Liz Sarian ( hy, Լիզ Սարյան) is a French Armenian singer.
Biography
Sarian was born in a family of
Armenian genocide
The Armenian genocide was the systematic destruction of the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, Armenian people and identity in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Spearheaded by the ruling Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), it was ...
survivors. She started to sing in childhood after she listened to Armenian songs sung by her mother. Some of Sarian's releases including "On s'aime" became bestsellers in
Western Europe
Western Europe is the western region of Europe. The region's countries and territories vary depending on context.
The concept of "the West" appeared in Europe in juxtaposition to "the East" and originally applied to the ancient Mediterranean ...
. She also took part at
MIDEM
Midem is the acronym for Marché International du Disque et de l'Édition Musicale, which is organised annually in and around the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès in Cannes, France. The trade show, organized by Reed MIDEM, a subsidiary of Re ...
1967 in
Cannes
Cannes ( , , ; oc, Canas) is a city located on the French Riviera. It is a communes of France, commune located in the Alpes-Maritimes departments of France, department, and host city of the annual Cannes Film Festival, Midem, and Cannes Lions I ...
.
Sarian's first concert in
Yerevan
Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Y ...
took place in 1984 in
Karen Demirchyan Complex
Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex (Armenian: ), also known as Demirchyan Arena, Sports & Music Complex, or simply Hamalir (for complex in Armenian), is a large multi-purpose sports and concert complex with 184 stairs leading up Tsitsern ...
. She is also known for joint concerts with Aida Garvarentz and
Seda Aznavour
Seda "Patricia" Aznavour (born Seda Aznavourian, hy, Սեդա Ազնավուրյան, link=no, ; May 21, 1947) is a French-Armenian singer and artist, the daughter of Charles Aznavour.
She studied at the Armenian Virgins College of Paris, at Jan- ...
. In 2009, they performed in
Yerevan Opera Theater
Armenian National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet ( hy, Ալեքսանդր Սպենդիարյանի անվան օպերայի և բալետի ազգային ակադեմիական թատրոն, ''Aleksandr Spendiaryani anvan operayi yev bale ...
, and then in
Gyumri
Gyumri ( hy, Գյումրի, ) is an urban municipal community and the second-largest city in Armenia, serving as the administrative center of Shirak Province in the northwestern part of the country. By the end of the 19th century, when the city w ...
and
Stepanakert
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, image_caption = From top left: Holy Mother ...
, in the context of "For You, Armenia" concert program, devoted to
Charles Aznavour's 85th birth anniversary.
Birthday of Charles Aznavour to be marked in Armenia and Karabakh, PanArmenian, 2009
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Discography
CD
*1998 ''Live at Bobino''
*1998 ''Live in America''
*2010 ''Chansons arméniennes''
*2010 ''D'amour et d'Arménie''
LP
*1984 ''À Bobino''
* ''Chansons Arméniennes''
EP
*1965 ''La tempête''
*1966 ''Dis-moi Mamie''
*1966 ''Pourtant je t'aimais''
*1967 ''La route qui mène au retour''
External links
Liz Sarian at YouTube
Liz Sarian sings with Aida and Seda Aznavours
References
French people of Armenian descent
French women singers
Ethnic Armenian women singers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
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