Oh, Brother, What A Pair Of Musicians

OH, BROTHER, WHAT A PAIR OF MUSICIANS

Fresno Bee (California)
September 29, 2006 Friday
FINAL EDITION

This piano recital is a family affair. Brother-and-sister team Gianeh
and Ovanes Arakelyan will perform 6 p.m. Sunday in the Concert Hall
at California State University, Fresno, in a concert that will include
works by Bach, Liszt, Khachaturian and Gershwin, among others.

The Arakelyans graduated from the University of Southern California
and won two gold medals at the 2004 World Championships of Performing
Arts in Hollywood performing Khachaturian’s "Sabre Dance." They have
performed in Carnegie Hall, the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, the John
Anson Ford Amphitheatre and other prestigious venues.

The concert is sponsored by the Armenian Museum of Fresno. Details:
(559) 243-5880.

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS