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THE AMERICAN DREAM HITS AN ARMENIAN ROCK ARTIST
iloubnan.info, Lebanon
March 6 2013
BEIRUT, by Louise Wernvik | iloubnan.info - March 06, 2013, 12h42
New doors are opening up for Armenian rock singer Eileen
Khatchadourian, from Beirut, who will soon be performing for an
American audience outside of Los Angeles. Little by little she is
realizing her dream and going out of Lebanon.
"I have high expectations. It´s making me feel anxious and stressed
but I guess this is the price I have to pay and I´m ready to pay it,"
she said.
In December, 2009, Eileen Khatchadourian received an award for best
rock album at the Armenian Music Awards, in LA. Now, four years later,
she will be doing her first concert in the states. In San Gabriel,
outside of LA, a festival for Armenian artists called Mosaic V, will
be hosting Eileen Khatchadourian as their main artist of the event,
on March 16.
"It´s the first time they will see me on stage. Now I have to show
them why I got this award."
Mostly Armenians are expected to fill up the 2000 seats of the venue.
But Eileen Khatchadourian has also gained many fans who are strangers
to her mother tongue. By singing only in Armenian, turning old folk
songs into rock, she succeeded in communicating her cultural identity
onto an international crowd.
"I´m the first female Armenian artist in rock, this is interesting to
them. The energy I give on stage goes further than only to Armenians.
Whenever I perform I give a resume of each song, so they don't become
stranger and I don't become stranger to them. They love the music,
the production, and probably my voice as well."
America has left a star shaped mark on Eileen Khatchadourian. Her big
wish for this concert is that it will generate in more opportunities,
helping her leave Lebanon and establish herself as musician in other
places of the world. By this time next year, she hopes to be in the
states again.
"I love the states. This country really gives you the tools to succeed
and if you´re smart and lucky enough you can get somewhere. It´s a
country you can only admire."
After her concert in California, Eileen Khatchadourian will be
continuing her travels to Europe, where she will be screening for
a movie in Berlin, which features two of her songs. She will also
be travelling to Barcelona to shoot a music video. Though Eileen
Khatchadourian has a busy spring in front of her, her Lebanese fans
will not be forgotten. When she returns home in the middle of April,
she is hoping to have a concert, in Beirut, which will be her first
within the last two years.
http://www.iloubnan.info/artandculture/77658/The-American-dream-hits-an-Armenian-rock-artist
iloubnan.info, Lebanon
March 6 2013
BEIRUT, by Louise Wernvik | iloubnan.info - March 06, 2013, 12h42
New doors are opening up for Armenian rock singer Eileen
Khatchadourian, from Beirut, who will soon be performing for an
American audience outside of Los Angeles. Little by little she is
realizing her dream and going out of Lebanon.
"I have high expectations. It´s making me feel anxious and stressed
but I guess this is the price I have to pay and I´m ready to pay it,"
she said.
In December, 2009, Eileen Khatchadourian received an award for best
rock album at the Armenian Music Awards, in LA. Now, four years later,
she will be doing her first concert in the states. In San Gabriel,
outside of LA, a festival for Armenian artists called Mosaic V, will
be hosting Eileen Khatchadourian as their main artist of the event,
on March 16.
"It´s the first time they will see me on stage. Now I have to show
them why I got this award."
Mostly Armenians are expected to fill up the 2000 seats of the venue.
But Eileen Khatchadourian has also gained many fans who are strangers
to her mother tongue. By singing only in Armenian, turning old folk
songs into rock, she succeeded in communicating her cultural identity
onto an international crowd.
"I´m the first female Armenian artist in rock, this is interesting to
them. The energy I give on stage goes further than only to Armenians.
Whenever I perform I give a resume of each song, so they don't become
stranger and I don't become stranger to them. They love the music,
the production, and probably my voice as well."
America has left a star shaped mark on Eileen Khatchadourian. Her big
wish for this concert is that it will generate in more opportunities,
helping her leave Lebanon and establish herself as musician in other
places of the world. By this time next year, she hopes to be in the
states again.
"I love the states. This country really gives you the tools to succeed
and if you´re smart and lucky enough you can get somewhere. It´s a
country you can only admire."
After her concert in California, Eileen Khatchadourian will be
continuing her travels to Europe, where she will be screening for
a movie in Berlin, which features two of her songs. She will also
be travelling to Barcelona to shoot a music video. Though Eileen
Khatchadourian has a busy spring in front of her, her Lebanese fans
will not be forgotten. When she returns home in the middle of April,
she is hoping to have a concert, in Beirut, which will be her first
within the last two years.
http://www.iloubnan.info/artandculture/77658/The-American-dream-hits-an-Armenian-rock-artist