Samvel Galstyan performing at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Boston-based musician Samvel Galstian’s album ANDORR was released globally this month, premiering at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival which takes place annually at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. This year the world- renowned institution celebrated the cultures of Armenia and Catalonia during the first two weeks of July. Visitors braved the sweltering summer heat in the nation’s capital to absorb the arts and traditions of cultures they perhaps were not yet well acquainted with.
On the ‘Aygi’ stage on the north and “Discovering Armeniaâ€