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Public discussion and demonstration about the process of transmission of Armenian modal singing with Nıºan Çalgıcıyan and Murat İçlinalça (Turkey). Led by Aram Kerovpyan (France) and Altuğ Yılmaz (Turkey) Sat 10 November 7pm Laboratory Theatre Space Admission free This meeting and live presentation aims to bring us closer to the phenomenon of transmission of modal singing. With the presence of unique master-singers in modal singing from Istanbul, we will try and recreate the process of transmission and focus on the “interpretation” that takes place after score reading. The questions of how the process of transmission changed throughout history, and as a result, where can modal singing, Armenia’s liturgical musical heritage, be found nowadays. This will offer an opportunity to ask our guests questions relating to Armenian modal singing, their role in the preservation of its heritage nowadays and their process of passing on of this tradition.   Niºan Çalgıcıyan was born in 1936 in Istanbul. At the age of 14, he became a student to master-singer Krikor Habyan. He was nominated master-singer in 1959 and served in different churches in Istanbul. Since 1989 he serves the Holy Trinity Armenian church in Istanbul. Niºan Çalgıcıyan is the most well-known of the very few master-singers who have remained strictly in the domain of traditional singing and who transmit it to younger generations. Murat İçlinalça was born in 1985 in Istanbul. He has been a student of Armenian church music since he was 8 years old, having Niºan Çalgıcıyan as master. He has studied singing and folk music at the Istanbul Technical University Music Conservatory, from where he graduated in 2010. That same year he was appointed master-singer at an Istanbul Armenian church.
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