Listen Top Shows Blog

Syria's Lena Chamamyan on Creating Music in Exile

Syria's Lena Chamamyan on Creating Music in Exile

Update: 2023-02-26

Share

Description

Host Dan Rosenberg interviews singer Lena Chamamyan about creating music in exile. She was born in Damascus, with Syrian and Armenian heritage. When Chamamyan arrived in Paris in 2011 after civil war broke out in Syria, she was already a star, having performed in many of the world’s top concert halls, her videos had millions of views on YouTube, but none of that mattered, as she, like so many Syrians, was defined by her passport.

Comments

Top Podcasts

The Best New Comedy Podcast Right Now – June 2024 The Best News Podcast Right Now – June 2024 The Best New Business Podcast Right Now – June 2024 The Best New Sports Podcast Right Now – June 2024 The Best New True Crime Podcast Right Now – June 2024 The Best New Joe Rogan Experience Podcast Right Now – June 20 The Best New Dan Bongino Show Podcast Right Now – June 20 The Best New Mark Levin Podcast – June 2024

In Channel

Amir Amiri speaks about the santur, and his new album, Ajdad - Ancestors, Echoes of Persia

Amir Amiri speaks about the santur, and his new album, Ajdad - Ancestors, Echoes of Persia

2024-10-1529:35

An interview with Fran and Flora

An interview with Fran and Flora

2024-08-2716:31

An interview with Marousia Bouvery, from the group Abaim (from the island of Mauritius).

An interview with Marousia Bouvery, from the group Abaim (from the island of Mauritius).

2024-08-1217:33

An interview with Oliver Mtukudzi

An interview with Oliver Mtukudzi

2024-08-0811:24

An interview with legendary sambista Jorge Aragão

An interview with legendary sambista Jorge Aragão

2024-08-0515:10

Interview with Alan Tigay about the 500 Greatest Global Songs of All Time

Interview with Alan Tigay about the 500 Greatest Global Songs of All Time

2024-03-2026:29

Interview with Ukranian singer Jamala about Crimean Tatar music

Interview with Ukranian singer Jamala about Crimean Tatar music

2023-10-1614:46

Learning to Yodel, with singer Christine Lauterburg, recorded in Bern, Switzerland

Learning to Yodel, with singer Christine Lauterburg, recorded in Bern, Switzerland

2023-10-1412:52

A visit to Neuchatel Switzerland for the Buskers Festival w/ music from Ayom, Andhira and more!

A visit to Neuchatel Switzerland for the Buskers Festival w/ music from Ayom, Andhira and more!

2023-10-0618:30

Nani Noam Vazana about writing new music in the endangered Ladino language

Nani Noam Vazana about writing new music in the endangered Ladino language

2023-09-1519:13

Interview with DakhaBrakha about becoming de-facto Ukrainian cultural ambassadors in the wake of Russia's full-scale invasion

Interview with DakhaBrakha about becoming de-facto Ukrainian cultural ambassadors in the wake of Russia's full-scale invasion

2023-08-1809:25

An interview with Alfredo Caxaj, founder of the Sunfest in London, Ontario

An interview with Alfredo Caxaj, founder of the Sunfest in London, Ontario

2023-08-0618:51

Interview and samba guitar workshop with Roge

Interview and samba guitar workshop with Roge

2023-08-0418:55

Preserving culture, history and music: an interview with members of the Garifuna Collective

Preserving culture, history and music: an interview with members of the Garifuna Collective

2023-07-1719:30

Cafe International's series on Syrian music: an interview with qanun virtuoso Maya Youssef

Cafe International's series on Syrian music: an interview with qanun virtuoso Maya Youssef

2023-03-3126:50

Syria's Lena Chamamyan on Creating Music in Exile

Syria's Lena Chamamyan on Creating Music in Exile

2023-02-2612:17

Anti-Fasicst Klezmer - Daniel Kahn on the consequences of giving White Supremacists a megphone

Anti-Fasicst Klezmer - Daniel Kahn on the consequences of giving White Supremacists a megphone

2022-12-1211:50

An interview with Baaba Maal about his 2 year trip across West Africa with Mansour Seck to learn the region's folk music

An interview with Baaba Maal about his 2 year trip across West Africa with Mansour Seck to learn the region's folk music

2022-12-0116:34

Cafe International: Snorkeling in Belize with Ivan Duran of Stonetree Records

Cafe International: Snorkeling in Belize with Ivan Duran of Stonetree Records

2022-10-1120:33

Interview with Daniel Hamar of the group, Muzsikás about performing Hungarian folk songs in Eastern Europe under communist rule

Interview with Daniel Hamar of the group, Muzsikás about performing Hungarian folk songs in Eastern Europe under communist rule

2022-09-2717:29

00:00

00:00

x

Syria's Lena Chamamyan on Creating Music in Exile

Syria's Lena Chamamyan on Creating Music in Exile

Daniel Rosenberg