PomegranateLand
Some good news for some Pomegranate Music CD artists in the last few days.
- Hover Chamber Choir of Armenia's "Six Fables" CD recently won 1st place that the Just Plain Folks Awards in the Category Best Classical Voice/Opera/Choral Album. www.jpfolks.com for more info.
- Gor Mkhitarian received 2nd place at the Just Plain Folks Awards for his song, The Light, off of the "Godfather Tom" CD. The category was Best Middle Eastern Song. He lost out to Andy. www.jpfolks.com for more info.
- Iakovos Kolanian's new album "Bohemio: Guitar Masterworks of Agustin Barrios" was nominated in the first round of Grammy Award balloting for "Best Instrumental Soloist" (without orchestra) category. Section 30, Category 101. There were 139 albums that made the first cut. Internal membership voting now begins with final nominees announced in December 2006. Winners to be announced in Feb 2007 at the Grammy Awards.
The Kolanian Tour finished on Saturday in Austin, Texas. After three weeks on the road, it was ready for Iakovos to go back to Greece and catch his breath. The tour encompassed Vancouver, Victoria in British Columbia, Canada. Also, there were stops at NYC, Washington, DC, and Cambridge, MA. There were strong showings in terms of attendance at most cities, except Washington, DC. The nice feeling was having Iakovos present Armenian Folk Music for guitar to a general audience and guitar afficianados.
Now, it's time to totally focus on YerazArt, with a tour I am putting together for this Spring 2007. We will be featuring on new talented young artists from Armenia with a fresh perspective and program. We hope to get academic institutions involved in the process here in North America.
- Hover Chamber Choir of Armenia's "Six Fables" CD recently won 1st place that the Just Plain Folks Awards in the Category Best Classical Voice/Opera/Choral Album. www.jpfolks.com for more info.
- Gor Mkhitarian received 2nd place at the Just Plain Folks Awards for his song, The Light, off of the "Godfather Tom" CD. The category was Best Middle Eastern Song. He lost out to Andy. www.jpfolks.com for more info.
- Iakovos Kolanian's new album "Bohemio: Guitar Masterworks of Agustin Barrios" was nominated in the first round of Grammy Award balloting for "Best Instrumental Soloist" (without orchestra) category. Section 30, Category 101. There were 139 albums that made the first cut. Internal membership voting now begins with final nominees announced in December 2006. Winners to be announced in Feb 2007 at the Grammy Awards.
The Kolanian Tour finished on Saturday in Austin, Texas. After three weeks on the road, it was ready for Iakovos to go back to Greece and catch his breath. The tour encompassed Vancouver, Victoria in British Columbia, Canada. Also, there were stops at NYC, Washington, DC, and Cambridge, MA. There were strong showings in terms of attendance at most cities, except Washington, DC. The nice feeling was having Iakovos present Armenian Folk Music for guitar to a general audience and guitar afficianados.
Now, it's time to totally focus on YerazArt, with a tour I am putting together for this Spring 2007. We will be featuring on new talented young artists from Armenia with a fresh perspective and program. We hope to get academic institutions involved in the process here in North America.
posted by Raffi at 5:23 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home