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OPEN MUSIC SOCIETY FOUNDATION ESTABLISHED IN LA
PanARMENIAN.Net
November 8, 2011 - 14:42 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The Open Music Society Foundation, a multifaceted
arts organization dedicated to fostering musical excellence, was
established in Los Angeles this month, Asbarez reports.
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.
From: A. Papazian
PanARMENIAN.Net
November 8, 2011 - 14:42 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The Open Music Society Foundation, a multifaceted
arts organization dedicated to fostering musical excellence, was
established in Los Angeles this month, Asbarez reports.
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.
From: A. Papazian