The Hidden Treasure© Festival is dedicated to broadening the paradigm of diversity in music. Its inception belongs to Dr. Nuné Melikian whose career embodies both research and performance of the unknown repertoire and years of work with the students from undeserved communities. The 2025 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Creative Engagement Award recipient, the Festival challenges convention and innovates tradition. It invites the underrepresented in the music and allows undiscovered talents to shine.

Whether you choose to unlock your potential at the Academy dynamic music learning with its stellar teaching faculty or immerse yourself in the concert series featuring rarely heard music performed by internationally acclaimed Artists, you will become part of an exciting music celebration.