Album name:
Songs from a World Apart
Authors: Lévon Minassian (doudouk player), Armand Amar (composer)
Release date: 2006
About: Lévon Minassian teamed up with Armand Amar, a composer of dance and film music well-known for his original motion picture soundtracks (
Amen, Le Couperet, Earth from Above, Live and Become, Indigènes, etc.). His opus,
Songs from a World Apart, is the fruit of three years of collaboration. It advances the goal of giving the doudouk new status as a solo instrument and a musical space outside the traditional context.