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GIVING VOICE 11 - HASMIK HARUTYUNYAN (ARMENIA) [April 2009]
LULLABIES AND CHILDREN'S SONGS: TRADITIONAL ARMENIAN FOLK DANCES
 
THREE DAY WORKSHOP
MONDAY 20 – WEDNESDAY 22 APRIL
As one of Armenia’s leading folk singers, for Hasmik, music is life itself — its happiness, sadness, and struggle. She feels it is her responsibility to keep traditional Armenian music alive, and to keep it free from alien influence. She believes Armenian music is a living thing, not meant for history books.
Hasmik still draws strength and inspiration from her ancestors in the province of Moush in Historic Armenia — especially her grandmother, who sang to her when she was a child. Another great influence was her teacher,Hayrik Mouradian, the late folklore singer and historian from Shatakh, near Lake Van. In Hayrik’s honour, and to carry on his important work,Hasmik has established the Hayrik Mouradian Children’s Folk Song and Dance Ensemble. In Armenia, Hasmik Harutyunyan is well-known for her deeply touching renditions of the Armenian lullaby, often broadcast on Armenian National Radio or performed by Hasmik in concerts and at traditional music festivals and ceremonies. Her CD Armenian Lullabies (released in 2004 by Traditional Crossroads) - on which she sings a cappella as well as with the Shoghaken Folk Ensemble - was noted in a New York Times review as the best Armenian recording worldwide in 2004.
Hasmik’s workshop offers a full body and voice immersion into Armenian song and life, through the singing and understanding of the Armenian lullaby traditions.Come prepared to dance as well!
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