Djivan Gasparian at Barbican Centre

20 August, 2012

Djivan Gasparyan is recognized as the most accomplished and influential musician in the history of the duduk (tsiranapogh). But more than a musician, he is an icon, a living embodiment of the history of Armenian traditional folk music.

Djivan Gasparyan, virtuoso of the traditional Armenian flute called duduk,and Iran's musical wizard Hossein Alizâdeh got together in Tehran in 2003 for a live collaboration which soon became one of the most acclaimed world music albums of the last decade.

The two masters behind the Grammy-nominated album Endless Vision - an inspired encounter between traditional Persian and Armenian music - return to London for a new collaboration.

28 September 2012 / 19:30
Barbican Hall

You can book your tickets on Barbican's official website.

Short Biography: Born in Solag, Armenia, Djivan Gasparyan started playing duduk when he was six. In 1948 he became a soloist of the Armenian Song and Dance Popular Ensemble and the Yerevan Philarmonic Orchestra. He has received four medals from UNESCO in 1959, 1962, 1973, and 1980 respectively. In 1973 Gasparyan was awarded the honorary title of People's Artist of Armenia and in 2002, he received the WOMEX (World Music Expo) Lifetime Achievement Award. As a professor at Yerevan State Conservatory, he has instructed and nurtured many performers to a professional level of performance in duduk.

He has toured the world several times with a small ensemble playing Armenian folk music. He has collaborated with many renowned artists, such as Sting, Michael Brook, Peter Gabriel, Brian May, Lionel Richie, Hans Zimmer and many others.

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