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'Fantastic Komitas': TmbaTa’s musical rite of passage with Arik Grigoryan

interview 'Fantastic Komitas': TmbaTa’s musical rite of passage with Arik Grigoryan Changing patterns in the transmission of folk music couldn’t have been more exciting. By breaking away from pedagogical conventions of formal music education, TmbaTa, the folk-rock orchestra at TUMO, is on a “quest to find the source of the Armenian spirit.” The eleven-member strong band has shaped a modern concept of Armenian music that stemmed from past centuries. One could call it the "new folk music" with influences from diverse musical experiences and a variety of instrumental combinations. How did it all come about? We set down for an exclusive interview with Arik Grigoryan, the man who made it happen!

TUMO x h-pem | 'NaOCl solution' by Artavazd Ganjalyan

collaboration TUMO x h-pem | 'NaOCl solution' by Artavazd Ganjalyan Artavazd Ganjalyan is a teenage writer, who experiments with literature. Inspired by post- modernism, paganism, anarchism, and writers like Kafka and Dostoevsky, he creates his own style of writing and tries to break free of formal rules.

TUMO x h-pem | 'The Prime-minister/դը փրայմ ﬕնիսթը' by Hayk Sarsgyan

collaboration TUMO x h-pem | 'The Prime-minister/դը փրայմ ﬕնիսթը' by Hayk Sarsgyan Hayk Sargsyan is a programmer-writer, musician-writer, and painter-writer...because a writer is often more than just a writer.

TUMO x h-pem | 'Dreaming in colors' by Ellen Petrosyan

collaboration TUMO x h-pem | 'Dreaming in colors' by Ellen Petrosyan Ellen Petrosyan was born in 1997. She lives in Yerevan but dreams of New York. She is passionate about writing and filmmaking.

TUMO x h-pem | 'The unforeseen revival' by Naneh Harutyunyan

collaboration TUMO x h-pem | 'The unforeseen revival' by Naneh Harutyunyan Naneh Harutyunyan is a ninth-grade student who loves fiction and poetry. She’s mostly inspired to write while playing basketball.

TUMO x h-pem | 'A story written by the earthquake' by Arus Melkonyan

collaboration TUMO x h-pem | 'A story written by the earthquake' by Arus Melkonyan Arus Armen Melkonyan is a girl with endless energy and dreams. She loves to write, draw, sing, and listen to stories from old times. Her biggest goal is to become a human rights activist and lawyer and make the world just a little bit better...

TUMO x h-pem | The future of Armenian literature through the eyes of the young writers at TUMO

collaboration TUMO x h-pem | The future of Armenian literature through the eyes of the young writers at TUMO Many lament the lack of enthusiasm about literature. In response, TUMO creative writing workshop leader Theresa Lin brings a fresh and sympathetic perspective to the current state of Armenian literature by detailing how Armenians can make the leap from preservation to innovation. The examples she mentions and the connections she draws are so striking and lucid that she just might have figured out exactly what we need—to think outside the box...

'Khrovats Er': The beauty of angst and despair

multimediaGuide 'Khrovats Er': The beauty of angst and despair The talent at TUMO Center for Creative Technologies seems boundless. Much has been said about their digital media and tech innovations, but their musical productions deserve equal praise. Check out this beautiful rendition of “Khrovats Er” by TUMO band Decibelle, featuring Element Band!

TUMO x h-pem | Literature as a weapon: TUMO students take h-pem by storm!

collaboration TUMO x h-pem | Literature as a weapon: TUMO students take h-pem by storm! Shuffling life’s dreams, evoking “The Scream,” teasing fictitious politicians, spinning an earthquake-era tale, and composing an ode to cleanliness are unusual themes for a tech-oriented learning hub like TUMO. But how did they end up on our platform? Here is the story of a robust collaboration very much in the spirit of h-pem…

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