Karen Ouzounian: cello & vocals, Lembit Beecher: piano & electronics, Photo by Ebru Yildiz

In collaboration with ArtPower. This project is supported in part by Creative West which receives support in part from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

Doors open at 7 pm.

Bites & Beverages

Our partner restaurant, Zanzibar at The Loft, is a creative American bistro serving lunch and dinner, as well as adventurous wine and beer options to keep you comfortably satiated.

Zanzibar will be opened at 7 pm for dining.

Art of Elan continues its partnership with UC San Diego’s ArtPower with a deeply personal, intimate program centered on the human voice entitled “Mayrig” (“mother” in Armenian). The show was created by internationally renowned musicians Karen Ouzounian and Lembit Beecher for cello with electronics, piano and vocals. The voices of Karen’s mother and grandmother are interwoven with original arrangements of Armenian music of her family’s past home of Anatolia, songs and stories drawn from their post-genocide home of Lebanon, and the beloved music of Charles Aznavour. Opening and closing the program is Marin Marais’ Les Voix Humaines, music from hundreds of years ago providing a window into the present.