What is the heritage of both Maro Ajemian and Armen Chakmakian?
Armen Chakmakian Armen John Chakmakian (Armenian: Արմեն Չաքմաքյան ; born (February 11, 1966) in Glendale, California) is an Armenian-American musician, composer, recording artist, and producer. Formerly the keyboardist for the GRAMMY® award-winning band Shadowfax, their 1992 CD, "Esperanto" was nominated for a Best New Age Album GRAMMY® Award. He has released two solo albums on his label TruArt Records: "Ceremonies" (1998); "Caravans" (2004). Two tracks from "Ceremonies", "Gypsy Rain" and "Distant Lands", also appear on the famed "Buddha Bar" and "Buddha Bar IV" compilation albums, respectively.
Iranian Assyrians Iranian Assyrians, Persian Assyrians or Assyrians in Iran (Persian: آشوریان ایران‎ ‎ ), are an ethnoreligious and linguistic minority in present-day Iran. The Assyrians of Iran speak Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, a neo-Aramaic language descended from Classical Syriac and elements of Akkadian, and are Eastern Rite Christians belonging mostly to the Assyrian Church of the East and also to the Chaldean Catholic Church, Syriac Orthodox Church, Ancient Church of the East, Assyrian Pentecostal Church and Assyrian Evangelical Church.