Eastern Armenian

Speaking Eastern Armenian Lessons for Beginners

The violinist Lilit Tonoyan has found her center of life and work in Cologne. Especially since she left her Armenian homeland in 2007, she has been on her instrument in Cologne's lively music scene between musical ages and world cultures - not only in one of the Cologne World Jazz Ensembles she founded, but she also stands up - for example Participation in the Ensemble Musikfabrik, open to new music. When it comes to their “most personal” musical themes, however, a deep spirituality comes first. In this regard, she is researching the interfaces between Western musical culture and the rich musical heritage of the Near Eastern homeland. How does the baroque polyphony of Johann Sebastian Bach get along with the more archaic, but at the same time much wider meditative arcs, which are defined by hexachrode melodies in the old liturgical chants of their home country?