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Armenian jazz. Yerevan 's first jazz band was formed in 1936, by composer and trumpeter Tsolak Vardazaryan. [citation needed] In 1938, composer Artemi Ayvazyan founded the Armenian State Jazz Orchestra, the first in the Soviet Union. [citation needed] The orchestra's first drummer Robert Yolchyan became an important artist of Soviet and ...
Tigran Hamasyan ( Armenian: Տիգրան Համասյան; born July 17, 1987) is an Armenian jazz pianist and composer. He plays mostly original compositions, strongly influenced by the Armenian folk tradition, often using its scales and modalities. In addition to this folk influence, Hamasyan is influenced by American jazz traditions and, to ...
1 January 1945 (age 79) Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union. Occupation (s) Musician, composer, pianist. Levon Malkhasyan ( Armenian: Լևոն Մալխասյան; born 1 January 1945), also known as Malkhas, is an Armenian jazz musician, composer and pianist, one of the founders of the Armenian jazz scene, and owner of Malkhas Jazz Club. [1]
Occupation (s) composer, musician. Instrument (s) piano. Garik Saribekyan (born 26 April 1970 in Yerevan, Armenia) is a composer and musician, band lead and founder of Nuance Jazz Band. Garik is widely regarded as one of the most notable characters on the Armenian jazz stage, and has been named Honourable Culture Contributor of Yerevan in 2014.
Arto Tunçboyacıyan was born in Istanbul, Turkey His father was a shoemaker of Armenian descent. At the age of 11, he began his career playing and recording traditional Anatolian music with various musicians, including his brother Onno Tunç, thus establishing himself as a professional musician throughout Turkey and Europe.
Armenian jazz singers (2 P) Pages in category "Armenian jazz musicians" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
Stepan Shakaryan was born on 23 October 1935, in Baku, Azerbaijan. In 1952, at the age of 17, he moved to Yerevan, Armenia. 2 years later, at 19 in 1954, Shakaryan entered the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory. In 1956, Stepan met the Soviet Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian and was transferred to the Moscow Gnesin Institute, then finished ...
Vahagn Hayrapetyan performing at the Folk Arts Center. Since 1980's Vahagn is the leader of his Jazz Trio and Quartet in Yerevan, since 1998 he is the pianist and keyboard player of Armenian Navy Band. In 2004 he created his own band “Katuner” (the "Cats"). Vahagn Hayrapetyan's first solo album “Singin” and Swingin” was recorded in 2010.