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BERKLEE MIDDLE EASTERN FESTIVAL: THE MUSIC OF ARMENIA
Xtra Xtra Medford
Feb 21 2014
Event Date: Monday, March 3, 2014
Event Location: Berklee Performance Center, 136 Massachusetts Ave,
Boston, Massachusetts
Contact: [email protected]
Additional Info: 8:15 pm-10:15 pm
Website: http://www.berklee.edu/bpc
The Signature Music Series continues with Berklee's sixth annual
Middle Eastern Festival: The Music of Armenia. The program will
feature Perspectives Ensemble directed by flutist Sato Moughalian,
presenting Dark Eyes/New Eyes, with a cappella folk trio Zulal and
live painting by Kevork Mourad. Special guests include Ludo Mlado
and acclaimed Armenian folk singer Aleksan Harutyunyan.
The concert will also feature music from neighboring regions,
including a set of Bulgarian music with Berklee's Pletenitsa Choir,
the Ludo Mlado Dance Ensemble, the Sayat Nova Folk Dance Ensemble,
and the Berklee World Strings directed by Eugene Friesen.
The festival brings visiting artists from The Middle East, the Balkans,
and the Mediterranean together with students to experience the musical
traditions of the regions. Festival founder and director Christiane
Karam, assistant professor of voice, chose Armenia this time because
she is part Armenian. "My grandparents were exiled in 1915 and my
mother was born in Beirut," said Karam. "It was important to me to
go back to my roots and tell the story of the people and the culture
through their music."
Perspectives Ensemble was founded in 1993 by its artistic director
Moughalian. The ensemble presents the works of composers in cultural
context with thematic programs on subjects that bridge the visual,
musical, and literary arts. Dark Eyes/New Eyes incorporates a wide
range of Armenian music. The program traces the arc of a life, from
beginnings in a mountainous Armenian village, spending youth in a city
learning an ancient art form, desolation, recovery and regenerating
in a new place.
Syrian-born artist Kevork Mourad will paint live on-stage during Dark
Eyes/New Eyes. After getting his master's degree, Mourad got the idea
to combine visual art with his love of music. He has worked with many
world-class musicians using his technique of spontaneous painting.
http://xtraxtra.com/medford/stories/Berklee-Middle-Eastern-Festival-The-Music-of-Armenia,3561
Xtra Xtra Medford
Feb 21 2014
Event Date: Monday, March 3, 2014
Event Location: Berklee Performance Center, 136 Massachusetts Ave,
Boston, Massachusetts
Contact: [email protected]
Additional Info: 8:15 pm-10:15 pm
Website: http://www.berklee.edu/bpc
The Signature Music Series continues with Berklee's sixth annual
Middle Eastern Festival: The Music of Armenia. The program will
feature Perspectives Ensemble directed by flutist Sato Moughalian,
presenting Dark Eyes/New Eyes, with a cappella folk trio Zulal and
live painting by Kevork Mourad. Special guests include Ludo Mlado
and acclaimed Armenian folk singer Aleksan Harutyunyan.
The concert will also feature music from neighboring regions,
including a set of Bulgarian music with Berklee's Pletenitsa Choir,
the Ludo Mlado Dance Ensemble, the Sayat Nova Folk Dance Ensemble,
and the Berklee World Strings directed by Eugene Friesen.
The festival brings visiting artists from The Middle East, the Balkans,
and the Mediterranean together with students to experience the musical
traditions of the regions. Festival founder and director Christiane
Karam, assistant professor of voice, chose Armenia this time because
she is part Armenian. "My grandparents were exiled in 1915 and my
mother was born in Beirut," said Karam. "It was important to me to
go back to my roots and tell the story of the people and the culture
through their music."
Perspectives Ensemble was founded in 1993 by its artistic director
Moughalian. The ensemble presents the works of composers in cultural
context with thematic programs on subjects that bridge the visual,
musical, and literary arts. Dark Eyes/New Eyes incorporates a wide
range of Armenian music. The program traces the arc of a life, from
beginnings in a mountainous Armenian village, spending youth in a city
learning an ancient art form, desolation, recovery and regenerating
in a new place.
Syrian-born artist Kevork Mourad will paint live on-stage during Dark
Eyes/New Eyes. After getting his master's degree, Mourad got the idea
to combine visual art with his love of music. He has worked with many
world-class musicians using his technique of spontaneous painting.
http://xtraxtra.com/medford/stories/Berklee-Middle-Eastern-Festival-The-Music-of-Armenia,3561