After years of successfully touring Europe, Armenia’s critically-acclaimed Naghash Ensemble will be touring North America for the first time in March 2023, with stops in eleven United States and Canadian cities.
Based in Yerevan, Armenia and led by Armenian-American composer John Hodian, The Naghash Ensemble combines the traditional spirituality of Armenian folk song, new classical music, and contemporary post-minimalism with the energy of rock and jazz.
Three brilliant female vocalists and some of Armenia’s finest instrumentalists on duduk, oud, dhol, and piano play captivating new music based on sacred texts by the medieval Armenian mystic poet and priest, Mkrtich Naghash.
The Naghash Ensemble includes Hasmik Baghdasaryan (soprano), Tatevik Movsesyan (soprano), Arpine Ter-Petrosyan (alto), Harutyun Chkolyan (duduk), Aramayis Nikoghosyan (oud), Tigran Hovhannisyan (dhol), and John Hodian (piano/composer).
The ensemble’s discography includes Songs of Exile. Volume I (2014), Songs of Exile, Volume II: Credos & Convictions (2016) and Songs of Exile, Volume III: Lamentations & Benedictions (2019).
The Naghash Ensemble 2023 North American Tour Dates:
3/02/23 • UCLA, Schoenberg Hall • Los Angeles, CA
3/03/23 • Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts • Mountain View, CA
3/04/23 • Lone Tree Arts Center • Lone Tree, CO
3/05/23 • The Lincoln Center • Fort Collins, CO
3/09/23 • University of Michigan • Ann Arbor, MI
3/10/23 • St. John Armenian Church • Southfield, MI
3/11/23 • Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall • New York, NY
3/13/23 • Salle Bourgie • Montreal, Canada
3/15/23 • Kennedy Center, Millennium Stage • Washington, DC
3/17/23 • Chatter • Albuquerque, NM
3/18/23 • San Miguel Chapel • Santa Fe, NM
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