- Ara Gevorgyan
Infobox musical artist
Name = Ara Gevorgyan
Արա Գևորգյան
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Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Born = birth date and age|1960|4|19Yerevan ,Armenia
Genre = Pop, Folk, Fusion
Years_active = 1983–presentAra Gevorgyan (Gevorgian) ( _hy. Արա Գևորգյան, born
April 19 ,1960 ,Yerevan ) is anArmenia n musician, composer and musical producer. In 2004 he was awarded by the "Honorary Artist of the Republic of Armenia" title by the PresidentRobert Kocharyan [10 Armenian figures of art receive honorary titles // ARKA News Agency - 09/21/2004] .Biography
Gevorgian is the son of well-known Armenian folk-singer
Valya Samvelyan . He studied at #31 school of Yerevan and at the A. Tigranyan musical school at the same time. During the two years he studied atYerevan #8 college of Fine Arts. From 1983 to 1987 he studied at Armenian pedagogical institute after Khachatur Abovyan at the faculty of wood wide instruments and pop music department. In 1987-1989 Gevorgian taught conducting at the same Institute, then he worked at Armenian Television ("3 Alik" TV program).In 1983 he founded the "Rally" Armenian pop-rock band, the participant of "Song-85" festival.
He participated in the Opening Ceremony of the Cultural Year of
Armenia inRussia hosted at the Moscow Kremlin Music Hall and honored by the presence of the presidents of Armenia and RussiaRobert Kocharyan andVladimir Putin respectively and the famous singerCharles Aznavour .Ara Gevorgian co-operates with
Jivan Gasparyan ,Ian Gillan ,Demis Roussos ,Pedro Eustache ,Daniel Decker and others. Among his most popular songs are "Adana", "Artsakh", "Ov Hayots Ashkharh" and "Ovkyanosits ayn koghm". Gevorgyan also composed the music forRussia nprima ballerina Anastasia Volochkova 's "Golden cage" ballet dedicated to theBolshoi Theater [ [http://www.ng.ru/culture/2003-09-22/8_volochkova.html Волочкова не осталась на улице, Григорий Заславский //Nezavisimaya gazeta , 2003-09-22 (in Russian)] ] [ [http://www.tatar.ru/?DNSID=b46dbb5f909dc2199deafafd14255b7b&full=26860&print=1 Анастасия Волочкова собрала миллион рублей для нуждающихся детей на благотворительном концерте в Казани, ИА "Татар-информ", 16/05/2007 (in Russian)] ] .He is married, has a daughter and a son.
He has been awarded by the "Mikhail Lomonosov" Russian medal and the gold medal of the Ministry of Culture of Armenia.
Discography
*1995 "Ovkianosits Ayn Koghm" ("Over the ocean")
*1997 "Nostalgie"
*1999 "Ani" (a prize winner ofArmenian Music Awards in theUSA )
*2001 "Khor Virab" (a prize winner ofArmenian Music Awards in theUSA ).Links
* [http://www.aragevorgyan.net Ara Gevorgian's Official site]
* [http://www.stvartanbookstore.com/browseproducts/Ara-Gevorgyan-My-SardarabadDVD.html Ara Gevorgyan-My Sardarabad]
* [http://www.mtv.am/news.htm Gevorgyan at MTV.AM]
* [http://www.armenianmusiccenter.com/shop.php?step=2&singerid=134 Armenian Music Center]References
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