Hye Eli

Hye-Eli’s guest this week is writer and actress Nouritza Matossian. Coming from London, England, I know Nouritza personally and have seen her perform several times. The Armenian Cultural Association of British Columbia (ACABC) invited her to perform her solo show in Vancouver in February 2006. It was a great success and we hope to see her back in Vancouver very soon.

During a recent conference about Istanbul in Barcelona, Nouritza talked about the very important Armenian contribution to the city.

Here is a little about Nouritza (from her Wikipedia page):

Nouritza is the author of the first biography and critical studay of the Greek composer Iannis Xenakis, the source book on his life, architecture and music based on ten years’ collaboration with him. She later adapted it into a 50-minute documentary for BBC2, entitled Something Rich and Strange.

Nouritza’s 1998 book Black Angel, A Life of Arshile Gorky was written after twenty years’ research. Ararat, the award-winning film by Atom Egoyan and Miramax, was partly inspired by Black Angel. She acted as consultant to Egoyan who modelled the female lead role Ani on her. Nouritza also wrote and performs a solo show on Gorky’s life from the viewpoint of his four beloved women with images and music.For more info about Nouritza and her work please go to www.arshile-gorky.com

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