EVN WALKS: A Musician in Yerevan
A special podcast series featuring ordinary people walking through the streets of Armenia’s capital city Yerevan. This week’s host is Arthur Ispirian, a musician and Director of Archives of Armenia’s Public Radio. Ispirian walks through the neighborhoods of his childhood, reminiscing and singing along the way.
Glossary of Terms
Gevorg Emin (1919-1998) – Armenian poet, translator and essayist.
Composers House – A building that houses the Composers Union of Armenia and residential apartments specifically built for Soviet Armenian composers in the 1960s.
Konstantin Orbelyan (1928-2014) – Armenian composer, pianist and head of the Armenian State Jazz Orchestra from 1956 to 1992.
Stepan Shakaryan (1935-2019) – Armenian jazz and classical composer.
Khachatur Avetisyan (1926–1996) – Armenian composer famous for his arrangements of national Armenian melodies and compositions for Armenian folk instruments.
Armenian Radio Archive – The archive of Armenia’s Public Radio is currently being digitized by Artur Ispiryan.
Alexandr Harutyunyan (1920-2012) – Armenian composer, known for his trumpet Concerto composed in 1950.
Martiros Saryan (1880-1972) – Armenian painter, founder of the Armenian school of modern painting.
Hovhannes Shiraz (1914-1984) – Armenian poet.
Azat Sherents (1913-1993) – Armenian actor, one of the founders of Armenian cinematographic comedy.
Frunzik (Mher) Mkrtchyan – Armenian stage and film actor.
Minas Avetisyan (1928-1975) – Armenian painter.
William Saroyan (1908-1981) – Armenian-American playwright and novelist.
Music used in the podcast:
The Beatles – A Taste of Honey
Turtles – Happy Together
Konstantin Orbelyan – Dilijan
Stepan Shakaryan – A song from the Soviet Armenian cartoon “Pingvinashen”
Khachatur Avetisyan – Hanina
The Beatles – Yellow Submarine
Alexandr Harutyunyan – Trumpet Concerto, performed by Sergei Nakariakov
Arno Babajanyan – Im Yerevan, performed by Sergey Davidyan
Recorded and produced by Arpine Haroyan.
EVN Report’s mission is to empower Armenia, inspire the diaspora and inform the world through sound, credible and fact-based reporting and commentary. Our goal is to increase public trust in the media. EVN Report is the media arm of EVN News Foundation registered in the Republic of Armenia in 2017.
