Collection: ŞAHAN ARZRUNI: HIS MUSICAL HERITAGE SOCIETY RECORDINGS
In addition to his reputation as a recitalist and chamber music partner, pianist ŞAHAN ARZRUNI has achieved recognition as a composer, ethnomusicologist, teacher, lecturer, writer, recording artist, broadcasting personality, producer, and impresario. He has toured in these capacities throughout North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, the Far East, and Australia. Arzruni has become a familiar figure through many television broadcasts, such as Johnny Carson and Mike Douglas Shows. He has been featured in a number of PBS specials – Around the World in ‘82, Gala of Stars, and A Place of Dreams: Carnegie Hall at 100 – and has recorded for international radio networks, including the BBC. Mr. Arzruni has performed at the White House and given command performances in the United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden, and Iceland.
Motivated by ethnic awareness in the United States, Arzruni continuously researches the musical roots of his Armenian heritage. He recorded a three-record anthology of Armenian piano music and co-produced an eight-disc set of instrumental and vocal Armenian music. He also delivered papers and organized symposia for such institutions as Harvard University, Columbia University, and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Şahan Arzruni is the author of scholarly books and a contributor of articles for academic journals; he has also written for various editions of The New Grove Dictionary and the Dictionary of the Middle Ages.
