What is the heritage of both Maro Ajemian and Armen Chakmakian?
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Maro Ajemian Maro Ajemian (July 9, 1921 – September 18, 1978) was an American pianist. Ajemian's career in contemporary music got its impetus from her Armenian heritage; she became known as a contemporary pianist after performing the U.S. premiere of Aram Khachaturian's Piano Concerto, which she chose to play based on the fact that Khachaturian was Armenian.
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Armen Chakmakian Armen John Chakmakian (Armenian: Արմեն Չաքմաքյան ; born (February 11, 1966) in Glendale, California) is an Armenian-American musician, composer, recording artist, and producer. Formerly the keyboardist for the GRAMMY® award-winning band Shadowfax, their 1992 CD, "Esperanto" was nominated for a Best New Age Album GRAMMY® Award. He has released two solo albums on his label TruArt Records: "Ceremonies" (1998); "Caravans" (2004). Two tracks from "Ceremonies", "Gypsy Rain" and "Distant Lands", also appear on the famed "Buddha Bar" and "Buddha Bar IV" compilation albums, respectively.
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Armen Oganesyan Armen Garnikovich Oganesyan (Russian: Оганесян, Армен Гарникович ; born April 4, 1954)
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Armen Elbakyan Armen Elbakyan (Armenian: Արմեն Էլբակյան , born February 11, 1954) is an Armenian actor, director and producer.
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Jaleh Amouzgar Jaleh Amouzgar (Persian: ژاله آموزگار‎ ‎ , born 2 December 1939 in Khoy, West Azerbaijan) is a world-class Iranist and a university professor.
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Armen Takhtajan Armen Leonovich Takhtajan or Takhtajian (Armenian: Արմեն Լևոնի Թախտաջյան ; Russian: Армен Леонович Тахтаджян; surname also transliterated Takhtadjan, Takhtadzhi︠a︡n or Takhtadzhian, pronounced TAHK-tuh-jahn) (June 10, 1910 – November 13, 2009), was a Soviet-Armenian botanist, one of the most important figures in 20th century plant evolution and systematics and biogeography. His other interests included morphology of flowering plants, paleobotany, and the flora of the Caucasus. He was born in Shusha. He was one of the most influential taxonomists of the latter twentieth century.
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Maria Jacobsen Maria Jacobsen (November 6, 1882 – April 6, 1960) was a Danish missionary and a key witness to the Armenian Genocide. Jacobsen wrote the "Diaries of a Danish Missionary: Harpoot, 1907–1919", which according to Armenian Genocide scholar Ara Sarafian, is a "documentation of the utmost significance" for research of the Armenian Genocide. For her humanitarian efforts, Jacobsen is known as "Mayrik" (Armenian: mother) or "Mama" for having saved many Armenians during the Genocide.
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Armen Gevorkyan Armen Gevorkyan (Armenian: Արմեն Գևւորգյան ) is an Armenian amateur boxer.
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Alexander Yenikomshian Ara-Alexander "Alec" Yenikomshian (Armenian: Ալեք Ենիգոմշեան ) (also known as Alec or Alex Yenikomechian) is an Armenian political activist and journalist, a member of Founding Parliament secretariat, co-founder of the "Miatsum Initiative", Director of the "Monte Melkonyan" public organization, and former member of the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA).
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Anahid Ajemian Anahid Marguerite Ajemian (January 26, 1924 – June 13, 2016) was an American violinist of Armenian descent. Ajemian's career in contemporary music got its impetus from the desire to help young composers of her generation have their compositions performed. Additionally, she enjoyed performing the music of established contemporary performers. She included these composers with the traditional repertoire.
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Armen Hovhannisyan Armen Levoni Hovhannisyan (Armenian: Արմեն Լևոնի Հովհաննիսյան ; June 30, 1994 – January 20, 2014) was a junior sergeant in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Defense Army. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Courage for noticing the intrusion of Azerbaijani subversive groups into the territory of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and organizing appropriate measures to move the enemy back to their starting positions.
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Armen Nazaryan (judoka) Armen Nazaryan (Armenian: Արմեն Նազարյան , born June 20, 1982 in Hrazdan, Armenian SSR) is an Armenian judoka. Nazaryan was awarded the Master of Sport of Armenia, International Class title in 2005.
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Iranian Assyrians Iranian Assyrians, Persian Assyrians or Assyrians in Iran (Persian: آشوریان ایران‎ ‎ ), are an ethnoreligious and linguistic minority in present-day Iran. The Assyrians of Iran speak Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, a neo-Aramaic language descended from Classical Syriac and elements of Akkadian, and are Eastern Rite Christians belonging mostly to the Assyrian Church of the East and also to the Chaldean Catholic Church, Syriac Orthodox Church, Ancient Church of the East, Assyrian Pentecostal Church and Assyrian Evangelical Church.
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Chaartaar Chaartaar (Persian: چارتار‎ ‎ ) is a Persian fusion band founded in 2011.
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Joseph Karo Joseph ben Ephraim Karo, also spelled Yosef Caro, or Qaro (1488 – March 24, 1575, 13 Nisan 5335 A.M.), was author of the last great codification of Jewish law, the "Shulchan Aruch", which is still authoritative for all Jews pertaining to their respective communities. To this end he is often referred to as HaMechaber (Hebrew: "The Author"‎ ‎ ) and as Maran (Aramaic: ""Our Master"").
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Mar de Ajó Mar de Ajó is a coastal city in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, and is located in the southern end of the seaside La Costa Partido (district).
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Arsen Galstyan Arsen Zhorayevich Galstyan (Armenian: Արսեն Գալստյան , Russian: Арсен Жораевич Галстян , born 19 February 1989) is an Armenian-born Russian judoka. Galstyan is a Merited Master of Sports of Russia and an Olympic Champion at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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Heritage (Armenia) Heritage (Armenian: Ժառանգություն , "Zharangut’yun") is an Armenian national liberal party. It was founded in 2002 by Raffi Hovannisian, independent Armenia's first Foreign Minister.
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Margaryan Margaryan or Markaryan (Armenian: Մարգարյան ) or its Western Armenian variant Markarian is a common Armenian family name.
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Mohammad Esmaili Mohammad Esmaili (Persian: محمد اسماعیلی‎ ‎ ; b. 1934, Tehran) is an Iranian percussionist. He grew up in a musical family, which included his uncles Morteza Goreenzadeh and Musttappha Goreenzadeh, trumpet and clarinet players. From an early age, Mohammad was impressed by the "father of modern tombak", Hossein Tehrani, which attracted him to this field as a tombak player.
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Armen Der Kiureghian Armen Der Kiureghian (Armenian: Արմէն Տէր-Կիւրեղեան , 10 April 1947), is an Iranian-born Armenian-American academic, serving as the president of American University of Armenia (2015), Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of California, Foreign Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia.
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Armen Ra Armen Ra is an American artist and performer of Iranian-Armenian descent.