Retired U.S. Army Maj. Benjamin V. Amirkhanian. Amirkhanian died Dec. 24, 2016 at the age of 101. J.A. PHOTOGRAPHY Special to The Bee When Benjamin V. Amirkhanian founded the William Saroyan Society ...
When Charles Amirkhanian was 5 years old, his father brought home what he thought was a record of Armenian folk music. It was an understandable mistake: One of the names on the cover was that of the ...
The Other Minds Music Festival turns 11 this year. In its time, the maverick event has offered beyond-category music and sonic art. The brainchild of Executive and Artistic Director Charles ...
When Charles Amirkhanian was a student at Fresno State College in the mid-1960s, he would back up his car to the school library’s loading dock. A friend, the head librarian, would allow Amirkhanian to ...
Charles Amirkhanian (b 1945), composer, percussionist, record producer (not least of early discs by Antheil and Nancarrow, whose music Amirkhanian championed) and music festival director, is a key ...