FESTIVAL OF AMERICAN AND ARMENIAN MUSIC IS HELD IN YEREVAN

Public Radio, Armenia
Nov 6 2006

US composer Laura Kaminsky, Armenian composer-pianist Artur Avanesov,
and Armenian pianist Margarit Sargsyan are presenting three concerts
in Armenia in cooperation with Komitas State Conservatory of Music.

This celebration of contemporary American and Armenian music was
supported by a grant from CEC ArtsLink. The first concert will be
held at Naregatsi Art Institute on November 6, and the second two
will be held at Komitas Chamber Music Hall on November 7 and 8.

Laura Kaminsky has a longstanding connection to Armenia dating back
to 1996 when she worked with two talented young Armenian musicians in
Poland and throughout central Europe. In 2002, Ms. Kaminsky visited
Yerevan for the first time to perform a concert at the invitation of
the Society of Composers and Musicologists. Ms. Kaminsky’s relationship
with Armenian composers endured, and led to her organizing this
November’s concert series with her Armenian colleagues.

Laura Kaminsky is Dean of the Conservatory of Music at Purchase
College/SUNY. Previously, she served as Chair of the Department of
Music at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, Washington. She is
also co-founder and Artistic Director of Musicians Accord, a new music
collective based in New York and dedicated to 20th and 21st century
chamber music. Composer Laura Kaminsky’s works have been performed
throughout the United States and abroad, including in Eastern Europe,
Latin America, and West Africa.
From: Baghdasarian