Name: Grikor Mirzaian Suni: Revolutionary and Musician
Start: 2025-02-26T19:30:00-08:00
End: 2025-02-26T21:00:00-08:00
Location: Lani Hall

Feb 26 Wed

7:30pm
Free

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Lani Hall

Organized by the UCLA HASOM Armenian Music Program, this evening dedicated to composer, conductor, song collector, and musicologist Grikor Mirzaian Suni (1876-1939) will highlight the efforts to document, preserve, and revive his legacy. The concert will feature the VEM Ensemble under the directorship of Prof. Movses Pogossian, AMP mentors Vardan Baghdasaryan (kamancha), Hasmik Harutyunyan (voice), and Antranig Kzirian (oud), AMP voice fellow Lori Der Sahakian, along with AMP oud fellow Dr. Anoush Tamar Suni and Dr. Sevan Suni (violin), the great-granddaughters of the composer. Prof. Ronald Grigor Suny, historian and the grandson of Grikor Mirzaian Suni will deliver introductory remarks on Suni's life and work, the process of unearthing the family archive, and the role of intergenerational transmission in keeping alive the musical repertoire he passed onto us. The evening will end with communal singing.
This is a part of an event series. A lecture dedicated to Grikor Mirzaian Suni, Art and Revolution: The Life & Times of Grikor Mirzaian Suni (1876-1939), will take place on February 25, 2025. For more information about the lecture, please visit https://ucla.in/4hCpqPY

Like most of UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music’s programs, this event is FREE! Early arrival is recommended. Seating is on a first-come, first-seated basis.

Like most of The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music’s programs, this event is FREE! Register in advance for this event via the link below. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the event. Seating is on a first-come, first-seated basis. Early arrival is recommended. Registrants receive priority up until 15 minutes before the event, and after that time any open seats will be released to patrons on our waitlist.

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No Food or Drink allowed in the theater.

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ACCESSIBILITY

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FOOD & DRINK

Food and drink may not be carried into the theaters. Thank you!

Acknowledgment

The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music acknowledges the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (the Los Angeles basin and So. Channel Islands). As a land grant institution, we pay our respects to the Honuukvetam (Ancestors), ‘Ahiihirom (Elders) and ‘Eyoohiinkem (our relatives/relations) past, present and emerging.