Category: Arts
Nerkararyan Featured in Rachmaninoff Opera
By Tom Vartabedian BRIGHTON, Mass. — In celebration of the 140th anniversary of composer Sergei Rachmaninoff, the Commonwealth Lyric Theater will perform his opera, “Aleko: The Gypsies” June 9-13 at Center Makor. Appearing in the lead female role will be popular Armenian soprano Knarik Nerkararyan, who has performed frequently throughout Greater Boston and the North [...]
Talleen Hacikyan Exhibit Opens at ALMA
WATERTOWN — Talleen Hacikyan, an illustrator and printmaker, will give an informal talk about her work at the opening of her exhibit at the Armenian Library and Museum of America (ALMA) on Wednesday, May 22, at 7 p.m. The exhibit will include prints and illustrations, including monotype, woodcut and linocut printing. Collagraphy is Hacikyan’s “medium [...]
Remembering the Dead and Living Victims of the Armenian Genocide
By Raffi Bedrosyan During the endless Turkish arguments and Armenian/international counter arguments about the number of massacred Armenians in 1915, Hrant Dink would repeatedly remind both sides about a more critical topic: “We keep talking about the gone dead, let’s start talking about the remaining living…” The remaining living meant the unknown number of Armenians [...]
Capturing the Armenian Experience: Novelist, Poet Nancy Kricorian
By Gabriella Gage Mirror-Spectator Staff WATERTOWN — For poet and novelist Nancy Kricorian, writing has always been an integral part of her life. “I started writing poems as soon as I began writing sentences in the first grade. By the time I was in the third grade, my poems were hanging on the classroom bulletin [...]
Alexanians Produce Father-Daughter Film on Genocide
By Tom Vartabedian GLOUCESTER, Mass. — Nubar Alexanian, 62, has spent the past 35 years working as a photojournalist and filmmaker. He’s traveled to more than 40 countries shooting for magazines such as Life, Newsweek, Time, National Geographic, Fortune and Geo. He has published five books and rubbed elbows with some of the most influential [...]
A Collaboration of Art and Music to Commemorate Armenian Genocide
OAKLAND GARDENS, N.Y. — On Saturday, April 13, the Armenian Church of the Holy Martyrs and the Holy Martyrs Armenian Day School came together to present an “Evening of Remembrance” to commemorate the 98th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. It was a musical program presented in the church sanctuary to an audience of about 150 [...]
Filmmaker Aramazt Kalayjian Brings ‘Tezeta’ to Life
Filmmaker Aramazt Kalayjian Brings ‘Tezeta’ to Life By Gabriella Gage Mirror-Spectator Staff WATERTOWN — Tezeta is a word of great significance in Ethiopia. In Amharic (Semetic language spoken in Ethiopia), it means memory, nostalgia or longing. It is also the name of a type of Ethiopian jazz and the ballads in that style that have [...]
Armenian Night at the Pops to Feature Violinist Emmanuel Tjeknavorian
BOSTON — The Friends of Armenian Culture Society (FACS) will present the 62nd annual Armenian Night at the Pops on Saturday, June 1, at 8 p.m. at Symphony Hall. The evening will feature the young violinist Emmanuel Tjeknavorian from Vienna, who will make his debut in Boston. He will join Keith Lockhart and the Boston [...]
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