Virtuoso musician Arsen Petrosyan has a released an evocative new album titled Hokin Janapar – Music Performed on Armenian Duduk (ARC Music) Hokin Janapar means…
Exploration of the Armenian Duduk
Tag: Armenian music
VAN Quartet Releases ‘Return’
Armenian music ensemble VAN Quartet has a new album titled “Return.” The ensemble performs a combination of jazz and Armenian music. The lineup includes Armenian…
Remarkable Music Meeting at the Intersection of Europe and Asia
A.G.A. Trio – Meeting (Naxos World/Arc Music, 2020) A.G.A Trio is a collaboration between three musicians that come from countries in the Caucasus and Anatolia,…
Vigen Hovsepyan to Release Live in Paris 2017
Contemporary Armenian folk singer and multi-instrumentalist Vigen Hovsepyan is set to release a new album titled Live in Paris 2017 on May 5, 2020. He…
Artist Profiles: Arsen Petrosyan
Arsen Petrosyan is a prestigious Armenian duduk player born in Charentsavan in 1994, where he currently still resides. His family originally hails from an Armenian…
Interview with Emre Gültekin
Vardan Hovanissian & Emre Gültekin recently released Karin, an album that reached number 1 on the January 2019 Transglobal World Music Chart. Emre Gültekin discussed…
Vardan Hovanissian & Emre Gültekin at the Top of the January 2019 Transglobal World Music Chart
The album Karin (Muziekpublique) by duduk player Vardan Hovanissian (Armenia) and saz virtuoso Emre Gültek (Belgium, with roots in Turkey) is the number one recording…
Artist Profiles: Ozan Aksoy
Multi-instrumentalist, composer, vocalist, author and ethnomusicologist Ozan Aksoy was born in Turkey and currently lives in New York. As a young boy, growing up…
Artist Profiles: Haig Yazdjian
Haig Yazdjian was born of Armenian parents in Syria and has been living in Greece for the last 20 years. In Syria he discovered the…
Artist Profiles: Shoghaken Ensemble
Drawing upon Armenian ancient traditions, Shoghaken renders lullabies, folk dances and love songs from Armenia’s various regions. The Ensemble made their debut U.S. appearance…