Ghapama, A Squash Dish  (Festive Song from Akhaltsekha)
Ghapama, a dish made from squash, is rumored to be so delicious that the very smell entrances passersby. Just as one is about to take his first bite of the lovely food, the door bursts open and in enters his cousins, sisters-in-law, aunts, nieces, godsons, a father in law’s sister’s husband… by the end, there are a hundred people, but only one squash… and everyone is hungry.

Ghapama

Soledad Bravo - Santiago De Chile

This playlist includes a selectiion of tracks from Imam Baildi's two albums -'Imam Baildi' (2008) & 'The Imam Baildi Cookbook' (2011), plus 'Argosvineis Moni', the first single from their upcoming album, 'Imam Baildi III', to be released July 2014 in Greece. 

Argosvinis Moni

Lusine Zakaryan (Armenian: Լուսինե Զաքարյան), born Svetlana Zakaryan, (June 1, 1937 in Akhaltsikhe, Georgian SSR – December 30, 1992, in Yerevan, Armenia), was an Armenian soprano. She grew up in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region of southern Georgia. In 1952, she moved with her family to Yerevan, where she attended a secondary music school. She entered the Yerevan State Musical Conservatory in 1957 and her singing talent soon became clear.
From 1970 to 1983, Zakaryan was a soloist with the symphony orchestra of Armenian TV and Radio. She also sang in the choir of the Armenian Apostolic Church's Holy See at the Echmiadzin Cathedral, and it is for her magnificent rendition of centuries-old Armenian spiritual hymns that she is now most remembered.
Zakaryan was also known for singing the international opera repertoire as well as Armenian traditional and church music.



Lusine Zakaryan - Aravot Loyso

Lilit Pipoyan - Mi Lar

Three girls see themselves as the perfect catch, rattling off their attributes to anyone who will listen: “I am a flower glittering with dew.”  “My eyes are as deep as oceans.”  “ I am a fresh drink of rose water.”  “My skin is like apricot.”  “When men see me during the day, they lie awake at night in pain.” (Melody: Folk, Lyrics: Hovhannisyan)

Seven Springs 20151121

Yes Boojoor Em

Requiem Of A Dream -Richard Wagner

Sari Aghjik-Djivan Gasparyan

11 Empty Pot Of Gold

10 Lost In The Moonlight

Over The Rainbow - Arlen/Harburg, late 30s

Zulal Armenian A Cappella Folk Trio

In Armenian, Zulal means “clear water.” Zulal, the a cappella trio, aims to create music that is like clear water—fluid, clean and unconfined. The group takes Armenia’s village folk melodies and weaves intricate arrangements that pay tribute to the rural roots of the music while introducing a sophisticated lyricism and energy.

Zulal’s singers, Teni Apelian, Yeraz Markarian and Anaïs Tekerian have been singing together since 2002. The trio has performed in such esteemed venues as the Getty Museum, Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, New York’s Symphony Space and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts along with performances for Cirque du Soleil, the Near East Foundation and the Silk Road Project.


Yes Boojoor Em

Zulal A Cappella Trio

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