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Nouritza Matossian

Nouritza Matossian is the author of biographies of the Greek modernist composer Iannis Xenakis, and the Armenian-born painter Arshile Gorky. Her most recent work Black Angel – A life of Arshile Gorky is also presented in performance.

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Disinterring the past

The artist Arshile Gorky was a complex figure in denial of his past, haunted by a tragic history yet creating images of vigour and freshness that still astonish. Fifty years on, a fellow Armenian explores his mystery - and infuses her own ancestors with new life.