Featured Performer:

Tanya Bartevyan

Date: 

Thursday March 5, 2026

7:30 PM Eastern

Location: 

NAASR Vartan Gregorian Building

395 Concord Avenue

Belmont, MA

About: 

Tanya Bartevyan will offer piano works by two great American composers: Florence Price (1887/88-1953) and Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee (b.1938), highlighting identity and belonging. Both masters uniquely combine the classical genre with their ethnic cultural backgrounds. Price’s expressive piano sonata is a neo-romantic masterpiece with haunting and joyful resonances of the African American musical idiom. Price was the first woman of African American descent whose symphony was performed by a major orchestra (Chicago Symphony 1933). Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee’s lyrical and effervescent music blends a neo-impressionistic style with Armenian melodies and rhythms. Rahbee was born in Somerville, MA, educated at Juilliard and the Salzburg Mozarteum. Internationally recognized, she lives in Belmont, MA. Photo of Tanya Bartevyan by Charles Munitz.

Ms. Bartevyan will also offer an improvisation and informal personal reflections on belonging.

Tanya Bartevyan was born in Istanbul to the Armenian community. She started musical studies at age 3. She holds Honors degrees from Harvard University and the New England Conservatory of Music, with further work in composition and orchestral conducting. Tanya has given concerts in major Boston venues and abroad. Her performances are known for their passion, intelligence, and a direct connection to the audience. Her musical lineage via her mentors extends to Beethoven and Liszt.

Co-sponsors:

Belmont Cultural Council 

Mass Cultural Council

NAASR