John Hodian reads an excerpt from a poem written by Mkrtich Naghash, a medieval Armenian poet...

John Hodian, an American-Armenian composer, conductor, and pianist, reads an excerpt in English from an ancient poem written by Mkrtich Naghash, a medieval Armenian poet... ••• John C. Hodian is an American-Armenian composer, conductor, and pianist whose music combines his Armenian roots with classical composition techniques and free improvisation. He is the founder and artistic director of The Naghash Ensemble of Armenia and co-founder of Epiphany Project and Epiphany Records. He lives in New York, Berlin, and Yerevan, Armenia, which is where he is speaking from. John Hodian received his Bachelors and Masters degree in composition and conducting at the Philadelphia College for the Performing Arts and spent several summers at the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado, where he studied piano and improvisation as well as literature and poetry with Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs. https://www.naghashensemble.com/john-hodian https://www.naghashensemble.com/ http://www.epiphanyrecords.com/john-hodian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Naghash_Ensemble https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mkrtich_Naghash ••• Interview conducted by Marco Rixecker https://www.amazon.com/author/marcorixecker ••• Radio Aula Mundi, August 2023 At the moment, Radio Aula Mundi is an evolving podcast station where no language and all languages are spoken… It’s a multilingual mix of music, poetry, lectures, languages, interviews, documentaries, recipes, and a lot more, co-produced with the students of the ‘Aula Mundi International Cultural Center’… --- Radio Aula Mundi Centro Cultural & Turistico Aula Mundi Aula Mundi Cultural Travel Centerhttps://radioaulamundi.bandcamp.com/ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/radio-aula-mundi/id1584156605 https://www.amazon.com/author/marcorixecker Spotify YouTube https://castbox.fm/channel/Let's-talk-about-it%2C-anywhere-in-the-world...-id4725033?country=us BreakerPlayer FM Facebook https://www.paypal.me/radioaulamundi https://offtherecord.pe/ (Periodismo de Verdad)