6 stories by "Matthew Snyder, Archivist, Special Collections"
Anahid Ajemian, Duke Ellington, and Dimitri Mitropoulos in a promotional photograph for the Music For Moderns series, spring 1957.
During the 1950s, the producer George Avakian, director…
George Avakian with Louis Armstrong during the recording of the album Satch Plays Fats, 1955.Photograph by Guy Gillette. Image ID: 5640626
George Avakian's lifelong friendship with Louis Ar…
George Avakian and Anahid Ajemian at Basin Street, watching the Benny Goodman Orchestra
Photograph by Bernard Seeman, 1951
Music For Moderns: The Partnership of George Avakian and Anahid…
A flyer advertising Anahid Ajemian's debut recital at Town Hall on November 19th, 1946.
The violinist Anahid Ajemian, who dedicated her artistic life to performing and fostering new music, …
A flyer advertising Anahid Ajemian's debut recital at Town Hall on November 19th, 1946.
The violinist Anahid Ajemian, who dedicated her artistic life to performing and fostering new music, …
Music For Moderns: The Partnership of George Avakian and Anahid Ajemian, a forthcoming exhibition at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, tells the story of two remarkable fi…