Lena Chamamyan
Music
With her music, Syrian-Armenian Lena Chamamayan breathes new life into traditional folk music with modern styles and arrangements. In doing so, she combines Eastern classical music and modern jazz, resulting in a unique sound of 'Eastern jazz.'
Lena Chamamayan is a true musical pioneer, internationally acclaimed for her unique voice and the way she combines traditional styles of Eastern music with Western classics. This is also reflected in her instrumentation, where traditional Eastern instruments play alongside their Western counterparts. Lena is one of the most famous Eastern female musicians who writes and produces her own songs, plays instruments and sings. Her music represents a world in which stories, rituals and memories come together, and her singing takes you to other realms: melancholic, surprising and hopeful.