Erik Karapetyan ( arm, Էրիկ Կարապետյան; born 5 June 1988), better known as simply Erik, is an Armenian singer-songwriter. He represented

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in the 2011 New Wave international contest for young performers and achieved fifth place. He also won "Audience's Choice" of that competition.AV Production․ Erik Karapetyan
/ref> In 2016, he became one of the jury members of the Armenian

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Life and career

Early life

Karapetyan was born on 5 June 1988 in

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. In 2005, he graduated from Tbilisi's Dzabatdze N79 Georgian School, in which he subsequently studied violin, and after the graduation he transferred to

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. There, he started to study in the

Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan ( hy, Երևանի Կոմիտասի անվան պետական կոնսերվատորիա), also known as Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory (YKSC) or Yerevan State Conservatory (YSC), is a state-owned college ...

until 2011.

Career

In 2021, he won the first edition of ''Masquerade'', the Armenian version of the

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contest.

Discography

* Your Footprints (russian: link=no, Твои следы) (2015) * Siro Pandemia (2020)

Filmography

Awards and achievements

Karapetyan has received these awards:

References

External links

Official site

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Living people Musicians from Yerevan 21st-century Armenian male singers Armenian pop singers Georgian people of Armenian descent 1988 births Masked Singer winners {{Armenia-singer-stub