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  • Agbu

    I wanted to discuss AGBU and to see what people in this forum think of this organization. Here are some stories of what AGBU does.

    AGBU Press Office
    55 East 59th Street
    New York, NY 10022-1112
    Phone: 212.319.6383
    Email: [email protected]
    Website: www.agbu.org

    PRESS RELEASE

    Tuesday, August 20, 2013

    AGBU'S MUSICAL ARMENIA PROGRAM LAUNCHES YOUNG ARTISTS' CAREERS

    MAP PARTICIPANTS PARTNER WITH WORLD-FAMOUS MUSICIANS

    In just one year, the AGBU Musical Armenia Program (MAP), which was
    launched last summer to connect talented young artists with their
    cultural heritage, has given participants even more: career
    opportunities. With MAP's support, Shaghig Amy Kazandjian, a recent
    college graduate from Canada and a French horn player, has landed a
    spot in the Yerevan State Opera and Ballet orchestra. The contract
    will keep Kazandjian in Yerevan through the upcoming fall season,
    where she's building on the weeks of intensive training that all MAP
    participants enjoyed.

    Kazandjian, who joined the Yerevan State Opera and Ballet in two
    summer concerts, wasn't the only MAP student to take the public stage
    in Armenia during the program, which ran from July 15 to August 4,
    2013. Percussionist and composer Andrea Godoshian, who hails from
    Michigan, played alongside celebrated jazz musician Armen "Chico"
    Tutunjian and his band in a live show-and each of MAP's seven
    participants have their sights set on performing in the 2014
    Renaissance International Music Festival in Gyumri after receiving a
    personal invitation from the festival's director, pianist Karine
    Avdalyan.

    Karine Avdalyan was one of the many renowned artists with whom the
    students met as they practiced playing the French horn, harp,
    percussions, viola, violin, and singing and composing. Several
    world-famous performers taught back-to-back MAP seminars, including
    mezzo-soprano Anna Mayilyan and music historians Gagik Ginosyan, Mher
    Navoyan, Araxy Saryan, and Arthur Shakhnazaryan. Each offered
    instrumental and vocal lessons in addition to lectures, which spanned
    genres and years, such as those on 19th century Armenian classical
    music, Armenian jazz and folk music, medieval spiritual music, and
    18th century Armenian minstrel music. For the MAP artists, who call
    Bulgaria, Canada, and the United States home, it was an experience
    they could only find in Armenia.

    When the MAP participants weren't training with professionals, they
    were collaborating with some of Armenia's youngest artists. On a
    special trip to the Talin Music School with members of the global
    group El Sistema Armenia, they joined students in an interactive class
    focused on Komitas' work. The MAP students themselves were following
    in the footsteps of the legendary musician, who travelled across the
    country gathering and recording different songs, and before leaving
    they gave a joint concert with the school's youth. AGBU Performing
    Arts Department Artistic Director Hayk Arsenyan commented on the
    significance of the visit, stating, "During the time we spent at the
    Talin school, we got to the heart of the MAP mission: to bring
    Armenians from around the world closer to the country's culture and
    arts. Watching the students collaborate, it became clear we
    accomplished that goal. They were inspired by everything they learned
    from the children of Talin, and are sure to take the experience with
    them when they return home and move forward in their careers."

    If the trip to Talin introduced the MAP group to Armenia's future
    generation of artists, museums tours helped them better understand the
    country's musical history. MAP brought the students to the
    house-museums of cultural icons Aram Khachaturian, Sergei Paradjanov,
    Alexander Spendiarian, and Hovhannes Tumanyan for an intimate look at
    their lives and work. At Yerevan's Charentz Museum of Literature and
    Art, where PAD Director Arsenyan led a lecture on Armenian composers
    of the Ottoman Empire, they also had the opportunity to see firsthand
    the manuscripts and instruments owned by Armenia's earliest musicians,
    including Sayat Nova and Jivani. MAP participant Stephan Atamian of
    New York commented, "I realized throughout the summer that some of the
    only documentation we have of our musical heritage is archived in
    Armenia's wonderful museums. At the same time, I realized that it is
    up to us Armenian artists to bring those pieces to life as only music
    can."

    At the final MAP gala concert on Sunday, August 4, in the salon of
    Khachaturian's house-museum, the participants gave new life to pieces
    that dated from as early as the fourth century. They also showcased
    their own work; before an enthusiastic audience of tourists and fellow
    musicians, the entire MAP ensemble, together with their instructors,
    performed an original piece composed by student Andrea Godoshian
    especially for the event. It was one of the highlights of an evening
    that was made complete when student and vocalist Eliz Gagosian joined
    Anna Mayilyan's a capella trio.

    The final gala concert marked the end of a summer of learning and
    creating. But for the students, it was only the beginning. As Shaghig
    Kazandjian shared, "Through MAP, I was able to discover Armenia and
    embrace my culture, history and identity in ways I never could have
    imagined. I learned so much about my musical heritage and I can't wait
    to continue to immerse myself in Armenian music in the months to
    come. I'm so excited to join the orchestra of the Yerevan State Opera
    and Ballet, a once in a lifetime opportunity that I know I will look
    back on years from now as one of the highlights of my career-thanks to
    AGBU."

    Established in 1906, AGBU (www.agbu.org) is the world's largest
    non-profit Armenian organization. Headquartered in New York City, AGBU
    preserves and promotes the Armenian identity and heritage through
    educational, cultural and humanitarian programs, annually touching the
    lives of some 400,000 Armenians around the world.

    For more information about AGBU and its worldwide programs, please
    visit www.agbu.org.
    Hayastan or Bust.

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    Re: Agbu

    Originally posted by Haykakan View Post
    Here are some stories of what AGBU does.
    Now let's have some stories about what the AGBU does that have not arrived as copypaste publicity direct from the AGBU's press office.
    Plenipotentiary meow!

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    • #3
      Re: Agbu

      Originally posted by bell-the-cat View Post
      Now let's have some stories about what the AGBU does that have not arrived as copypaste publicity direct from the AGBU's press office.
      For me and all MELKONIAN INSTITUTE ex students that I have met (of any age)
      have only a bitter feeling and a sence of betrayal towards the AGBU.
      Last edited by londontsi; 08-23-2013, 07:53 AM.
      Politics is not about the pursuit of morality nor what's right or wrong
      Its about self interest at personal and national level often at odds with the above.
      Great politicians pursue the National interest and small politicians personal interests

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        Re: Agbu

        I have question regarding the AGBU I was hoping someone could help me with, and it's somewhat ridiculous that I don't know this already considering how much time I spend on Armenian issues
        is the AGBU directly related to the Hnchak party in the same manner the ARS is related to the ARF?

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        • #5
          Re: Agbu

          Originally posted by Mher View Post
          I have question regarding the AGBU I was hoping someone could help me with, and it's somewhat ridiculous that I don't know this already considering how much time I spend on Armenian issues
          is the AGBU directly related to the Hnchak party in the same manner the ARS is related to the ARF?
          AGBU is (or at least claims to be) non-partisan. I think they have been sometimes tied to the Ramgavar party but AGBU tends to stay away from all-things politics.
          Azerbaboon: 9.000 Google hits and counting!

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          • #6
            Re: Agbu

            Originally posted by Federate View Post
            AGBU is (or at least claims to be) non-partisan. I think they have been sometimes tied to the Ramgavar party but AGBU tends to stay away from all-things politics.
            thank you, appreciate it

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            • #7
              Re: Agbu

              lol this is completely unrelated to my post from two days ago
              but for anyone in the Los Angeles area, this is an event taking place tomorrow that my friend is helping organize, in case you're interested
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