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[Garegin]

Пожалуйста, можете написать биографию Форша, Аллы Левонян и других наших исполнителей! Заранее спасибо.

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Дживан Гаспарян родился в 1928 году близ Еревана. В возрасте 6 лет он уже начал играть на дудуке. Дудук - это флейта, известная в Армении с III века. У нее от 7 до 10 нот, чуть больше одной октавы. Настоящий дудук может быть сделан только из абрикосового дерева. Этот инструмент называется также "кавказским гобоем". Гаспарян завоевал золотые медали на четырех международных фестивалях под эгидой ЮНЕСКО (1959, 1962, 1973 и 1980 гг.). В 1973 году музыкант получил звание народного артиста Армении. Будучи профессором Ереванской консерватории, Дживан Гаспарян подготовил более 70 профессиональных исполнителей на дудуке. Он гастролировал по Европе, Азии и Америке, выступал с Кронос Квартетом, Ереванским, Венским и Лос-Анжелесским симфоническими оркестрами, записывал пластинки с Майклом Бруком, Лайонелом Ричи, Брайаном Ино и Питером Гэбриэлом. Его пластинка с записями самых красивых народных армянских песен и баллад под названием I WILL NOT BE SAD IN THIS WORLD, посвященная памяти жертв землетрясения в Армении, завоевала мировое признание. Кроме того, дудук Дживана Гаспаряна можно услышать и на саундтреках многих голливудских блокбастеров, среди которых: "Русский дом", "Ворон", "Календарь", "Сэйдж",! "Онегин". Саундтрек к фильму "Гладиатор", также записанный при непосредственном участии Дживана Гаспаряна, получил "Золотой Глобус" за лучшую музыку к фильму в 2001 году.

[Ani]

Garegin !!! tema prosto super!!!! jdyooommmssss, a kak vi dumayete? mojet fotki tojeeee zapostim?

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Да, тема интересная

[Ani]

Անդրե| ANDRE | Андре

Andre was born in the city of Stepanakert, in the republic of Nagorno-Karabakh. In his early years, Andre’s family noticed that their son showed much interest in music. He started singing when he was only 3 years old, when his stage was a chair, when his microphone was a thermometer, and when his audience was his family members.

When he turned 6, Andre started attending piano classes at the Komitas School of Music in Stepanakert. Here, after studying for three years, Andre wrote his first song titled ”Prayer” dedicated to God. During the Artsakh war Andre along with the young choir called ”Children of Artsakh” performed for the army. When he was 15, he participated in a music contest called ”Road to Renaissance” which he won. Andre’s participation in this contest is credited as the starting point of his singing career.

Years later, you can see Andre performing as the lead vocalist in his pop-jazz band called ”Karabagh”. Along with his band he travels to different regions of Armenia and Artsakh. Andre’s excellent talents don’t stop at singing. He acts in many plays throughout the year at the Stepanakert State Drama Theater.

When his parents were more than sure that their son would become a doctor and would keep up his love of singing as a hobby, Andre was dreaming of becoming one of the singers at the Armenian State Music Theater. And finally, in 1998 his dream came true.

2001

Andre goes to Donetsk, Ukraine to participate in his first international music contest called ”Golden Skif”, where he becomes the first runner-up.He participates in an international music contest called ”Golden Shlyager” in the city of Mogilyov, Belarus, becoming the third runner-up and winning the heart so of many fans. By the invitation of Iosif Kobzon, along with many Russian singers, Andre sings at GCKZ ”Rossia” Music Hall in Moscow, Russia.

2002

In the city of Almati, Kazakhstan he performs at an international music festival called ”Voice of Asia” and besides receiving a very warm welcome from the audience he gets five more prizes. Based on his song ”Horovel” he comes out with his first music-video which was loved and appreciated by many fans and brought a lot of success and fame to the singer.

2003

In the international Youth Music Festival called ”Festos” which took place in Moscow, Andre becomes one of the 10 best performers out of 2500 participants and takes home a ”Golden Diploma” rize. He participates in musical TV-show called ”Narodniy Artist” which is organized and broadcasted by the Russian National TV ”Rossia” and once again he presents his musical talent in front of the Russian audience.

In ”Shanghai Asia International Music Festival” Andre gets the title of ”Excellent New Singer”. During the

”Armenian Song of the Year in Moscow” he receives the award of ”The Greatest Contributor in Armenian Music”. The singer’s ”Antsa Gnatsi” song won the ”Best Song of the Year” at Hit FM radio’s ”106% Hit” contest.

Andre releases his first CD named ”I AM”.

