Night Ark is an instrumental quartet formed in 1986. The members are American-Armenian Ara Dinkjian, Turkish Armenian

Arto Tunçboyacıyan Arto Tunçboyacıyan ( hy, Արտո Թունջբոյաջյան; hyw, Արթօ Թունճպոյաճեան, Art'ō T'unjpoyajean; born August 4, 1957) is a United States-based avant-garde folk and jazz multi-instrumentalist and singer of Armenian ...

, American-Armenian Armen Donelian and American Marc Johnson. The quartet's most famous piece is the instrumental "Homecoming". Another famous variation on the piece is '' Dinata'', which is set to Greek lyrics, first sung by

Eleftheria Arvanitaki Eleftheria Arvanitaki (Greek: Ελευθερία Αρβανιτάκη) (born 17 October 1957 in Piraeus) is a Greek folk singer. She originates from the island of Icaria. Arvanitaki has worked with important musicians, such as Cesária Évora, Ar ...

. Homecoming was also the theme for the satirical Israeli television series ''HaHamishiya HaKamerit'' ("The Chamber Quintet"). On November 2010 the Night Ark have performed a reunion show in the Jerusalem

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Festival.

Discography

* 1986 - ''Picture'', RCA/Novus * 1988 - ''Moments'', RCA/Novus * 1998 - ''In Wonderland'', PolyGram * 2000 - ''Petals on your Path'', EmArcy * 2000 - '' Treasures ompilation', Traditional Crossroads

References

{{Authority control American instrumental musical groups Armenian musical groups Turkish musical groups