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Yerevan's first jazz band was formed in 1936, by composer and trumpeter Tsolak Vardazaryan.[citation needed] In 1938, composer Artemi Ayvazyan founded the Armenian State Jazz Orchestra, the first in the Soviet Union.[citation needed] The orchestra's first drummer Robert Yolchyan became an important artist of Soviet and Armenian jazz, developing his own style over time and continuing to play and give master-classes until his death in early 2000s. Other jazz bands were founded in Nairi Cinema, Yerevan Park of Communars, and others. In 1954, Konstantin Orbelyan organized an Estrada quintet for Armenian Radio. In 1966, young composer Martin Vardazaryan founded the Estrada Orchestra, renamed in the 1970s as the Estrada Symphonic Orchestra under the direction of Melik Mavisakalyan and Yervand Yerznkyan. Then Stepan Shakaryan founded the jazz sextet Radio, and jazz trios were founded by David Azaryan and Artashes Kartalyan. Jazz pianist Levon Malkhasian ("Malkhas") founded his jazz trio with Armen Toutounjyan ("Chico") and Arthur Abrahamyan. In 1998, Malkhas become one of the initiators of the Yerevan International Jazz Festival.
In 2009 Garik Saribekyan founded his "Nuance Jazz Band", which performs ethnic jazz. Among the leading modern jazz musicians are conductor and pianist Armen Martirosyan, pianists Vahagn Hayrapetyan ("Petian"), Vardan Ovsepian, and Tigran Hamasyan, and saxophonist Armen Hyusnunts.
Ovsepian, and Tigran Hamasyan, and saxophonist Armen Hyusnunts. Armenian music www.armjazz.info ArmenianJazz 70. The past and present of ArmenianJazz...
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Levon Malkhasyan (Armenian: Լևոն Մալխասյան; born 1 January 1945), also known as Malkhas, is an Armenianjazz musician, composer and pianist, one of the...
Armenians (Armenian: հայեր, romanized: hayer, [hɑˈjɛɾ]) are an ethnic group and nation native to the Armenian highlands of West Asia. Armenians constitute...
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YERR-ə-VAN; US: /-ˈvɑːn/, -VAHN; Armenian: Երևան [jɛɾɛˈvɑn] ; sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia, as well as one of the world's...
Armenian composer, conductor, founder of the Armenian State Jazz Orchestra, and People's Artist of Armenia (1962). Ayvazyan was born in Baku to a musical...
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of notable Armenian Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants. Armenian Americans...
Garanian (Armenian: Գէորգի Գարանեան, Russian: Гео́ргий Ара́мович Гараня́н; 15 August 1934 – 11 January 2010) was an ethnic Armenian Russian jazz saxophone...
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a prominent Armenian writer of the 5th century and the author of the History of the Armenians. Modern writers include the Russian-Armenian author, poet...
Yesayan (Armenian: Նունե Եսայան, born August 5, 1969), commonly known as Nune or Nouné, is an Armenian singer who began singing with an Armenianjazz band...
name of Armenian origin, and a surname perhaps of Indian origin. People with that name include: Narine Dovlatyan (born 1991), Armenianjazz singer and...
(Armenian: Կարեն Ասատրյան; born June 23, 1972) is an Armenianjazz pianist and a composer. His music is a synthesis of contemporary jazz and Armenian folk...
Shakaryan (Armenian: Ստեփան Շաքարյան, 23 October 1935 – 22 June 2019) was an Armenianjazz and classical composer, pianist, People's Artist of Armenia (2017)...
Aghaparonovich Orbelyan (Armenian: Կոնստանտին Օրբելյան; Russian: Константин Агапаронович Орбелян; July 29, 1928 – April 24, 2014) was an Armenian pianist, composer...
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