2004

During the international film festival ”I Am” the singer’s music video ”Horovel” (Director: Lusine Martirosyan) won the best music video. He introduced a music video of his song ”Just One Night”. Participating in the ”World Championships of Performing Arts” in Hollywood, California Andre receives 3 golden and 1 silver medals and is found the Champion of the World among the solo vocalists in his age group. He becomes the ”Best Singer of the Year” during the ”Krunk” pan-armenian music contest-festival and Armenian national music festival. During the ”Golden Qnar” (Radio Van) Armenian pop song contest/festival, his ”My Love to You” becomes the Best Song of the Year. Within 17 weeks ”My Love to You” becomes one of the top lines of many TV stations with audience voting. He has had many tours in Iran, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates, Cyprus, USA, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Georgia and several cities in Europe and Russia.

2005

Within 14 weeks his ”Ser es u mi kyanq” took the first spot in the national Billboard and still remains in the Top Ten list. Andre gives three indescribable solo-concerts at fully loaded ”Alex” theater in Glendale, CA which received a recognition by his fans. Based on his song ”My love to You”, he brings out the English version of the same song as a single. In honor of the 90th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide a music video is born on his song ”Mer Ergir”. He had his first performance on May 30th and 31st in Opera and Ballet Theatre in Yerevan which was highly recognized by the audience. He comes out with another CD titled ”Miayn Ser” where the singer performs already recognized love songs as well as new ones by different songwriters. On October 11th Andre will present a show-program consisted of his best songs and also will premier his CD ”Only Love” at ”Karen Demirchyan Media Center”.

Source: www.Andre.am

[Ani]

Ալլա Լևոնյան| Алла Левонян | Alla Levonyan

Biography

Alla Levonian was born in 1975, June 26, in the marz of Ararat, Avshar village, Armenia. She finished the secondary school of Avshar village. Simultaneously, she studied and finished the art musical school, piano department in Ararat. During the school years she has cooperated with the newspaper ”Pioneer Kanch” and the group ”Boghboj” (Blossom) where her poems were published.

In 1993, for the first time, Alla participated in Bohem awards, which was organized by Ardzagank studio. She got the first award for the song ”Otarakan” (Foreigner). And in 1994 she participated in "Asoup" awards and entered State Song theatre of Armenia which is directed by Arthur Grigoryan.

In 1997-1999 she has participated in ”Ayo” annual awards with her authorized song ”Hayastan”, ”Es em” (I am) and Hoy-Nar songs and three years constantly became a winner. Alla has many awards and prizes received in various years during various festivals and music awards. Alla participated in the festival of Armenian Jazz held in Paris and she achieved a great success.

Alla Levonian mostly performs her authorized songs, she is the author of both the music and lyrics, as well as she performs folk songs with her own interpretation.

Alla has had great many recitals and concerts in Armenia, Artsakh and the Diaspora. The concerts had beneficial purpose. She has come up with concerts in Paris, Marseille, London, Aleppo, Beirut, Tehran, Isphahan, Moscow, New York, Detroit, Los Angeles, Toronto, Montreal.

www.allalevonian.com

[Garegin]

ARAMO

highly acclaimed singer, composer and actor, Aramo has been charming audiences with his intimate style of performance for more than two decades.

Aramo’s innovative vocal improvisations have made him one of the most exciting performers in Armenia and overseas.

His first musical journey began in Yerevan School of Music after Sayat-Nova, where he studied drumming and percussion. In his early teen years Aramo joined the popular “Avetik” children band on drums and percussion.

Aramo acknowledges that his professional relationship with several recognized Armenian musicians became the cornerstone in launching a breathtaking career back in the ‘80s.

In 1986 Aramo enrolls in the Acting Department at the Yerevan State Theater Institute.

While studying, Aramo continues to master his outstanding musical skills by performing at the Armenian National Band under the direction of Constantine Orbelyan.

Aramo has appeared with concerts in Austria, Germany, Belgium, Czech Republic, Poland, France, India, United States, Syria, etc.

In 2000 Aramo and his wife, Emma Petrosyan win “The Armenian Grammy” award at the annual Armenian song contest in Los Angeles. And in 2004 Aramo’s album “Yerani” scooped the year’s best pop, retro and folk album awards, with the addition of “The Best Song of the Year” award for the title song. Aramo is a laureate, winner and guest of honor of a number of respected international festivals.

[Garegin]

Biography

Zaruhi Babaian was born on December 27, 1975 in Yerevan, capital of Armenia. In 1989 Zaruhi finished number 19 music school in Yerevan. Since 1986 Zaruhi has been participating in many concerts, contests, festivals with the staff of jazz pop band of cultural center where she has been awarded many prizes, awards.

