Samavesha presents
Musical Journeys
a live concert series of modern global music
Sunday, February 5 2012 6pm
Hasmik Harutyunyan - (Armenian singer)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSDVgS7CTr4
Numi Tea Garden
2230 Livingston Street
Oakland, CA 94606
FREE admission!
We rely on your generosity!
20% discount on loose-leaf tea by the cup. Bagged tea by the cup
will be donation based. Snacks and light bites available.
Hasmik Harutyunyan was born in Yerevan, Armenia, in a family of survivors of the Armenian Genocide. Hasmik graduated from a music institute and pedagogical university, in vocal and physics/mathematics departments. She was a long-time soloist in the Armenian National Radio's Akunq Folk Ensemble and is now soloist for Yerevan's Shoghaken Folk Ensemble. Hasmik has recorded several CDs, for Traditional Crossroads and Face Music (Switzerland), in which folk music from different regions of Historic Armenia are presented. Her purpose is for this music to be preserved, passed on to coming generations, and presented across the world. Her recording “Armenian Lullabies: Hasmik Harutyunyan with the Shoghaken Ensemble” was recognized by the New York Times as the best Armenian recording worldwide. For Hasmik, music is life itself — its happiness, sadness, and struggle. She feels it is her responsibility to keep traditional Armenian music alive, and to keep it free from foreign influence. She believes Armenian music is a living thing, not meant for history books. Read more...
Musical Journeys are curated by Laura Inserra
www.musicaljourneys.org
www.samavesha.org
