A series of conversations with artists, musicians, and industry professionals focusing on Armenian music. Hosted by Raffi Meneshian.
Armenian Music Podcast with Raffi Meneshian
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A series of conversations with artists, musicians, and industry professionals focusing on Armenian music. Hosted by Raffi Meneshian.
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November 9, 2020
S1S9 Music in a Time of War: Armenia Vibes
<p>S1S9 Music in a Time of War: Armenia Vibes</p> <p>Born out of the COVID crisis of 2020, a team of Armenian professionals created a cultural media platform called Armenia Vibes to showcase creative talent in Armenia. When a war broke out that saw many of their compatriots go to the front line, they quickly pivoted by leveraging their platform to raise money towards relieve efforts currently being undertaken in Artsakh and Armenia. </p> <p>In this episode meet some of the Armenia Vibes team members, including The Bambir lead singer/songwriter/guitarist Narek Barseghyan, graphic designer and photographer Arsineh Valladian, and entrepreneur Zak Valladian. We will feature live performance highlights from recent Armenia Vibes broadcasts as well as studio selections from The Bambir and System of a Down. </p> <p>Armenia Vibes live curated tracks are performed by the Artsakh Band, Aveluk, and Shushi Qouchi Band. The Bambir studio track "Gzhi Harsaniq" and System of a Down studio track "Protect the Land" are also showcased on this episode. </p> <p>For more information on Armenia Vibes and the artists they have broadcast, please go to ArmeniaVibes.com. Donations can be made through their site. </p> <p>For alternative ways to support humanitarian efforts in Artsakh and Armenia, please visit ArmeniaFund.org</p>
October 10, 2020
S1E8 Sylvia Alajaji: Of Memory, Music, and the Armenian Diaspora
<p><strong>S1E8 Sylvia Alajaji: Of Memory, Music, and the Armenian Diaspora</strong></p> <p>Ethnomusicologist and author Dr. Alajaji joins the podcast to discuss the connection between memory and music as it relates to maintaining ethnic identity. Alajaji recounts her own personal experiences being raised as an Armenian in Tulsa, Oklahoma while listening to mix tapes, Adiss Harmandian, and Harout Pamboukjian. She also touches on the “estradayin”, Ottoman influenced “kef”, and pop genres of music produced and consumed within Diasporan Armenian communities.</p> <p><strong>Guest Biography</strong></p> <p>Sylvia Angelique Alajaji is an Associate Professor of Music at Franklin & Marshall College, where she also teaches in the International Studies program. She is the author of “Music and the Armenian Diaspora: Searching for Home in Exile” (Indiana University Press, 2015), a multi-sited work that examines the construction of diasporic Armenian subjectivity in the years since the Armenian genocide (recently published in Turkish translation). Her published work centers on the relationship between music and exilic identity, focusing primarily on Armenian diasporic communities in Lebanon and the United States. In the spring of 2021, she will serve as the Dumanian Visiting Professor of Armenian Studies at the University of Chicago.</p> <p><strong>Featured Music</strong></p> <p>Adiss Harmandian- “Nune” (1988, Voice of Stars CD, Greatest Hits- Grand Success)</p> <p>Adiss Harmandian- “Karoun, Karoun” (1972, A Disc 45)</p> <p>Richard Hagopian and the Kef Time Band- “Konyali” (1968, Saha LP, Kef Time Las Vegas)</p> <p>Harout Pamboukjian- “Ghapama” (1983, Pe-Ko CD, Heratsadz Engerner)</p> <p>Joe Bedrosian- “Yankee Doodle” (1939, Library of Congress, field recordings by Sidney Robertson Cowell)</p> <p>All songs featured on this podcast are either public domain, by express permission by the label, and/or licensed for the express use on this podcast episode.</p>
September 1, 2020
S1E7 John Hodian: Meditations on Naghash and New Classical Music
S1E7 John Hodian: Meditations on Naghash and New Classical Music. Composer and musician John Hodian joins the podcast to discuss his career, newest recording, The Naghash Ensemble Live Volume 1 and Armenian Medieval mystical poet & priest Mkrtich Naghash. Featured Music John Hodian and Bet Williams (The Epiphany Project)- "Ararat {Arto's Song}" (Hin Dagh, 2008, Epiphany Records) The Naghash Ensemble- "Meditations on Greed and Poverty" (The Naghash Ensemble Live, Volume 1, Epiphany Records, 2020) John Hodian Biography John Hodian is a composer, conductor, and pianist who has worked in a wide variety of idioms—from classical to jazz, rock to rap, and traditional to avant-garde theater. Hodian's music conveys emotions ranging from profound melancholy to bold exuberance. His hauntingly beautiful melodies, intricate rhythms and soulful intensity reflect both his Armenian roots and his formal classical training, as well as his years spent as a cutting edge jazz improviser. Hodian received Masters degrees in composition and conducting at The Philadelphia College for the Performing Arts. John also spent several summers at the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado where he studied piano and improvisation with Art Lande, Ralph Towner as well as literature and poetry with Allen Ginsburg and William Burroughs. While teaching composition and music theory at the University of the Arts, John was conductor of the Philadelphia New Music Ensemble and associate conductor of The Philadelphia Youth Orchestra. John went on to found the first fully digital music studio in Philadelphia where he began his career in film and television scoring. Over the past 15 years he has scored over 250 documentary films and won the New York Emmy Award for "Best Music for a Documentary". John’s music has been heard in numerous feature films, dance pieces, chamber music ensembles, stage dramas, music-theater pieces and over 300 documentaries. His music-theater piece, “Sweet Theresiendstadt”, produced by En Garde Arts and Theater Archa, played for a year in Prague before touring to Warsaw and Berlin. In addition to being selected as resident composer for the Sundance Theater Institute, John has collaborated with leading theater figures such as Anne Bogart and Israel Horowitz. John was a two time winner of the New Dramatist Frederick Lowe award for music theater.
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