In 1992 she graduated from Khachatur Abovyan State Pedagogical Institute, the faculty of biology.

In 1995 she worked in the “Jazzle” pop group of the cultural center and the “Vaghordyan Katilner” (Morning drops) and that job she combined with the job in State Song theatre. With the staff of State Song theatre she had great many concerts both in Armenia and oversees. She had a number of concerts in many foreign countries, in all the marzes of Armenia, Russia, USA and Iran. She had solo concerts, recitals in Greece, England and Iran.

In 2000 she participated in Sayat-Nova Pan-Armenian festival where in the lyrical genre she was awarded with the best prize.

In 2001 for the best processing she was awarded with the best award for the song “Shalakho” in “Krunk” festival.

In 2001 she released her first CD album under the title “Chanaparh depi…” (The road to…. )The CD includes folk, national and pop songs.

In 2002 in the American Music Awards Zaruhi’s first CD album was recognized as the best CD album of the year in the pop genre, and Zaruhi was awarded with the award “Best songstress of the year”.

In 2003 she graduated form Yerevan State Conservatory after Komitas.

In 2003 Zaruhi had solo concerts in Beirut, Lebanon.

In 2004 she had recitals in Iran, in the cities of Tehran, Isfaha and in Syria, Aleppo.

In 2005 on June 1-2, Zaruhi Babaian had the first great solo concert in Opera and Ballet National academic theatre after Al. Spendiaryan, Yerevan. In the concert their participation showed such outstanding groups as State Jazz Band of Armenia, art director Armen Martirosyan, Theatre of Dance and Soul, art director Sofi Devoyan, “Arevik” child ensemble of national radio, art director Armen Divanyan, and “Lavanda” trio.

In 2005 Zaruhi got invitation from the USA to partake in the “Hayuhiner 2” project. The members and participants of this project are Varduhi Vardanyan, Armine Nahapetyan, Anna Khachatryan and Zaruhi Babaian. The concert took place in Glendale, “Alex” theatre.

[Garegin]

Aram Asatryan

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Արամ Ասատրյան Very popular Armenian singer. widely known.

March 03,1953 - November 08,2006

Aram Asatryan has shared his life and talent with the world. On March 3, 1953, Aram Asatryan was born in Echmiazin, Armenia, the son of Ashken Mampreyan and Hapet Asatryan. He was born to a refugee family and the strength of his soul determined the importance of his country. Ever since his childhood years he has been a talented person and has given his heart and soul to music. In the year of 1985, his band united: Levon Abryamyan, Khatchik Sahakyan, Souren Gasparyan, and Simon Sisoyan. Aram had battles to conquer and challenges to overcome. From his strong but sweet voice to his astonishing music, he became known throughout the world. Aram loved to work and he devoted his life to music. He approached positive things and was confident about himself. His love for his country and the Armenians as well as other races are expressed in his songs. When his homeland was jeopardized, with his songs he brought hope to the people, the soldiers, and to the heroes. Aram performed many concerts in Asia, Europe, Russia, the Arabian Seas and many cities in Armenia. He achieved 108 concerts, and has never left a place without putting a smile on someone’s face. Until this day he has written over 500 songs, and continues touring the world and the United States. Throughout his life he has received many awards and diplomas such as the “Gusan” he was awarded on April 18, 2003 from the Cultural Music Ministry in Armenia. His words of life are a song, and the key of a song is life. His strength is in the words of his songs, and the origins of his songs are the beginning of life. In the present time he resides in the United States and continues his music life. He believes his music will pass on from generation to generation. The importance of his songs are going to stay for many centuries, and he will be loved forever. Talented Hay Gusan Aram Asatryan has passed away on November 7 at Oshakan Village, Aragatsotn Region from a heart attack. He was at a party being the god-father of an Armenian family. The fatal attack happened at about 19:00; he was as usual in a very good mood, very warm, and very beautiful. He was surrounded with his close relatives. Aram has done many great things for our country, for our people, for our music and for our culture. He has brought many smiles to millions of our Armenian faces, and many many joys to our Armenian ears. It is a great loss for the whole Armenian Nation, the Armenian music art and the Diaspora. The entire Armenian nation mourns the loss of Aram Asatryan. His memory will always be bright in our hearts. His lively sounds of his voice will always sound in our ears.

