(Classical Detours meanders through stylistic byways, exploring new recordings from the fringes of classical music.) Many westerners (me included) had never heard of George Ivanovich Gurdjieff until ...

PW: Why this book [Gurdjieff] now? John Shirley: People typically think their own era terribly dangerous and volatile—but ours does seem especially dangerous on a global scale. We puzzle over...wars, ...

Thomas de Hartmann’s Violin Concerto was long neglected but is now being championed by Joshua Bell, while Ukraine is once again under attack.

George Gurdjieff arranged traditional chants and dances as piano miniatures. Now a fuller instrumentation is returning. By Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim The traditional ethnic hymns, chants and dances ...

“1.13.77: Influences of the Gurdjieff Tradition in Art,” artwork influenced by the spiritual teachings of George I. Gurdjieff, will be presented by the Gurdjieff Foundation of Arkansas from noon to 6 ...

George Gurdjieff was a mystic, radical teacher, and unconventional psychological thinker. Last month I posted a short, animated video about his ideas on not taking things too personally. This week, I ...

The internationally acclaimed Gurdjieff Ensemble consists of leading musicians from Armenia playing Armenian and Middle Eastern traditional instruments. The Ensemble was founded by Levon Eskenian to ...

used by Gurdjieff. Who? Georges Ivanovitch Gurdjieff (1866-1949. An Armenian-born seeker, Gurdjieff trekked the world searching for life's meaning. Obscure to Joe Sixpack, a hero to seekers, Gurdjieff ...

Cellist Anja Lechner and pianist Vassilis Tsabropoulos perform music by Greek Armenian composer G.I. Gurdjieff on a new CD, Chants, Hymns and Dances. The CD also features music composed by ...