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ARMENIAN MELODIES COMBINED WITH JAZZ
Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
July 18 2013
ISTANBUL - Hurriyet Daily News
Lena Chamamyan, Syrian singer will be on stage with pianist Tulug
Tırpan.
One of the most important artists of Syria, singer Lena Chamamyan,
will host pianist Tulug Tırpan and one of the best cellists in Turkey,
Ozer Arkun, as well as renowned kanun player Göksel Baktagir. The
concert will be at Yıldız Palace at 9:30 p.m.
Chamamyan, who combines jazz and classical Armenian music, was born
in Damascus, where over the course of her elementary and secondary
education she participated in many school concerts, the first of which
she held at age of 5. She started to studying music at the age of 9
and graduated from the economics management department at Damascus
University in 2002. She studied at the higher institution of music
in Damascus and graduated as a classical vocalist in 2007.
She also joined jazz workshops. This resulted in the two being featured
on each other's albums and many concerts in Syria and Germany. She also
worked with many vocalists and musicians of different nationalities
in many jazz festivals in Syria.
The idea of the project was born before Chamamyan started to study
music academically. Classical was mixed with oriental jazz and Armenian
music to reflect the unique essence of her style as a vocalist. She was
charmed from the very beginning by the idea of mixing simple oriental
tunes with cords. Many friends from the higher institution of music
helped her understand and conceptualize the project, the first of
whom was Basel Rajoub, who arranged the music and managed the project.
July/18/2013
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/armenian-melodies-combined-with-jazz.aspx?pageID=238&nID=50898&NewsCatID=383
Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
July 18 2013
ISTANBUL - Hurriyet Daily News
Lena Chamamyan, Syrian singer will be on stage with pianist Tulug
Tırpan.
One of the most important artists of Syria, singer Lena Chamamyan,
will host pianist Tulug Tırpan and one of the best cellists in Turkey,
Ozer Arkun, as well as renowned kanun player Göksel Baktagir. The
concert will be at Yıldız Palace at 9:30 p.m.
Chamamyan, who combines jazz and classical Armenian music, was born
in Damascus, where over the course of her elementary and secondary
education she participated in many school concerts, the first of which
she held at age of 5. She started to studying music at the age of 9
and graduated from the economics management department at Damascus
University in 2002. She studied at the higher institution of music
in Damascus and graduated as a classical vocalist in 2007.
She also joined jazz workshops. This resulted in the two being featured
on each other's albums and many concerts in Syria and Germany. She also
worked with many vocalists and musicians of different nationalities
in many jazz festivals in Syria.
The idea of the project was born before Chamamyan started to study
music academically. Classical was mixed with oriental jazz and Armenian
music to reflect the unique essence of her style as a vocalist. She was
charmed from the very beginning by the idea of mixing simple oriental
tunes with cords. Many friends from the higher institution of music
helped her understand and conceptualize the project, the first of
whom was Basel Rajoub, who arranged the music and managed the project.
July/18/2013
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/armenian-melodies-combined-with-jazz.aspx?pageID=238&nID=50898&NewsCatID=383