About the artists - Mosaic V Concert to Showcase International Lineup
EILEEN KHATCHADOURIAN
Eileen Khatchadourian, born on 20-07-1978 in Beirut from an Armenian-Lebanese family. Grew up among the sounds of a piano, as her grandmother, father and aunt were all players, licensed from the conservatory of Rome. Which clearly justifies her love of music and classical operas as well as traditional Armenian music and songs.
www.eileenkhatchadourian.com
twitter: @eileenkatch
C-ROUGE
Born to an artistic family of composers and performers, Serouj Baghdassarian a.k.a.C-Rouge developed a passion for music at an early age. He became a DJ in his early teens, quickly moving on to music production.
Winner of the Armenian Music Awards 2009 in its category, C-rouge has 2 albums released, "Eternity" & "GenoTrancide", both achieving the title "Best Seller Album" in Beirut's Virgin Megastores. He will be releasing his 3rd album at MOSAIC V. C-rouge continues to produce and play music at clubs in the Middle East where he is one of the top sought after DJs.www.crouge.com
Palm of Granite is born of the folk. It is a
crucible in which human experience is smelted into a force of song. It is music
that wishes to strike the psyche into awareness. It is a struggle between the
polarity of revelation and confusion. Between history and truth. What we have
been taught and what we have learned.
Since its conception in 2007, the project has continuously shed skin and
evolved. At the center exists a constant of raw and organic sound, which is
always preserved and keeps the balance between the disordered multitudes of
characters across the music ranging from ethnic melodies to psychedelic rock.
In 2011, Raffi Semerdjian, core-songwriter and
founder of POG, began working on his first release of Armenian songs at the
Naregatsi Art Institute of Shoushi. Then, in Yerevan, worked on instrumentation
with some of the institute's musicians to add some of the soul of his heritage
to the songs. For Raffi, there is always a separation between his two projects.
It's a dichotomy of human existence that is conveniently repressed by us all -
our heads in the homeland, and our feet on foreign soil. The album,
ArtHaroutioun, will be released at Mosaic V.
Elena was born in Yerevan in 1990. When she was
just a young girl, her family moved to Russia, where Elena received a bilingual
Russian and Armenian education. In 2003, she was admitted to Shchedrin Music
School, where she studied the guitar and performed in school concerts in Tula
and Kaluga. After graduating with honors from Shchedrin, Elena moved to
Armenia, where she enrolled in the Romanos Melikyan College of Music. While she
continued her education, she also worked as a guitar instructor. Her life as a
performer was well underway, and she continued to have concerts after
completing her college program. Over the years, Elena has had performances at
the Museum of Aram Khachatryan in the "Francophonie en Armenie"
festival, Shahumyan Square, and the Naregatsi Art Institute.
EMC came together as a two man crew back in 2010
and slowly grew into a solid hard rock band within a year. Working day and
night, EMC has created a unique sound composed by five very different
personalities and backgrounds. EMC is comprised of a culturally diverse band, a
mixture of Armenian boys, Vardan, Nairi, Haik and Koko and a Colombian front
woman by the name of Kat. The boys blare away on their musical instruments
as Kat roars through her mic. The result, original material influenced by rock,
metal, funk, classical, ethnic, jazz, and blues to say the least. The lyrics
speak volumes about everyday life; the struggles and passions we all face. While
combined with intelligent and creative instrumental composition, the songs hook
the audience into the story. A live performance can be explained as nothing
short of energetic, as the boys dance with their instruments and Kat bounces
around the stage with her powerful and uplifting lyrics.
AYLINE
Ayline Amirayan was born on June 20, 1970. After graduating from Ferrahian Armenian High School, Ayline majored in music at the local community college. During the last nine years, Ayline has performed at various
local community events, local band competitions, cafes, lounges, and private engagements. During the summer months, Ayline goes full force as a singer up north at Lake Tahoe, where she performs at various lake front restaurants, private engagements, wedding receptions and ski resorts.
This past October of 2012, Ayline performed at her very first Hamazkayin event as a solo guest singer where she sang her very first original Armenian song, "Ov Es Toon." In addition, this past November of 2012, Ayline appeared at the Troubadour in West Hollywood, opening for the famous band, VIZA, where she performed her very first English original song, "Cotton." Ayline will release her very first EP album at "MOSAIC V" which includes some originals and cover songs.