerous
international guest artists who collaborated closely on the event's
programming and performances.
An OMSF source said that Open Music Fest paved the way for the launch
of an international foundation dedicated to nurturing musical
stewardship and innovation on a genuinely global scale.
`What we witnessed throughout Open Music Fest, among performers and
audiences alike, was an unfettered enthusiasm for pushing the
envelope, for opening up classical and modern music to the most daring
of possibilities,' Gharabekian recalled. `It is no accident that we
decided to weave the name of our new endeavor around the term `open
music.' It is a key principal in everything we're trying to
accomplish.'
OMSF projects include the commissioning of new compositions; musical
mentorship and instruction for youths; a new installment of Open Music
Fest; collaborative projects comprising music, theater, and dance; and
concerts across the world.
For more information about OMSF programs and upcoming events, please
visit openmusicsociety.org.
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