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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).
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 .
Arto Tunçboyacıyan was born in Istanbul, Turkey [7] 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.
Being a work of national character, Anoush was the first opera truly inspired by Armenian folk music and culture, and it is perhaps the most popular Armenian musical and theatrical work. The opera is about the tragedy of a peasant girl (Anoush) whose short love affair ends in loss and death because of conflict between her lover (Saro) and her ...
Hasmik Harutyunyan ( Armenian: Հասմիկ Հարությունյան; born December 26, 1960, in Yerevan [1]) is an Armenian folk singer. She is the leading member of the Shoghaken Folk Ensemble and directs the Hayrik Mouradian Traditional Song and Dance Children's Ensemble . The music of the Shoghaken Ensemble is featured on the soundtrack ...
Years active. 1948–2021. Labels. All Saints Records. Djivan Gasparyan (var. Jivan Gasparyan; [ 1] Armenian: Ջիվան Գասպարյան, Armenian pronunciation: [dʒiˈvɑn ɡɑspɑɾˈjɑn]; 12 October 1928 – 6 July 2021) [ 1][ 2][ 3] was an Armenian musician and composer. He played the duduk, a double reed woodwind instrument related to ...
e. Yarkhushta ( Armenian: Յարխուշտա (modern orthography) or Եարխուշտայ (classical/traditional orthography), pronounced [jɑɾχuʃtɑ]) is an Armenian folk and martial dance [1] associated with the highlands of the historical region of Sasun in Western Armenia. [2] [3] [4] Yarkhushta belongs to a wider category of Armenian ...
Dashterov. (project) Dashterov is a collaborative project by Armenian musicians Iveta Mukuchyan and Aram Sargsyan. Dashterov was awarded "Collaboration of the Year" at the Armenian Europe Music Awards. [1] On 10 June 2017, the two artists presented their project at the Dalma Garden Mall. [2] [3] The project presents Armenian music in a modern ...