Lembit Beecher & Karen Ouzounian: Mayrig

ARTIST AS CURATOR <br>Curated by Lembit Beecher & Karen Ouzounian <br><br>Grammy-nominated Armenian-Canadian cellist and composer Karen Ouzounian and her husband, Rome Prize-winning Estonian-American composer, pianist and animator Lembit Beecher, give the NYC premiere of their new program Mayrig (mother in Armenian). This immersive and intimate 65-minute show is centered on the human voice and features cello, electronics, piano and vocals. The voices of Ouzounians mother and grandmother are interwoven with original arrangements of Armenian music of her familys past home of Anatolia, songs and stories drawn from their post-genocide home of Lebanon, and the beloved music of Charles Aznavour. New compositions by Beecher, Layale Chaker, Nathalie Joachim, Niloufar Nourbakhsh and Ouzounian expand upon themes of generational transmission, rootedness and uprootedness, with music teeming with passion and celebration, resilience and rage. Opening and closing the program is Marin Maraiss Les Voix Humaines, music from hundreds of years ago providing a window into the present. <br><br>2026-27 tickets go on sale in July. <br /><br />Go to <br>this Series' Home Page