Arik Grigoryan will discuss the current revival of Armenian folk music and its contemporary interpretations. While many songs and melodies have been discovered and published by folklorists – just like archaeologists explore and discover old things, many of them are neglected. Arik Grigoryan will explain why and how they need to be rediscovered — and more importantly, recreated — in order to come back to life. His lecture will be accompanied by his own performances.
Arik is a founder of 3 bands, The Bambir, where he plays flute and is the songwriter; TmbaTa, which was created at Tumo Center for Creative Technologies for educational purposes; and Vishup, which explores folk and spiritual music.
You can join the meeting with these details on Zoom:
Meeting ID 893 7148 1871
Invite Link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89371481871
"Studio" is an exciting new series of zoom meetings and workshops about arts and culture. The Music series are Lecture-Demonstrations on different aspects of Armenian music each led by experts in their field, beginning with sacred music. Future sessions include classical, contemporary, folk and popular music. AI is grateful to Arts Council England for their support of the Studio Series.
THE EVENT IS FREE BUT BY DONATING BELOW YOU WILL SUPPORT SIMILAR PROGRAMMES, LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS IN THE FUTURE
Email tato@armenianinstitute.org.uk if you have any questions about the sessions.