Biography of Jivan Gasparyan

Jivan Gasparyan was born on October 12 in the Armenian village of Solak. For the first time, he took a duduk in his hands at the age of six and began to play on it on his own - another famous Armenian musician Margar Margaryan gave the national musical instrument to the boy. According to Gasparyan, in his family there were no musicians before him, he just liked the sound of Duduk.

Already at the age of 15, he began to speak along with professionals, and secretly from composers often improvised, taking other notes and, as a result, surpassing even his teachers. In the year, Gasparyan, as part of an amateur ensemble, became a member of the review of the arts of arts of the republics of the USSR, and in the year became part of the ensemble of national song and dance.

Then he had a debut, literally, on the big stage - on the stage of the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow. The concert was attended by Stalin, from which the artist received a gold watch as a gift. In the same year, his first professional performance with the Yerevan Philharmonic Orchestra as a soloist took place. In the year, the musician received his first prize in his life at the performers of the Duduk, and a year later, along with the ensemble "Birch" for the first time went on tour to America.

He spoke in the X Gasparyan around the world, and at the end of the decade he left for the United States, where he performed compositions on the duduk, including for films. Domestic artists also collaborated with him-from the "Aquarium" Boris Grebenshchikov to pop artists-such as Vladimir Presnyakov and Igor Krutoy. His duduk sounded in the soundtracks of the films "Raven" and "Gladiator".

And when he tried, the teachers were forbidden to me. They believed that I would spoil my gift. I just played heartily. And I am sure that Duduk saved me from many troubles in life, ”the musician admitted in one of his interviews. He was also the laureate of the American Golden Globe Award and the owner of four gold medals of UNESCO -,, years, and in the year the composer was nominated for Grammy.

In the year, Gasparyan was awarded in his homeland the Order of Merit to the Fatherland of the 1st degree. In the footsteps of the world famous Dudukist, his grandson Jivan Gasparyan Jr. went. He has repeatedly admitted that he was always inspired by the Armenian folk melodies performed by his grandfather. Then it was the composition of Dle Yaman, our beloved.

My grandfather and I are very similar, he is not just a relative for me. He is not just a teacher for me, he is my friend, ”said the artist’s grandson earlier. Jivan Gasparyan Jr. announced the death of the world-famous master of play on Duduk. Not only an icon, but also a beautiful soul. Rest in peace, ”he wrote on July 6 on his Facebook page.