Djivan Gasparyan
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Armenian musician and composer (1928–2021)
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Djivan Gasparyan was an Armenian composer and musician who played the duduk. Born in Solak in 1928, he worked in the genres of Armenian folk music and world music. His professional career began in 1948 and continued until 2021. He was employed by the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory as a full professor.
Gasparyan held citizenship in the Soviet Union and Armenia. He received several awards, including People's Artist of the Armenian SSR, the Order of St. Mesrop Mashtots, and the Medal "For Distinguished Labour." He recorded for the EMI record label. He died in Los Angeles in 2021 and was buried at Komitas Pantheon.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Armenia
- Active from
- 1928
- Active to
- 2021
Discography
- Sound of Duduk1988
- I Will Not Be Sad in This World1989
- Moon Shines at Night1993
- Armenian Romances1994
- Ask Me No Questions1994
- Apricots From Eden1996
- Doudouk1996
- Black Rock1998
- From the Soil1998
- Salute1998
Member of
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 83,325
- Total plays
- 912,087
Tags
Djivan Gasparyan (Armenian: Ջիվան Գասպարյան, Armenian pronunciation: /ʤiˈvɑn gɑspɑɾˈjɑn/, Russian: Дживан Арамаисович Гаспарян; born 1928 - died July 6, 2021) was an Armenian musician and composer. He played the duduk, a double reed woodwind instrument related to the orchestral oboe. Gasparyan was known as the Master of the duduk. He has won four world-wide gold Medal UNESCO competitions (1959, 1962, 1973, and 1980). <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Djivan+Gasparyan">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1928-10-12 ) 12 October 1928, Solak , Armenian SSR , Transcaucasian SFSR , Soviet Union
- Died
- 6 July 2021 (2021-07-06) (aged 92), Los Angeles, California , U.S.
- Genres
- Armenian folk
- Occupations
- Composer, score composer, musician
- Instrument
- Duduk
- Years active
- 1948–2021
- Label
- All Saints Records
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Armenia
- Place of birth
- Solak
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- Armenian
- Native language
- Armenian
- Field of work
- wind instrument
- Genre
- Armenian folk music
- Instrument
- duduk
- Record label
- EMI
- Image
- Djivan Gasparyan 2009.jpg
- Work location
- California
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- Commons category
- Djivan Gasparyan
- date of birth
- 1928-10-12
- start of work period
- 1948-00-00
- date of death
- 2021-07-06
- name in native language
- Ջիվան Արամայիսի Գասպարյան
- end of work period
- 2021-00-00
- professorship
- full professor
- place of burial
- Komitas Pantheon
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Djivan Gasparyan, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Djivan Gasparyan (var. Jivan Gasparyan; Armenian: Ջիվան Գասպարյան, Armenian pronunciation: [dʒiˈvɑn ɡɑspɑɾˈjɑn]; 12 October 1928 – 6 July 2021) was an Armenian musician and composer. He played the duduk, a double reed woodwind instrument related to the orchestral oboe. Gasparyan is known as the "Master of the duduk". In 2006 he was nominated for Grammy Awards for the Best Traditional World Music Album.
Biography
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