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Duduk
The duduk ( ; hy, դուդուկ ) or tsiranapogh ( hy, ծիրանափող, meaning “apricot-made wind instrument”), is an ancient Armenian double reed woodwind instrument made of apricot wood. It is indigenous to Armenia. Variations of the Armenian duduk appear throughout the Caucasus and the Middle East, including Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia, Turkey, and Iran. Duduk, Balaban, and Mey are almost identical, except for historical and geographical differences. It is commonly played in pairs: while the first player plays the melody, the second plays a steady drone called ''dum'', and the sound of the two instruments together creates a richer, more haunting sound. The unflattened reed and cylindrical body produce a sound closer to the English horn than the oboe or bassoon. Unlike other double reed instruments like the oboe or shawm, the duduk has a very large reed proportional to its size. UNESCO proclaimed the Armenian duduk and its music as a Masterpiece of the Intangib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duduki
The duduk ( ; hy, դուդուկ ) or tsiranapogh ( hy, ծիրանափող, meaning “apricot-made wind instrument”), is an ancient Armenian double reed woodwind instrument made of apricot wood. It is indigenous to Armenia. Variations of the Armenian duduk appear throughout the Caucasus and the Middle East, including Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia, Turkey, and Iran. Duduk, Balaban, and Mey are almost identical, except for historical and geographical differences. It is commonly played in pairs: while the first player plays the melody, the second plays a steady drone called ''dum'', and the sound of the two instruments together creates a richer, more haunting sound. The unflattened reed and cylindrical body produce a sound closer to the English horn than the oboe or bassoon. Unlike other double reed instruments like the oboe or shawm, the duduk has a very large reed proportional to its size. UNESCO proclaimed the Armenian duduk and its music as a Masterpiece of the Intangible ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Djivan Gasparyan
Djivan Gasparyan (var. Jivan Gasparyan; hy, Ջիվան Գասպարյան, ; October 12, 1928 – July 6, 2021) was an Armenian musician and composer. He played the duduk, a double reed woodwind instrument related to the orchestral oboe. Gasparyan is known as the "Master of the duduk". In 2006 he was nominated for Grammy awards for the Best Traditional World Music Album. Biography Born in Solak, Armenia, to parents from Mush, 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 won four medals at UNESCO worldwide competitions (1959, 1962, 1973, and 1980). In 1973 Gasparyan was awarded the honorary title ''People's Artist of Armenia''. In 2002, he received the WOMEX (''World Music Expo'') Lifetime Achievement Award. He is a Honorary citizen of Yerevan. A professor at the Yerevan State Musical Conservatory, he instructed and nurtured many performers to professio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vache Hovsepyan
Vache Artashesi Hovsepyan ( hy, Վաչե Արտաշեսի Հովսեփյան, sometimes credited as Vatche Hovsepian; 17 September 1925 – 1 December 1978) was an Armenian duduk player and renowned popular artist. He graduated from the Yerevan Conservatory in the name of Romanos Melikyan in 1951. He had started performing as a popular musician on Yerevan radio in 1945 in Armenian popular and folk music. He has composed music for songs like «Էստոնական Երգ» (lyrics by Vahan Terian), «Իրիկնաժամին» (lyrics by Silva Kaputikyan) and «Երեքնուկ» (lyrics by Paruyr Sevak) and others. He also toured in live performances in Armenia, the Soviet Union and worldwide. With Andranik Askarian, he performed the duduk parts on "The Feeling Begins", the opening track of Peter Gabriel's '' Passion'', the soundtrack album from Martin Scorsese's film '' The Last Temptation of Christ''. The duduk recording is actually an excerpt from a song titled "The Wind Subsides", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mey (instrument)
