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The Suni Project: Music Preservation preserves and presents the beautiful
and special music of Armenian composer GRIKOR
MIRZAIAN SUNI (1876-1939), one of the founders
of modern Armenian music. He came from a long line of folk
musicians and was highly educated in all the formal learning
centers of his time. His music is based in Armenian folk tradition
yet is unique and fully developed as art music. He "composed
some of the sweetest lyrical pieces in the realm of Armenian
music".
We want all of Suni's music to be known. You may download
all our materials for free. However, we need
donations to continue our work. Your donations will be
greatly appreciated. Click on the image below to donate now. The Suni Project: Music Preservation is a nonprofit corporation.
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"Armenian Music: Sketches in Armenian Musicological History"
Mirzaian Suni's book (ca. 1919) "Armenian Music: Sketches
in Armenian Musicological History" newly translated into English
and just published in Armenia in the original Armenian with
English translation along with Suni's autobiography!
Click here for details >>
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- 4 pm Tues 29 Dec 2009 is our Suni concert in Yerevan, Armenia in
Toumanian Museum. Suni's grandson, Professor Ronald Grigor Suny, will
introduce the life of his grandfather, we'll play the voice of Suni's
son Gourgen (George) Suny on his 84th birthday in 1994 singing "Yete
MI Or" to Toumanian's poem, also the voice of Suny's daughter Seda
Suny singing at age 80 her father's song "Sareri Hovim Mernim". Suni's
great granddaughters violinists Sevan + Anoush Suni + pianist mother
Armena Marderosian will perform works of Grikor Mirzaian Suni
(1876-1939), and Anoush will sing two Suni songs with her oud.
- The Ann Arbor District Library has invited us for January 2, 2009 Friday 7pm to perform Armenian Music of Grikor Mirzaian Suni, 343 S. 5th Avenue ('twixt William + Liberty St). Voices, violin, piano, + oud will present Suni's beautiful music again to an Arbor. Our first All-Suni Ann Arbor concert was March 5,1994 at University of Michigan's Rackham Aud. Concert Flyer
- Our Concert of Armenian music of Grikor Mirzaian Suni (1876-1939). Thursday, January 17th 2008. Concert Flyer
- The concert flyer and program for "A Jubilee Concert" commemorating the 100th anniversary of the AGBU can be found on the Archives page.
- Music scores for all the 1997 CD songs are available for viewing and printing
- Grikor Suni's book "Armenian Music: Sketches in Armenian Musicological History" in new English translation is here for reading and download.
- Modern replica of Caucasian
Armenian rug (made in 1914 in Gendje) now complete!
Dale Johnson of Santa Cruz, California put
in countless hours of work on this beautiful
replica. View photos
of the original and replica now.
- Grikor Mirzaian Suni (1876-1939)
collected Armenian folk songs and legends
of many regions including the Van region
which inspired his orchestral suite "Sketches
of Van" and his choral/orchestral work "Zinch
oo Zinch". These works can be heard
on the Suni Project CD "Grikor
Mirzaian Suni (1876-1939): Archival Concert
recordings (1935?, 1940, 1971)".
- "Dancing
Vanetsi's", a 2-minute
video, is now available to view online! Armenian
dancers from Van, Armenia filmed in 1946 in
New York
by
Antranig Shahinian. Among the 8 dancers are
Andy's dad Vagharshag and, the eldest, Levon
Kazanjian. View
the video now >>
- Levon Kazanjian's book (Boston, 1950) about
Van - a cultural history of Armenia - will
also be available here soon, in translation. "Renaissance:
Van-Vaspooragan (1850-1950) Cultural Golden
Age".
- The Suni Project in 2002 reissued its 1997
CD "Armenian Songs of Grikor Mirzaian Suni (1876-1939): Vocal Solos and Duets" with revised 44-page booklet. Place
your order today >>
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