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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. 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 .
Harout Pamboukjian was born on July 1, 1950, in Yerevan, Armenia (then part of the Soviet Union ). In his early teens, he took lessons in many musical instruments including the guitar, the bouzouki and saz (stringed instruments), the dhol (drums) and the piano, later forming a band called Erebouni. His interest in music was initially influenced ...
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 ...
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.
Richard Avedis Hagopian (born April 3, 1937) is an Armenian-American oud player and a traditional Armenian musician. Hagopian achieved popularity in the 1960s and 70s as a member of the Kef Time Band, performing kef music, a dance-oriented style of Armenian folk music popular with diaspora communities.
Shoghaken Folk Ensemble. The Shoghaken Folk Ensemble ( Armenian: «Շողակն» ժողովրդական համույթ) is an Armenian musical group that performs and records Armenian folk and ashugh (troubadour) music. The ensemble was founded in 1991 [1] in Yerevan. It has since performed in various countries, including France (including a ...
Norayr Mnatsakanyan. Norayr Mnatsakanyan ( Armenian: Նորայր Մնացականյան, January 7, 1923 – March 25, 1986) was a Merited Artist of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (1965). As a renowned vocal performer of Armenian traditional and gusans ' music, Norayr Mnatsakanyan has become one of the most influential vocalists in the ...