(Classical Detours meanders through stylistic byways, exploring new recordings from the fringes of classical music.) Many westerners (me included) had never heard of George Ivanovich Gurdjieff until ...
The internationally acclaimed Gurdjieff Ensemble consists of leading musicians from Armenia playing Armenian and Middle Eastern traditional instruments. The Ensemble was founded by Levon Eskenian to ...
PW: Why this book [Gurdjieff] now? John Shirley: People typically think their own era terribly dangerous and volatile—but ours does seem especially dangerous on a global scale. We puzzle over...wars, ...
“1.13.77: Influences of the Gurdjieff Tradition in Art,” artwork influenced by the spiritual teachings of George I. Gurdjieff, will be presented by the Gurdjieff Foundation of Arkansas from noon to 6 ...
George Gurdjieff arranged traditional chants and dances as piano miniatures. Now a fuller instrumentation is returning. By Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim The traditional ethnic hymns, chants and dances ...
When Armenian arranger and composer Levon Eskenian took on to reimagine the music of Armenian mystic and philosopher Gurdjieff for the Gurdjieff Ensemble's debut record on ECM, he touched upon the ...
Cellist Anja Lechner and pianist Vassilis Tsabropoulos perform music by Greek Armenian composer G.I. Gurdjieff on a new CD, Chants, Hymns and Dances. The CD also features music composed by ...