Promotes the cross-cultural engagement through Music & Art
Apricot Music and Art is an independent non-profit organization that promotes cross-cultural engagement between various communities with performing arts.
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Keys for Unity
Album.
This album, arising from Dr. Ayse Taspinar Gatenyo’s research in the UCLA Doctorate Program, blends Ottoman and Western musical traditions, highlighting Ottoman Armenians’ contributions. It showcases music’s ability to bridge cultures and promote peace, featuring world premieres of works by Emile Robert Blanchet and Edgar Manas’s “Les Iles des Princes”. The collaboration with Movimento Classical and Apricot Music and Art emphasizes its worldwide influence.
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June 12, 2022, reception and exhibition at 6:30PM concert starts promptly at 7:30PM, at the Gindi Auditorium.
AŞKINA ASHKINAH- SAKINAH- SHALOM
PROMOTING CULTURAL UNITY THROUGH PEACE AND LOVE
The Aşkina Concert will feature composers and works from Sephardic-Jewish, Turkish, and Arabic communities. The concert will use music as a bridge to develop cross-cultural understanding and communication between the cultures of the Near East and beyond.
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Ömer Faruk Tekbilek
Turkish Ney / Oud Virtuoso
Dr. Noreen Green
NAJS Conductor
Dr. Ayşe Taşpınar Gatenyo
Turkish-American pianist
Chloe Pourmorady
Persian-American vocalist
Sharon Farber
Composer
Asher Shasho Levy
Syrian Oud player
Ömer Faruk Tekbilek
Turkish Ney / Oud Player
Dr. Noreen Green
LAJS Conductor
Dr. Ayşe Taşpınar Gatenyo
Turkish - American Pianist
Chloe Pourmorady
Persian - American Vocalist
Sharon Farber
Composer
Asher Shasho Levy
Syrian Oud player
Board Members
Our mission is to promote understanding and communication between people; and inspire younger generations to build a peaceful future.
DR. Ayşe Taşpınar Gatenyo
Founder
B. Burak Gatenyo
President
Priyanka Venkatesh
Board Member
Chesley Heymsfield
Board Member
Eliana Baruch
Board Member
Burcu Gunaydin Levent
Visual Communication
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“ Thank you so much for this magic concert! It transferred me and all of us into a spiritual world where we all are united , it brought back memories from Turkiye. What a great caleidoscope of music, sheer beauty. The piano concert was breathtaking and a discovery. Your performance tremendous! Whow!!!
With great affection and admiration! ”Stefan Schneider
Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany Los Angeles