Armenian Melodies Combined With Jazz – VIDEO

ARMENIAN MELODIES COMBINED WITH JAZZ – VIDEO

14:37 18.07.2013

Syrian Armenian singer Lena Chamamyan, will host pianist Tulug Tırpan
and one of the best cellists in Turkey, Ozer Arkun, as well as renowned
kanun player Göksel Baktagir at a concert will at YıldızPalace in
Istanbul tonight, the Hurriyet Daily News reports.

Chamamyan, who combines jazz and classical Armenian music, was born
in Damascus, where over the course of her elementary and secondary
education she participated in many school concerts, the first of which
she held at age of 5. She started to studying music at the age of 9
and graduated from the economics management department at Damascus
University in 2002. She studied at the higher institution of music
in Damascus and graduated as a classical vocalist in 2007.

She also joined jazz workshops. This resulted in the two being featured
on each other’s albums and many concerts in Syria and Germany. She also
worked with many vocalists and musicians of different nationalities
in many jazz festivals in Syria.

The idea of the project was born before Chamamyan started to study
music academically. Classical was mixed with oriental jazz and Armenian
music to reflect the unique essence of her style as a vocalist. She was
charmed from the very beginning by the idea of mixing simple oriental
tunes with cords. Many friends from the higher institution of music
helped her understand and conceptualize the project, the first of
whom was Basel Rajoub, who arranged the music and managed the project.

From: Baghdasarian