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I got acquainted with Hovsep Grigoryan 23 years ago. He was from Gyumri and a man of strong character and principles. He would always do what he thought to be right. He had enough confidence in me to say, “You are the only person who can persuade me to change my mind.” Read the rest of this entry »

As an internationally lauded artist (receiving the WOMEX lifetime achievement award in 2002, multiple accolades from UNESCO, and a Grammy nomination this year alongside collaborator Hossein Alizadeh for the album Endless Vision), master duduk musician Djivan Gasparyan is often credited for Read the rest of this entry »

Born in Solag, Armenia (1928). Djivan Gasparyan started to play duduk when he was six. In 1948 he became a soloist of the Armenian Song and Dance Popular Ensemble and the Yerevan Philharmonic Orchestra.

He has won four medals at UNESCO worldwide competitions (1959, 1962, 1973, and 1980). In 1973 Djivan Gasparyan was awarded the honorary title People's Artist of Armenia and in 2002, he received the WOMEX (World Music Expo) Lifetime Achievement Award. As a professor at the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory, he has instructed and nurtured many performers to professional levels Read the rest of this entry »

On the 11-th of November 2008 a jubilee concert devoted to the 80th anniversary of the famous Armenian duduk player Djivan Gasparyan was held in Yerevan Concert and Sport Complex, during which a number of musicians from Read the rest of this entry »

11.11.2008 Armenian duduk player virtouso Djivan Gasparyan is going to celebrate his 80th birthday in major concert complex named after Karen Demirchyan in Yerevan, Armenia. Read the rest of this entry »