The ''mey'' is a double-reed aerophone used in Turkish folk music. The ''mey'', ''duduk'', and '' balaban'' are almost identical, except for historical and geographical differences. Description A ''mey'' consists of three parts: ''ana gövde'' (main part), ''kamış'' (reed), and ''kıskaç'' (clip). #Cylindrical in shape and made of wood, the main part has seven finger holes on its front side, and one finger hole at the back. The ''mey's'' main tubular body is usually built from the wood of harder trees such as plum, walnut, beech, etc. It has a sound range of about one octave. There are three sizes of ''mey'': ''cura mey'' (smallest, highest pitched), ''orta mey'', and ''ana mey'' (largest, lowest pitched). #A double reed (''kamış'' in Turkish) essentially a large and almost flattened cylinder on the mouth side, and conical-round where it is attached to the main part, gives this instrument its characteristic deep sound. #A tuning-bridle called ''kıskaç'' (clip) mounted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Double Reed
A double reed is a type of reed used to produce sound in various wind instruments. In contrast with a single reed instrument, where the instrument is played by channeling air against one piece of cane which vibrates against the mouthpiece and creates a sound, a double reed features two pieces of cane vibrating against each other. This means, for instruments with the double reed fully exposed, that the air flow can be controlled by the embouchure from the top, bottom and sides of the reed. The term ''double reeds'' can also refer collectively to the class of instruments which use double reeds. Structure and dimensions The size and shape of the reed depend on the type of double-reed instrument which is of two groups, conical and cylindrical. Even within families of instruments, for example, the oboe family, the reed for the oboe is quite different from that for the cor anglais (English horn). Oboe reeds are usually 7 mm (0.3 in) in width, while bassoon reeds are wider, from 13. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Eustache
Pedro Eustache (born August 18, 1959) is a Venezuelan-born flautist, reed player, world woodwind player, composer, and instrument maker. He has more than seven years of symphonic experience and a collection of around 600 instruments from all over the world, many of which having been designed, built and/or modified by himself. Education Venezuelan-born Eustache studied first in Venezuela under Michel Eustache (his brother), Ernesto Santini, Antonio Jose Naranjo and Glenn Egner while a member of José Antonio Abreu's "Venezuelan Youth National Orchestra" (now known as ''El Sistema''). Upon graduation, he received a scholarship from the Venezuelan government to study in Europe, at the Hector Berlioz Conservatoire and L'Ècole de Musique d'Asnières, with Raymond Guiot & Pierre-Yves Artaud, respectively, with advanced studies with Aurèle Nicolet in Basel, Switzerland. He also has a M.F.A. in jazz from the California Institute of the Arts, U.S. Eustache is a devout Christi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Levon Minassian
Lévon Minassian is a French-Armenian duduk player. He was born in Marseilles in the district of Saint-Jerome. He played for the soundtrack of ''Mayrig''. He has collaborated with Charles Aznavour, Helene Segara, Peter Gabriel, Tony Levin, Armand Amar and Sting. Discography - Solo : *1998 : ''The Doudouk Beyond Borders'' Lévon Minassian and Friends *2006 : ''Songs From a World Apart'' Lévon Minassian & Armand Amar *2016 : ''Sources'' Lévon Minassian - Collaboration : *1992 : ''Us'' Peter Gabriel : Plays on ''Come Talk to Me'', ''Blood of Eden'' and ''Fourteen Black Paintings''. *1994 : ''Secret World Live'' - Peter Gabriel *1995 : ''World Diary'' - Tony Levin : Plays on ''Mingled Roots'' & ''La Tristesse Amoureuse De La Nuit''. * 2003 : ''Sacred Love'' - Sting *2008 : ''Big Blue Ball'' - Various Artists, Starring Peter Gabriel, Natacha Atlas, Sinéad O'Connor, Billy Cobham, Manu Katché, etc. - Plays on ''Forest''. - Movie scores : *1985 : ''Les mémoires tatouées'' - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''Oxford Reference Online'' also place Armenia in Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region; and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia to the north, the Lachin corridor (under a Russian peacekeeping force) and Azerbaijan to the east, and Iran and the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan to the south. Yerevan is the capital, largest city and the financial center. Armenia is a unitary, multi-party, democratic nation-state with an ancient cultural heritage. The first Armenian state of Urartu was established in 860 BC, and by the 6th century BC it was replaced by the Satrapy of Armenia. The Kingdom of Armenia reached its height under Tigranes the Great in the 1st century BC and in the year 301 became the first state in the world to adopt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guan (instrument)
