ARMENIAN FESTIVAL PROMOTES UNDERSTANDING

Times and Transcript
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Nov 13 2009
Canada

Four days of events look at legendary composer Komitas

Stumble Upondel.icio.usDiggFacebookPrintEmailSpeak UpThe Third Moncton
Armenian Festival is set to get under way in the city November 26 to
29, and this year the focus will be on Komitas, Armenia’s legendary
composer, ethnographer, poet and specialist in folk dance and the
study of music.

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Dariush Zarbafian plays a santur, an ancestor of the piano, at a press
conference yesterday announcing the Third Moncton Armenian Festival,
which runs Nov. 26-29. RON WARD/TIMES & TRANSCRIPTDariush Zarbafian
plays a santur, an ancestor of the piano, at a press conference
yesterday announcing the Third Moncton Armenian Festival, which runs
Nov. 26-29. Four days will be filled with activities and discoveries
of the world of Komitas: a big opening show, three exhibitions,
two concerts and a mini-film festival.

Organizers are promising a feast for the senses leading to
understanding, sharing and communicating about Armenia, whose rich
but tormented history dates back at least 2,000 years.

The festival was initiated by members of the Maritimes Armenian
Association, which unites about 200 families in the Maritime provinces.

Each year’s festival has been planned to take the public on a different
voyage of discovery — from the origins of the great historical Armenia
to the contemporary Republic of Armenia and the grand Armenian diaspora
in the world.

* For more information, e-mail: info@festivalarmenien.com, go to
festivalarmenien.com or call Sylvia Kasparian at (506) 853-6031.