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ARTO TUNCBOYACIYAN AND ARMENIAN NAVY BAND
Anna Sulimina
The Moscow News
May 14 2012
Russia
May 19, 7 pm, Moscow International House of Music (MMDM), 52
Kosmodamianskaya Nab., bldg 8, m. Paveletskaya, www.mmdm.ru
Folk singer Arto Tuncboyaciyan and his Armenian Navy Band are giving
a concert on Saturday at the Moscow International House of Music.
Born in Turkey of Armenian descent, the multi-instrumentalist
Tuncboyaciyan emigrated to the United States about 30 years ago
and set up one of the best folk and ethnojazz bands of its time. A
genuine mix of percussion, saxophone, trumpet and Armenian national
instruments produces a deep, ecological sound, reminiscent of the
pristine nature of the Armenian highlands.
Armenian Navy Band was named Best European Band at the BBC Audience
World Music Awards 2006. In 2010, Tuncboyaciyan joined Paul Winter
in recording "Miho: Journey to the Mountain," which won a Grammy in
the Best New Age Album category for that year.
In their Moscow concert, Arto Tuncboyaciyan and Armenian Navy Band are
to improvise with Russian saxophonist Igor Butman, jam with legendary
rocker Boris Grebenshchikov, and even play together with musician and
Comedy Club resident Pavel Volya, with whom Tuncboyaciyan created an
unforgettable soundtrack to the film "Platon."
Anna Sulimina
The Moscow News
May 14 2012
Russia
May 19, 7 pm, Moscow International House of Music (MMDM), 52
Kosmodamianskaya Nab., bldg 8, m. Paveletskaya, www.mmdm.ru
Folk singer Arto Tuncboyaciyan and his Armenian Navy Band are giving
a concert on Saturday at the Moscow International House of Music.
Born in Turkey of Armenian descent, the multi-instrumentalist
Tuncboyaciyan emigrated to the United States about 30 years ago
and set up one of the best folk and ethnojazz bands of its time. A
genuine mix of percussion, saxophone, trumpet and Armenian national
instruments produces a deep, ecological sound, reminiscent of the
pristine nature of the Armenian highlands.
Armenian Navy Band was named Best European Band at the BBC Audience
World Music Awards 2006. In 2010, Tuncboyaciyan joined Paul Winter
in recording "Miho: Journey to the Mountain," which won a Grammy in
the Best New Age Album category for that year.
In their Moscow concert, Arto Tuncboyaciyan and Armenian Navy Band are
to improvise with Russian saxophonist Igor Butman, jam with legendary
rocker Boris Grebenshchikov, and even play together with musician and
Comedy Club resident Pavel Volya, with whom Tuncboyaciyan created an
unforgettable soundtrack to the film "Platon."