Vatche Hovsepian
Vache Artashesi Hovsepyan (17 September 19251 December 1978) was an Armenian duduk player and renowned popular artist. He graduated from the Romanos Melikyan State Music College in 1951. He had started performing as a popular musician on Yerevan radio in 1945 in Armenian popular and folk music.
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Vatche Hovsepian
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- Name
- Vache Hovsepyan
- Born
- 17 September 1925
- Birthplace
- Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
- Died
- 1 December 1978
- Occupation
- Duduk player
- Nationality
- Soviet Union
- Education
- Musical College after Romanos Melikyan
- Honours
- People's Artist of the Armenian SSR
- Languages
- Armenian
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Vache Artashesi Hovsepyan (17 September 19251 December 1978) was an Armenian duduk player and renowned popular artist. He graduated from the Romanos Melikyan State Music College in 1951. He had started performing as a popular musician on Yerevan radio in 1945 in Armenian popular and folk music.
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He has composed music for songs like Estonakan Erg (lyrics by Vahan Terian), Iriknazhamin (lyrics by Silva Kaputikyan) and Ereknuk (lyrics by Paruyr Sevak) and others. He also toured in live performances in Armenia, the Soviet Union and worldwide. The duduk recording is actually an excerpt from a song titled "The Wind Subsides", originally recorded for a collection of Armenian music released by Radio France's Ocora label.
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• Name — Vache Hovsepyan • Born — 17 September 1925 • Birthplace — Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union • Died — 1 December 1978 • Place of death — Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union • Occupation — Duduk player • Genre — Folk • Instrument — Duduk
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