In a unanimous decision by the UNESCO Executive Council, the works of Gomidas have been officially recognized as "World Heritage." Gomidas's compositions join the ranks of UNESCO's international ...
The play is about Gomidas Vartabed, a musicologist, composer, choir conductor, and a priest, born in Kütahya during the Ottoman period, who is familiar with both Anatolia and Armenia that he referred ...
Soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian’s concert, Sunday evening in Segerstrom Concert Hall, was not a garden variety singing recital. The event was part of her “Remembrance” tour, dedicated to “all victims of ...
Once they’ve hit the big time, opera stars have often used their platforms to explore and promote their national heritages. Enrico Caruso belted Neapolitan songs, Jussi Björling sang Swedish songs, ...
Lullaby Isabel Bayrakdarian, Soprano Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra (Chamber Players) Gomidas Vardabet, Composer Eduard Topchjan, Conductor Song of the Partridge Isabel Bayrakdarian, Soprano Armenian ...
Her husband Serouj Kradjian crafted fresh arrangements for these 20 songs, collected by Gomidas Vartabed at the time when European classical music began to recognize national-ethnic influences. The ...