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SUMMARY:Joseph BohigianScenes from I Am He Whose Life and Soul Are Torment (A Work-in-Progress)
DESCRIPTION:Other Minds presents scenes in workshop from the work-in-progress\, I Am He Whose Life and Soul Are Torment\, by American composer Joseph Bohigian\, Lebanese-Armenian vocalist Khatchadour Khatchadourian\, and the music-technology group Ensemble Decipher. The free workshop performance will take place on Friday\, July 25\, 2025\, at 7:30 pm at the Paul Dresher Ensemble Studio in Oakland\, CA. The performance will be followed by a panel discussion and audience Q&A with the ensemble\, moderated by Charles Amirkhanian. \nI Am He Whose Life and Soul Are Torment is an evening-length multimedia work for solo voice\, electronics ensemble\, and video projection about the life of the visionary Georgian-born Soviet-Armenian film director Sergei Parajanov. Though he made significant contributions to film\, Parajanov was repeatedly persecuted\, censored\, and imprisoned in his home country. The multiplicity of cultures in his native South Caucasus region was essential to his work\, which is reflected in the multilingual text for this piece by the 18th century ashugh (bard) Sayat Nova\, the subject of Parajanov’s 1969 film The Color of Pomegranates. This work combines Sayat Nova’s existing melodies with newly created ones by Khatchadourian and Bohigian\, along with live electronic manipulation\, by Bohigian and the members of Ensemble Decipher\, of recordings by folk musicians from across the South Caucasus. \nEnsemble Decipher has been performing with vintage\, contemporary\, and emerging technologies since 2017. I Am He Whose Life and Soul Are Torment is the latest project in a long history of collaboration with Bohigian\, also a member of the ensemble\, as a composer\, whose music focuses on memory\, cultural reunification\, and diaspora through the use of archival materials. This piece marks the first collaboration between Ensemble Decipher and Khatchadour Khatchadourian\, an expert singer of traditional music from across West Asia in Armenian\, Arabic\, and Farsi. \nThis project is supported by grants from the MAP Fund and New Music USA Creator Fund 2025–26. \nThe RSVP list is full. If you would like to join the waitlist\, please email us at otherminds@otherminds.org. Seating may be available for walkups on the day of the performance. If you have signed up but are no longer able to attend\, please let us know at otherminds@otherminds.org.
URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/joseph-bohigianscenes-from-i-am-he-whose-life-and-soul-are-torment-a-work-in-progress/
LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
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