Joseph Knar (January 1, 1800 – June 1, 1864) was an Austrian mathematician working at the University of Graz.S. Gunther, Joseph Knar, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie 16 (1882) 269. He is most well known for discovering Knar's formula, an infinite product formula involving the gamma function.
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Knar Haykakan (in Armenian Քնար Հայկական meaning Armenian Lyre) was a pioneering Armenian musical periodical published twice a month. It was first published from 1857 until 1858. Its purpose was to keep the musical spirit among Armenians alive. It also published musical lessons based on Armenian and European music.
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He gained his MA in Composition in 1982. Eventually he would direct the Armenian Choirs of Knar and Alemshah based in Montreal. He is also a publisher of records of the works of Armenian composers. Shoujounian has worked with numerous orchestras, such as I Musici de Montreal, NEM, Kitchener, London (Ontario) and Laval.
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He also studied at the Moscow Maxim Gorky Literature Institute. In 1958, he published the first volume of his anthology Knar Hayastani (Lyre of Armenia).Razmik Panossian, The Armenians: From Kings and Priests to Merchants and Commissars (Columbia University Press, 2006), 335. The second and third volumes were published in 1965 and 1974.
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From a poor family, Knar graduated from the University of Graz at the age of 19 after studying mathematics and law. In 1821, he became a full professor, a position which he held until his death from a stroke in 1864. He published several books including a two-volume textbook Lehrbuch der Elementarmathematik on elementary mathematics.
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Ganatchian was born in Rodosto (present-day Tekirdağ), in the Ottoman Empire. In 1888 his family moved to Constantinople (present-day Istanbul), where he received his primary education. Afterwards, the family moved to Varna, where he studied music theory, playing the violin and conducting lessons under the supervision of Natanbeg Amirkhanyan. In 1903, Ganatchian studied playing the piano and harmony in Bucharest, returning to Istanbul in 1908, where he formed the "Knar" wind orchestra (in Armenian «Քնար»).
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It resumed publication in 1861 as Knar Arevelyan (in Armenian Քնար Արեւելեան meaning Eastern Lyre) with main editor as Gabriel Yeranian in collaboration with Tigran Tchouhadjyan and Nikoghos Tashjian. After the death of Yeranian in 1862, Tigran Tchouhadjyan took over as main editor and ensured continuation of the publication starting 1862 until 1864. This coincided with the establishment of the Armenian Lyre Society in Constantinople in 1862 with the periodical covering the activities of the association.
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Frunzik was initially romantically involved a classmate of his, Knar, but was rejected by her family and thus the pair never married. Mkrtchyan's first wife was Donara Pilosyan, and together they had a daughter, Nune, and a son, Vahagn. The couple played in a number of films together, notably Kidnapping, Caucasian Style and Khatabala. The marriage was initially a happy one, but Donara was diagnosed with schizophrenia and eventually sent to a mental institution for treatment.
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Parsegh Ganatchian (in Armenian Բարսեղ Կանաչեան, pronounced Barsegh Kanachyan in Eastern Armenian) (born in Tekirdağ, Ottoman Empire, April 17, 1885 – died in Beirut, Lebanon, May 21, 1967) was a Lebanese-Armenian composer and conductor. He most notably arranged the music to "Mer Hayrenik", the Armenian national anthem, as well as to a famous traditional Armenian lullaby "Oror Im Palas" (in Armenian Օրօր Իմ Բալաս). He is founder and director/conductor of "Knar" wind orchestra and the "Gusan" (in Western Armenian "Kousan") choirs in Istanbul and the similarly named "Gusan" choir (1933 -1961) in Beirut. He was awarded with the National Order of the Cedar, a high Lebanese presidential award for promoting friendship between the Armenian and Lebanese peoples.
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Aznavour was born at the clinic Tarnier at 89, rue d'Assas in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, 6th arrondissement of Paris, into a family of artists living on rue Monsieur-le- Prince. He was named Shahnour (or Chahnour) Vaghinag (Vaghenagh) Aznavourian (), by his parents, Armenian immigrants Michael (Misha) Aznavourian (from Akhaltsikhe, Georgia) and Knar Baghdasarian, an Armenian from Adapazarı (in present-day Sakarya, Turkey). His father, the son of a cook of Tsar Nicholas II, sang in restaurants in France before establishing a Caucasian restaurant called Le Caucase. Charles's parents introduced him to performing at an early age, and he dropped out of school at age nine, and took the stage name "Aznavour".
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Aleksandr Grigoryan and Knar Khachatryan Remittances and Emigration Intentions: Evidence from Armenia Whereas some studies suggest that parent countries can benefit from the emigration of skilled workers, generally it is emigration of unskilled and semi-skilled workers that is of economic benefit to countries of origin, by reducing pressure for employment creation. Where skilled emigration is concentrated in specific highly skilled sectors, such as medicine, the consequences are severe and even catastrophic in cases where 50% or so of trained doctors have emigrated. The crucial issues, as recently acknowledged by the OECD, is the matter of return and reinvestment in their countries of origin by the migrants themselves: thus, government policies in Europe are increasingly focused upon facilitating temporary skilled migration alongside migrant remittances. Unlike movement of capital and goods, since 1973 government policies have tried to restrict migration flows, often without any economic rationale.
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