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In collaboration with the Kronos Quartet. WITNESS is available on CD, vinyl and streaming on Phenotypic Recordings. The works featured on Kouyoumdjian’s first portrait album exemplify her use of the arts as an amplifier of expression, integrating testimonies from resilient individuals of the Lebanese Civil War and Armenian Genocide, field recordings of place, and folk recordings of the early 20th century to invite empathy around social and political conflict. Armenian-Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan contributes the liner notes introduction, writing, “This collection is an open letter to the tragic hymn of transmitted trauma and the possibility of art and magnificently gifted artists to help create new life.” Cover artwork and design has been contributed by Armenian-Canadian photographer Osheen Harruthoonyan, who merges movement with themes of cultural heritage and renewal.
Featuring recordings of Bombs of Beirut, Silent Cranes, Groung [Crane], and I Haven’t the Words. Read more about the album Phenotypic Recordings will donate its streaming proceeds from this album to Kooyrigs and the Lebanese Red Cross to support the Armenian and Lebanese communities. |
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Out now through Bright Shiny Things: Adoration, the world premiere live recording of an electroacoustic chamber opera by composer Mary Kouyoumdjian and librettist Royce Vavrek in collaboration with Beth Morrison Projects. Adapted from the film by the same name by Armenian-Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan (The Sweethereafter, Exotica), Adoration follows a high school student whose fictional story about a terrorist plot goes viral, unpacking how grief, racism, and media distortion collide to obscure the truth. Conducted by Alan Pierson and recorded/mixed by Daniel Neumann, the album cast features Miriam Khalil, Omar Najmi, David Adam Moore, Naomi Louisa O’Connell, Marc Kudisch, Sammy Ivany, and Grammy Award winner Karim Sulayman, alongside the Silvana Quartet and Grammy-nominated Choir of Trinity Wall Street.
“Our world continues to be fractured over unresolved multi-generational traumas that can cause horrifying divisions, globally and often in the closeness of our own families; however like the story behind Adoration, individuals and communities, at their very best, also find beautiful ways through these divisions.” – Mary Kouyoumdjian |
Dandelion [for Andie Springer] recorded by Andie Tanning
Audio album available through Bandcamp; Visual album available through andietanning.com |
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