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2 singers and a kanoon player perform Gomidas' "Gakavig" at the Nikol Duman Museum and Restaurant in Karabagh. June 2006.Translated lyrics for Gomidas' "Gaka...
Wasn't terribly impressed with that 1st song, but I enjoyed his rendition on that second link thoroughly. Unfortunately, it looks like Arturo passed away.
Professor of Composition and Guitar as well as Composer-in-Residence at Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory, Loris Ohannes Chobanian was born to Armenian parents in the Middle East. He was introduced to serious music at an early age. His father Ohannes Chobanian, an oil engineer and an amateur musician, was a versatile performer on the piano, the flute and the violin and often performed in quartets of Haydn, Mozart and Schubert. Chobanian performed the Classical Guitar regularly on Baghdad TV In the 1950s. He came to the US in 1960 and performed on TV in Louisiana and in Michigan.
Highly successful and versatile as a composer, Dr. Chobanian is equally at home with complex contemporary textures and colorful orchestration. He was instrumental in establishing the BW Conservatory Guitar and Composition programs as well as the Focus Contemporary Music Festival. He has taught at the Oberlin Conservatory and the University of Akron.
Ara dinkjian and his band Night Ark (Arto Tuncboyaciyan, Armen Donelian, Marc Johnson) in Jerusalem 1998, one of the great shows of Ara captured on film,
Ara dinkjian and his band Night Ark (Arto Tuncboyaciyan, Armen Donelian, Marc Johnson) in Jerusalem 1998, one of the great shows of Ara captured on film.
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