Results for "Komitas"

Article: Interview

Levon Eskenian: Giving Voice to the Sacred Lineage of Armenian Music

by Nenad Georgievski
June 15, 2025

It is not often you come across a musician whose work feels like a bridge--between cultures, centuries, and inner worlds. Levon Eskenian, the Armenian musician and artistic director behind the Gurdjieff Ensemble, is one of those rare figures. Through his thoughtful arrangements and deep cultural understanding, he has led the Ensemble in reimagining the music of ...

Album

Komitas

By Gurdjieff Ensemble

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2015
Track listing: Zulo; Tsaghik Asem, Mani Asem; Msho Shoror; Mankakan Nvag XII; Lorva Gutanerg; Yot Par (Seven dances): Manushaki Of Vagharshapat; Yot Par (Seven dances): Shushiki Of Vagharshapat; Yot Par (Seven dances): Unabi Of Shushi; Yot Par (Seven dances): Marali Of Shushi; Yot Par (Seven dances): Yerangui Of Yerevan; Yot Par (Seven dances): Het U Araj Of Karin; Yot Par (Seven dances): Karno Shoror; Hov Arek; Gutane Hats Em Berum; Hoy, Nazan; Havik; Akna Oror

Article: Album Review

The Gurdjieff Folk Instruments Ensemble: Komitas

Read "Komitas" reviewed by Nenad Georgievski

by Nenad Georgievski
December 21, 2015

When Armenian arranger and composer Levon Eskenian took on to reimagine the music of Armenian mystic and philosopher Gurdjieff for the Gurdjieff Ensemble's debut record on ECM, he touched upon the wealth of melodies that Gurdjieff initially heard and was inspired by during the travels he undertook during his lifetime through the Caucasus, the Near East ...