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    CORNELL CONCERT TO COMMEMORATE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

    Ithaca Journal
    March 31 2015

    Crossing Borders LIVE and the Cornell Armenian Student Organization
    will present a concert to commemorate the 100-year anniversary of the
    Armenian Genocide in 1915, when more than 1.5 million Armenians in the
    Middle East died. The concert, part of a monthlong series of events,
    takes place in Cornell University's Barnes Hall at 7:30 p.m. April
    8 and is free to the public.

    Featured artists will be songwriter-pianist Louise Nalbandian, of San
    Francisco, and keyboardist-composer Michael Stark, of Ithaca. Also
    participating will Anna Srapionyan and Gnel Gabrielyan, Mane Mehrabyan,
    all of Yerevan, Armenia; Martiros Skakhzadyan, Denice Karamardian
    and Owen Miller. The evening will include introductions to Armenian
    traditional music, language and poetry, summaries of genocide and
    denial, personal presentations and the contemporary musical styles
    of the featured artists.

    Through her involvement with Armenian folk singer Hasmik Harutyunyan,
    Nalbandian has researched and performed the music of Komitas and other
    Armenian repertoire in the U.S., as well as in Yerevan, Armenia, where
    she recently completed a 2014 tour. Performing in various bands over
    the years, she brings her background of classical music to the fore,
    but has honed her interest in contemporary pop/rock/blues styles as
    well, bringing these elements to her songwriting.

    Composer/pianist/organist Michael Stark moved to Ithaca in 1995 from
    New York City, where he has evolved into a revered and internationally
    acclaimed musician. He has backed and recorded with celebrated artists
    including Hank Roberts, Johnny Dowd, Mary Lorson, Kevin Kinsella,
    Jennie Stearns and Bronwen Exeter, among many more. His own projects
    include Wingnut, Tzar, Orbiting Art Ensemble and a regular house
    musical host at the Argos Inn. For this setting, he explores his
    Armenian heritage.

    Preceding the concert is a lecture presentation titled "Denial of
    Violence," by Fatma Muge Gocek, that will take place at 5 p.m. April
    7 in 110 White Hall at Cornell.

    A table exhibition of materials on the subject of the genocide and
    Armenian culture will be presented at the Tompkins County Public
    Library the week of April 20, and at Mann Library from 10 a.m. to 2
    p.m. April 24, which is the official anniversary date of the genocide,
    acknowledged in most countries except the United States and Israel.

    http://www.ithacajournal.com/story/entertainment/2015/03/31/concert-armenian-genocide/70723522/

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