Djivan Gasparyan

Djivan Gasparyan - Armenian Duduk
EAC+LOG+CUE | WV: 321 MB | Full Artwork | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: АБГ-Сервис # ABG-030 | Country/Year: Russia 2003
Genre: Folk, World | Style: Armenian Folk, Duduk

…Gasparyan has toured the world several times with a small ensemble playing Armenian folk music. He has collaborated with many artists, such as Hossein Alizadeh, Sting, Erkan Ogur, Michael Brook, Peter Gabriel, Brian May, Lionel Richie, Derek Sherinian, Ludovico Einaudi, Boris Grebenshchikov, David Sylvian, Hans Zimmer and Andreas Vollenweider…

Djivan Gasparyan - Music From The Film ''Frescos''
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Label/Cat#: Manchester CDMAN 205-05 | Country/Year: Russia 2005
Genre: Folk, World | Style: Armenian Folk, Duduk

…Gasparyan has toured the world several times with a small ensemble playing Armenian folk music. He has collaborated with many artists, such as Hossein Alizadeh, Sting, Erkan Ogur, Michael Brook, Peter Gabriel, Brian May, Lionel Richie, Derek Sherinian, Ludovico Einaudi, Boris Grebenshchikov, David Sylvian, Hans Zimmer and Andreas Vollenweider…

Djivan Gasparyan - The World of the Duduk
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Label/Cat#: Melodiya # MEL CD 30 01545 | Country/Year: Russia 2009
Genre: Folk, World | Style: Armenian Folk, Duduk

…Gasparyan has toured the world several times with a small ensemble playing Armenian folk music. He has collaborated with many artists, such as Hossein Alizadeh, Sting, Erkan Ogur, Michael Brook, Peter Gabriel, Brian May, Lionel Richie, Derek Sherinian, Ludovico Einaudi, Boris Grebenshchikov, David Sylvian, Hans Zimmer and Andreas Vollenweider…

On the first day of the Intifada, a concert was recorded in front of a six people crowd. This date gave a special meaning to the music that was played, and took it into a different state of mind and atmosphere. This made this special encounter - between the Armenian spirit of Djivan Gasparyan with his unique voice, and the ethnical Mediterranean music of Amir Perelman - the true quest for serenity, not only in the studio, living room or concert hall, but in the hard and hostile environment that man is too often responsible for. We truly believe that music in general, and this album in particular, are true messengers of the power and beauty of music, to give hope and light to all and, unlike any other way, to make a difference in the heart of people.

Djivan Gasparyan (var. Jivan Gasparyan; Armenian: Ջիվան Գասպարյան, Armenian pronunciation: [dʒiˈvɑn ɡɑspɑɾˈjɑn]; born October 12, 1928) is an Armenian musician and composer. He plays the duduk, a double reed woodwind instrument related to the orchestral oboe. Gasparyan is known as the "Master of the duduk"

Djivan Gasparyan - Apricots From Eden
EAC+LOG+CUE | WV: 229 MB | Full Artwork | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Traditional Crossroads # CD 4276 | Country/Year: US 1996
Genre: Folk, World | Style: Armenian Folk, Duduk

…but the songs themselves becomes a kind of poetry, formal, heartfelt, and full of an elusive grandeur that is central to Eastern European music that has been touched by Asian musical systems. In sum, this is as fine a recording as Mr. Gasparyan's earlier effort, and in some ways more engaging. It should not be missed.