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The music of Armenia (Armenian: հայկական երաժշտություն haykakan yerazhshtut’yun) has its origins in the Armenian highlands, dating back to the 3rd millennium BCE, [1] [2] and is a long-standing musical tradition that encompasses diverse secular and religious, or sacred, music (such as the sharakan Armenian chant and taghs, along with the indigenous khaz musical notation).
Serj Tankian. Woah Dad! Serj Tankian ( / sɜːrdʒ ˈtɑːnkiən / TAHN-kee-ən, Armenian: Սերժ Թանգյան; born August 21, 1967) is an Armenian-American musician and songwriter. He is best known as the lead vocalist, keyboardist, and primary lyricist of System of a Down, which was formed in 1994.
The duduk is a double reed instrument with ancient origins, having existed since at least the fifth century, while there are Armenian scholars who believe it existed more than 1,500 years before that. [11] The earliest instruments similar to the duduk's present form are made of bone or entirely of cane. Today, the duduk is exclusively made of ...
A. Anthem of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic. Armenian chant. Armenian Dances. Armenian folk music. Armenian genocide in culture. Armenian Music Awards. Armenian opera. Armenian rock.
Soghomon Soghomonian, [ A] ordained and commonly known as Komitas[ B] ( Armenian: Կոմիտաս; 8 October [ O.S. 26 September] 1869 – 22 October 1935), was an Ottoman-Armenian priest, musicologist, composer, arranger, singer, and choirmaster, who is considered the founder of the Armenian national school of music. [ 4][ 7] He is recognized ...
Armenian folk music. Armenian folk music is a genre of Armenian music. [ 1][ 2][ 3] It usually uses the duduk, the kemenche, and the oud. It is very similar to folk music in the Caucasus [citation needed] and shares many similar songs and traditions with countries around Armenia, namely Georgia and Azerbaijan .
Sahan Arzruni (born 1943) Levon Chaushian (born 1946) Aram Satian (born 1947) Vartan Adjemian (born 1956) Vache Sharafyan (born 1966) Artur Avanesov (born 1980) Vahram Sargsyan (born 1981) Categories: Lists of composers by nationality.
By the eighties, combining Armenian folk music with rock, the Armenian folk-rock groups were founded with notable, and popular even in 2000's, representatives - Bambir, founded 1978 in Leninakan and Vostan Hayots, founded in 1986 in Yerevan. In 1982 Bambir won the "Folk Music Award" at the International Festival in Lida, Belarus.