The ''guan'' () is a Chinese double reed wind instrument. The northern Chinese version is called ''guanzi'' ( 管子) or ''bili'' (traditional: 篳篥; simplified: 筚篥) and the Cantonese version is called ''houguan'' ( 喉管). It is classified as a bamboo instrument in the Ba Yin (ancient Chinese instrument classification) system. Unlike other instruments in the double-reed family of woodwinds which mostly have conical bores, such as the Chinese ''suona'' or the Western oboe, the ''guan'' has a cylindrical bore, giving its distinctive mellow, yet piercing buzz-like timbre. History The earliest use of the word ''guan'' can be traced back to Zhou Dynasty records, where it refers to end-blown bamboo flutes such as the '' xiao'' or ''paixiao''. The earliest double-reed instrument appears in the late Zhou Dynasty and is referred as ''hujia'' ( 胡笳; literally "reed pipe of Hu people") because it had been introduced from the northwestern region of China. During that tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gevorg Dabaghyan
Gevorg Gourgeni Dabaghyan ( hy, Գևորգ Դաբաղյան; b.1965) is an Armenian duduk player of liturgical and folk music, born in Yerevan. In 1991 he founded the Shoghaken Folk Ensemble, a group of Armenian folk musicians and singers who specialize in traditional Armenian music. He was part of Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Project in 2005 and appears on the ''Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Horizon'', a 2005 album by Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble. Discography Solo recordings *996Music of Armenia.Vol.3: Duduk(Celestial Harmonies) *002Miniatures(Traditional Crossroads) With Shoghaken Folk Ensemble *996The Music of Armenia, Vol. 5: Folk Music(Celestial Harmonies) *002Armenia Anthology(Traditional Crossroads) * 004Traditional Dances Of Armenia(Traditional Crossroads) * 005Hasmik Harutyunyan with The Shoghaken Ensemble - Armenian Lullabies * 007Shoghaken Ensemble - Music from Armenia(Traditional Crossroads) With Komitas Quartet * 005 ache Sharafyan-On The Fortieth Day(Traditional Crossro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yasti Balaban
Balaban, or balaman ( az, Balaban – بالابان; fa, بالابان) is cylindrical-bore, double-Reed (instrument), reed wind instrument about long with eight finger holes and one thumb hole. This instrument is played in the eastern part of Iran's historic Azerbaijan (Iran), Azerbaijan region as well as in the Republic of Azerbaijan (where it is also called ''Düdük'' according to the ''Encyclopædia Iranica''). Balaban, Mey_(instrument), Mey, and Duduk are almost identical, except for historical and geographical differences. Balaban can be made of mulberry or other harder woods, such as walnut. The bore through the instrument is about in diameter. The double reed is made out of a single tube of cane about six cm long and pressed flat at one end. The performer uses air stored in his cheeks to keep playing the balaban while he inhales air into his lungs. This “circular” breathing technique is commonly used with all the double-reed instruments in the Middle East. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balaban (instrument)
Balaban, or balaman ( az, Balaban – بالابان; fa, بالابان) is cylindrical-bore, double-reed wind instrument about long with eight finger holes and one thumb hole. This instrument is played in the eastern part of Iran's historic Azerbaijan region as well as in the Republic of Azerbaijan (where it is also called '' Düdük'' according to the ''Encyclopædia Iranica''). Balaban, Mey, and Duduk are almost identical, except for historical and geographical differences. Balaban can be made of mulberry or other harder woods, such as walnut. The bore through the instrument is about in diameter. The double reed is made out of a single tube of cane about six cm long and pressed flat at one end. The performer uses air stored in his cheeks to keep playing the balaban while he inhales air into his lungs. This “circular” breathing technique is commonly used with all the double-reed instruments in the Middle East. Balaban can be found in regions of the Republic of A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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