Lucineh Kassarjian
Lucineh Kassarjian is the Founder and CEO of Molorak Arts,
Inc. Lucineh’s two children, Haig and Satineh, were the
driving force and inspiration for her to develop quality
entertaining and educational titles for Armenian children of
all ages. Lucineh launched Molorak Arts to fulfill her dream
of bridging Armenia and the Armenian Diaspora by bringing
digital educational experience to every Armenian home and
school, and enabling Armenian parents and their children to
simultaneously enjoy and learn about the gems and
masterpieces of Armenian art, music, history and cultural
heritage. Using the skills of her academic background in
Education (Yerevan State Foreign Language and Pedagogy
University after Brusov) in her projects, Lucineh is
currently pursuing her second degree in Computer Arts and
New Media from the Academy of Art University of San
Francisco. Lucineh is also actively involved in the KZV
Armenian School of San Francisco, and has had the privilege
of teaching Computer Education to first through eighth
graders at KZV. Lucineh began her career in 1992 at Aragast
Ben, an independent software company founded in the wake of
the demise of the Soviet Union and the rebirth of democracy
and a market economy in Armenia. Since the launch of Molorak
Arts in 2003, Lucineh divides her time between family,
contributions to the Armenian community in the San Francisco
Bay Area with her husband Raffi, promoting Molorak Arts’
award-winning titles and discovering new subject areas to
explore and expose with digital media.
Levon Messiayan
Levon Messiayan is the Production Director in Armenia, or
more accurately, the driving force for all Molorak Arts
projects. While still in Yerevan State Conservatory after
Komitas, on the way to become a pianist and symphonic
conductor, Levon had the privilege to train under master
mentors such as maestros Arno Babajanian and Guennadi
Rojdestvenski, and his teacher professor Katty Malkhassian. Levon has
performed as piano soloist on the big stage in Armenia and
elsewhere (Moscow, Tbilisi, Odessa). During the conservatory
years his interests expanded beyond classical training
toward rock and jazz arrangements, while still keeping up
with his classical roots-- after all, he is the son of
famous Armenian trumpet player Haykaz Messiayan. In 1992
Levon was introduced to an up-and-coming software company –
Aragast Ben, where he assumed the position of Director of
Multimedia Group; this is when his love for technology began
to truly complement his musical abilities. Since then, Levon
has embraced the flexibility and creativity of digital
music. In 1996 Levon co-headed a team of programmers,
designers and other professionals who successfully launched
the global Web broadcast of the World Chess Championship
which took place in Yerevan. Since 2003 Levon has been an
inimitable part of Molorak Arts, and has directed his skills
toward creating high-quality products for Armenian children
all around the world.
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