In this powerful episode of Between the Notes, Paisan Kapitan sits down with two remarkable guests whose stories are built on perseverance, reinvention, faith, and the pursuit of opportunity.

🎵 International recording artist Arman Mardigian shares his incredible journey from Yerevan to Iraq during the Saddam Hussein era, through Greece, and ultimately to Los Angeles. Arman opens up about his rise from drummer and background vocalist, to one of Armenian music's most recognizable voices, his breakthrough hit in 1999, working alongside legendary artists like Paul Baghdadlian, and the life-changing health battles that deepened his faith and transformed his outlook on life.

🍨 Entrepreneur Alex Hasserjian, founder of Gelati, discusses his path from Lebanon to Canada and eventually Southern California, where he built one of the region's fastest-growing authentic Italian gelato brands. Alex shares lessons on taking risks, launching a business during COVID, fatherhood, sacrifice, and living the American Dream.

Plus, we stop by the Pasadena Armenian Festival for a quick conversation with Andrew Douglas and bring you highlights from one of Southern California's premier Armenian community celebrations.

Both are immigrant stories.

Both reinvented themselves.

Both took risks.

Both built something lasting.

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