Multi-instrumentalist/producer Levon Ichkhanian joins Shiela E, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Oliver Jones, Taylor Dane and others on the Marriage of Excellence Tour in China. The musical and cultural tours will deliver the highest quality entertainment<http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=22203#>performances with specially taped messages from Celine Dion, Chaka Khan and Itzhak Perlman. Held during the 10 days between the Olympics and Paralympic games, the tour will demonstrate the power of the Arts in fostering cross-cultural understanding and excellence that can be achieved when we live the notion of "One World, One Dream" ... the slogan for the 2008 Olympics.
Levon has toured extensively throughout North America and Europe, performing at festivals and concert halls such as Peter Gabriel's WOMAD, MIDEM (Cannes), Chet Atkins Musician Days (Nashville), All Star Guitar Night (Los Angeles), Montreal Jazz Festival<http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=22203#>and Pizza Express Jazz Club (London, UK) to name a few, in addition to touring with notables as Peter Murphy (of Bauhaus fame), Marisa Lindsay (singing sensation from Barbados) and A.R. Rahman's (one of the world's top 10 all-time top selling recording artists, and composer of stage productions Bombay Dreams and The Lord of the Rings) 3D World Tour which took Levon to India, Singapore, Dubai and the United Kingdom. http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=22203 regards, Vithur ARR -- The Sweet Cube always
