Khachaturian Screening

The Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design will screen an award-winning film about Soviet-era composer Aram Khachaturian on Wednesday, November 19, 2008 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Mitchell Auditorium, Bossone Research Enterprise Center (Market Street between 31st and 32nd Streets).

The life of prominent Soviet-era composer Aram Khachaturian is the subject of an award-winning documentary by filmmaker Peter Rosen.

The screening will be followed by a question and answer session with the filmmaker, Peter Rosen.

Rosen has produced 36 films that focus on the arts. His subjects have included Van Cliburn, Garrison Keillor, Enrico Caruso, Artur Rubinstein, Leonard Bernstein, I.M. Pei and Toscanini. During his two-day residency, Rosen will also work with students in Westphal College, as well as with those in the Pennoni Honors College.

The event is free and open to the public.

For more information, call 215-895-1029 or visit http://www.drexel.edu/westphal.