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| Alla Levonian |
 Alla Levonian was born in 1975 in the Avshar village in Ararat valley Armenia. 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 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.
Click here for the official website.
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| Anoush and Inga |
 Anoush and Inga Arshagian initially started with the Armenian State Song Theater and later presented Armenian ethno-folk songs in modern arrangements. The music saves the traditional melodies and adds a beautiful modern twist to them.
2 tracks from their latest album "Tamzara".
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| Ara Gevorgian |
 Ara Gevorgian was born in 1960 in Yerevan (Armenia). He studied at Armenian pedagogical institute (named after Khatchadour Apovian) at the faculty of wood wide instruments and pop music department. Since 1983 plays in "Rally" band. He participated in a series of festivals. In 1995 he released his first album "Ovkianosits Ayn Koghm" (Over the ocean).
Other albums: "Nostalgie", "Ani", "Khor Virab", etc.
In 2004 he was awarded the title of Honorary Actor of the Republic of Armenia.
Ara Gevorgian's website
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| Armine Grigorian |
Kanon virtuoso brings the performing to the unimaginable level. This is truly showcase for the instrument.
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| Charles Aznavour |
 Charles Aznavour was born Shahnour Varenagh Aznavourian in Paris, the son of Armenian immigrants. He began to perform when he was nine and soon took the stage name Aznavour. His big break came when the singer Édith Piaf heard him sing and arranged to take him with her on tour in France and to the United States. Often described as the "Frank Sinatra of France", Aznavour sings mostly about love. He has written musicals and more than a thousand songs, made more than one hundred records, and appeared in sixty movies.
Slideshow of Charles Aznavour's concert in Yerevan (2006), prepared by Kevork Minasian, Aleppo.
Charles Aznavour's website
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| Datevik Hovanesian |
Jazz singer, educator, recording artist, and arranger. Datevik has appeared in every musical setting up to full big band. Datevik also specializes in ethnic and folk music arranging and singing ethnic and ethno-jazz songs.
Five solo Albums: Listen to My Heart (SONY/EPIC), Ballads From the Black Sea (Mapleshade), Doors (Melodia), Day Dream (Melodia), Concerto for Voice and Orchestra (Melodia).
She has also recorded over 100 pop and jazz singles as well as recordings for TV shows, theatre and movies, animations and commercials.
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| Gorgen Zargarian |
 Glendale based Iranian Armenian singer.
Born in 1951 in Iran.
On the weekends, he is the host of "Gorgen Show", where he interviews Persian and Armenian personalities, shows footage of Iran and sings in his own pop music videos.
Zargarian has one CD titled "Gofteh Goo," which is Farsi for "Conversation." Zargarian plans to compile more than 40 of his songs onto three CDs.
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| Hayko |
 Was trained in music at the Chukhadjian Music School and Romanos Melikian Music College. Attended Komitas Yerevan State Conservatory.
In 1999 recorded his first DC (Romance). Was awarded as the Best Male Singer at the 2003 and 2006 Armenian National Music Awards.
In "Romance" he recreates Armenian love songs from the 70's - 90's with a great feel. See four samples.
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| Jivan Gasparian |
 (born 1928): Armenian musician and composer. He plays the duduk, an Armenian woodwind instrument related to the orchestral oboe. He has won four world-wide gold Medal UNESCO competitions (1959, 1962, 1973, and 1980). A professor at the Yerevan Conservatory, he has instructed and nurtured many performers to professional levels of performance in duduk.
In 2002, he received the WOMEX (World Music Expo) lifetime achievement award. He has toured the world several times with a small ensemble playing Armenian folk music. He has collaborated with many artists, such as Hossein Alizadeh, Sting, Erkan Ogur, Michael Brook, Peter Gabriel, Brian May, Lionel Richie, Derek Sherinian and Hans Zimmer.
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| Maria Nalbandian |
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Armenian-Lebanese singer Maria Nalbandian released her latest album "W'regeat thani" in 2006. Maria is born in 1983 and began her career as a model when she was 13 years old. Her mother is a poet and father a singer.
"W'regeat thani" has 10 tracks which alternate between crossover pop and melodious ballads. We have chosen 3 tracks (including the only Armenian track in the collection).
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| Norair Kazandjian |
 Norair Kazandjian is a known name within the circles of the Armenians in the United Arab Emirates.
Born in the Latakia, Syria, he has been blessed with parents who deeply comprehend the value of music and arts. After High School he moves to Aleppo to study in the Medical University, but, in the meanwhile, discovers that the world of music is close to his heart. He manages to follow lessons on guitar, piano and reciting.
His repertoire includes, besides Armenian, songs in foreign languages.
He has produced 9 CDs & audio cassettes and has been invited to perform in many Armenian communities. He has composed the music of some of his unique songs (words by poets Yervant Barsoumian and Paren Hovsepian).
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| Roupen Hakhverdian |
Popular Armenian poet,singer, songwriter and lyricist. The song "Navak" is his most famous children's song. "Mer Siro Ashune" (Autumn of Our Love) is one of Armenia's best known romantic songs. "Sa Erevann e", i.e. This is Yerevan, is becoming the unofficial hymn of the city.
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| Roupen Matevossian |
 Two of the most known songs of famous Armenian singer Roupen Matevossian.
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| Sonya Varoujian |
 Sonya Varoujian has been involved in music from a very early age. Born to parents who both enjoy singing and performing, her memories of childhood have always included music.
Sonya plays guitar, sings, and composes her own music and lyrics in both Armenian and English. Her music is an expression of the soul – a celebration of life, love, and homeland. She believes music is a gateway that allows people to share and experience truth and emotions that are normally left untapped. Website My Space Music
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| The Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra |
The Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra performing pieces from Armenian composers.
Conductor: Edward Hosharian.
Date of release: 1983
Selected song titles: Triumph (Zartir-lao), Yerevan-Erebuni and Sartarabad.
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| The London Symphonic Orchestra |
Conductor: Aram Khachadurian himself.
The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) is one of the major orchestras of the United Kingdom. The LSO was founded in 1904 as an independent, self governing organization, the first such orchestra in the UK. Since 1982, the LSO has been based in London's Barbican Centre.
Clive Gillinson, a former cellist with the orchestra, served as the LSO's Managing Director from 1984 to 2005, and is widely credited with bringing great stability to the LSO's organization after severe fiscal troubles. Since 2005, Kathryn McDowell is the Managing Director of the LSO.
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