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Nune Yesayan

Nune, 33, began singing with an Armenian jazz band in the early 1990's before becoming a lounge singer at resorts in the Middle East. While performing in Damascus, she observed that young Syrians knew the words to old folk songs performed by contemporary singers, which was not true of young Armenians.

"I was jealous," she said in English in an interview before her concert here, occasionally turning to an interpreter for assistance. "That's when I decided to do something the young people will sing and remember the words. I wanted to work with Armenian folk songs, rearrange them and make them appealing to young people."

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Harout Pamboukjian

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"The Armenian Wedding Singer"

Born in 1950 in Yerevan. His mother was a singer, and he took up the guitar — he also plays the bouzouki and saz (stringed instruments), dhol (drums) and piano — in his early teens, later forming a band called Erebouni. “My mother had a beautiful voice,” he says, “And I heard all those old folk songs in my house at an early age.” His band went from village to village playing, surprisingly, covers of everything from Charles Aznavour to Deep Purple and Elvis, at weddings and universities.

Due to restrictions under the Soviet Union, Harout and most of his family left Soviet Armenia in 1975. After a year in Lebanon, he came to L.A. and took up residence in Hollywood.

In the late ’70s and early ’80s, there were only a few thousand Armenians in L.A., most of whom were centered in East Hollywood. There were two local cable programs on the weekend that featured news and music, and nearly all the businesses — Parseghian Records, Arka Photo, Panos Pastry, Carousel, King Arshag, etc. — were on Hollywood or Santa Monica boulevards.

Only two months after his arrival here, Harout put together a studio band and recorded his first album, Our Eyir Astvats (Where Were You, God? - in reference to the Armenian Genocide - written by Arthur Meschian) at the Quad Teck studio on Western and Sixth in Koreatown. He got on the nightclub circuit, doing his first gigs on Sundays at a Beverly Hills tennis club owned by an Armenian.

That first album, now considered a classic, barely resembles the trademark sound he’s become known for since then. Instead of the usual weepy duduk (a double-reed often called “the saddest instrument in the world”) or synths, you get clarinet, organ and a lot of bass. Listen closer and you’ll hear some funky wah-wah guitar too, though only a few of the songs are dance-oriented, certainly different from the material that later made him so popular at weddings.

Most bands and singers pay their dues in smoky nightclubs, bars and coffee shops. Harout honed his skills at Armenian engagement parties, baptisms, fairs and dinner dances, where one expects five to six hours of music (a DJ and a couple of singers) and an obscene amount of food. Fathers-of-the-bride in places as far away as France have typically shelled out a couple of thousand bucks for just an hour of Harout’s time.

He’s played the Rose Bowl, the Shrine and the Palladium, too. But it’s at all those banquet halls, whatever the occasion, where fans get the best sense of what Harout’s music is about. An amalgamation of contemporary, folk and patriotic musics, at times it may sound like flashy pop, but with an inescapable earthiness that seems to emanate from the very soul of his people. Harout interprets songs by fellow artists including Rouben Hakhverdian, Robert Amirkhanian, Arthur Meschian and others. It is important to note that he never received permission to use any of Arthur Meschian’s work (including the song Where Were You, God? which was written by Meschian when he was sixteen years old). But it’s the centuries-old sacred and grandiose folk tunes about protecting the soil and fighting in the highlands — "Antranik Pasha," "Sassouni Orore," "Msho Aghchig" — that really get the blood stirring with nationalistic pride.

Among Harout’s favorites is Nuné, who’s doing the modern thing and still keeping the tradition alive. But he's most fond of Rouben Hakhverdian, a "real troubadour" who has a wonderfully biting way of spouting Dylanesque ramblings like they’re the Gospel. His collaboration with Harout on the 1996 almost all-acoustic Yerke Nayev Aghotk Eh (Songs Are Also Prayers) is somber, intimate and filled with the kind of dirt-under-the-fingernails grit one must listen to, not dance to. Just two men with their guitars.

Harout has no family left in Armenia. He lives comfortably in North Hollywood with his son, Isay, and his wife, Rose, who does all the backup vocals on his records.

A year after the 1988 earthquake in Armenia that killed 25,000 people and left more than 500,000 homeless, hundreds of thousands of fans looking for some kind of temporary diversion from the devastation packed the Hrazdan stadium and Hamalir Demirchian Arena to hear 28 concerts by their favorite singer. Then–Minister of Culture Yuri Melik-Ohanjanian remarked these were the highest-attended performances in the history of Armenia.

Today, there are over 20 Harout albums and counting.

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[Garegin]

Hayer, срочно нужна биография Рубена Матевосяна ПОЖАЛУЙСТА!!!