Armenia TV's Hotline Interview with Nina Hovnanian
Lot's to tell during my 13 day stay so far in Armenia, with another 18 days to go. Natacha went back to Boston after a very happy and incident free trip. Today was spend over in Davidashen at the Armenia TV headquarters for an interview for their "Hotline" TV program. I was interviewed for the show by Nina Hovnanian for the 30 minute segment and shared my thoughts on stuff I have blogged about here. Very nice experience.
Met with our potential YerazArt country coordinator in the afternoon at the Komitas Chamber Hall. All good stuff.
In the evening, I had dinner at the Tufenkian Avan Villa Hotel restaurant where we had a chance encounter with James Tufenkian himself having dinner there. He has 4 more hotels planned in the next 4 years. Very interesting as he was playing our Iakovos Kolanian CD for dinner.
Late at night, we headed to the Stop Club to see a Avant Garde German eletronic music band and we ran into Onnik Krikorian doing his photos there. The band was OK, but the scene was great. Headed off to Cheers to have a Cilicia with Dave and Chris and them headed home to say bye to Aram and Marianna to wish them well on their Honeymoon.
Tomorrow, I have been invited to be the guest of Bayrur and Sussana Hayregyan at their summer house in Davidashen. Have known them for about 10 years since the days when Mr. Hayregian would come to Boston. The weather is warm and will probably take my first swim at their place.
Next week will continue with YerazArt work. Also, after work, I will spend time with Lilit Pipoyan in the studio to finish our album due out in September. I have booked her on the Armenian Heritage Cruise for Jan 14-21. Should be nice exposure for the label and her. Let's see what happens...
More details when I get more internet access...Pictures on the way...
Met with our potential YerazArt country coordinator in the afternoon at the Komitas Chamber Hall. All good stuff.
In the evening, I had dinner at the Tufenkian Avan Villa Hotel restaurant where we had a chance encounter with James Tufenkian himself having dinner there. He has 4 more hotels planned in the next 4 years. Very interesting as he was playing our Iakovos Kolanian CD for dinner.
Late at night, we headed to the Stop Club to see a Avant Garde German eletronic music band and we ran into Onnik Krikorian doing his photos there. The band was OK, but the scene was great. Headed off to Cheers to have a Cilicia with Dave and Chris and them headed home to say bye to Aram and Marianna to wish them well on their Honeymoon.
Tomorrow, I have been invited to be the guest of Bayrur and Sussana Hayregyan at their summer house in Davidashen. Have known them for about 10 years since the days when Mr. Hayregian would come to Boston. The weather is warm and will probably take my first swim at their place.
Next week will continue with YerazArt work. Also, after work, I will spend time with Lilit Pipoyan in the studio to finish our album due out in September. I have booked her on the Armenian Heritage Cruise for Jan 14-21. Should be nice exposure for the label and her. Let's see what happens...
More details when I get more internet access...Pictures on the way...
posted by Raffi at 11:48 PM
2 Comments:
I'm glad the visit is going well. Were there too many stares? That's probably the main reason for my reluctance to take my wife, who is of African ancestry, to Armenia with me.
We miss you in the states axper! Caught up a bit with Natacha and now cant wait to hear your stories and see the pics!
Baykar
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