Arts brief: Yeraz Art travels to Fresno

Young musicians from Armenia to perform

Published: Saturday September 26, 2009

Fresno - A group of talented young musicians from Armenia known as Yeraz Art are touring North America and will appear in concert on Tuesday, October 6, at the Paul Shaghoian Concert Hall of Clovis North High School.

The Knights and Daughters of Vartan Fresno Chapters were offered a unique opportunity to bring this event to Fresno, which coincides with the annual celebration of Armenian culture and heritage each October.

The six participating youth, aged 15 through 22, will perform traditional Armenian folk and classical compositions, as well as world classical selections, on violin, cello, duduk, oboe, piano and voice. 

The Knights and Daughters of Vartan is an Armenian fraternal organization with Raffi Karayan and Maral Kismetian, respectively serving as the Commander and Matron of the Fresno Chapters.  Co-Chair of this event are Richard A. Hagopian and Kevork Oflazian, with Allan Y. Jendian as PR Chair.

Yeraz Art on their North American tour will be performing in Boston, San Francisco, Fresno, Boca Raton, Montreal and Toronto.