Vahagn Hayrapetyan ( hy, Վահագն Հայրապետյան) (born August 30 1968) is a jazz pianist, singer and composer.
Honored Artist of Armenia.
Biography
Vahagn Hayrapetyan was born in Yerevan in the family of fiddler Karapet Hayrapetyan and Alice Adamyan. He graduated from the
Tchaikovsky Music School and
Yerevan State Conservatory as pianist and composer. Vahagn learned from
Barry Harris
Barry Doyle Harris (December 15, 1929 – December 8, 2021) was an American jazz pianist, bandleader, composer, arranger, and educator. He was an exponent of the bebop style.
Life and career
Harris was born in Detroit, Michigan, on December ...
and
Frank Hewitt in
New York City
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and worked and performed with many prominent jazz musicians such as
Elvin Jones
Elvin Ray Jones (September 9, 1927 – May 18, 2004) was an American jazz drummer of the post-bop era.
Most famously a member of John Coltrane's quartet, with whom he recorded from late 1960 to late 1965, Jones appeared on such widely celebrate ...
, Jimmie Lovelace,
Leroy Williams
Leroy Williams (February 3, 1941 – June 1, 2022) was an American drummer, mostly known for his work in jazz.
Williams first began playing drums as a teenager in the 1950s. From 1959 to the middle of the 1960s he played with singer Judy Roberts, ...
, Ari Roland, Zaid Nasser, Chris Byears, Yaala Baalin, Keith Baala,
Jason
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and Delfeo Marsalis and many more.
In New Orleans Vahagn recorded and released three albums:
* ”Love for sale” with Clarence Johnson III
* “Tripp to New Orleans” with Johnny Vidakovich and Ed Wise
* “Bop it up” with Wendell Brunious, Brice Winston, Bill Huntington and Jason Marsalis
Vahagn took part in many international jazz festivals -
Jazz Jamboree, St. Petersburg International Jazz Festival, Moscow vocal International Jazz Festival, New Orleans Jazz Fest du Maurier,
Montreal Jazz Festival
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etc.
Since 1980's Vahagn is the leader of his Jazz Trio and Quartet in Yerevan, since 1998 he is the pianist and keyboard player of Armenian Navy Band. In 2004 he created his own band “Katuner” (the "Cats").
Vahagn Hayrapetyan's first solo album “Singin” and Swingin” was recorded in 2010.
Vahagn often performs in Moscow jazz clubs 'Esse'. He performs with Russian jazz musicians such as Igor and
Oleg Butman, Sergey Golovnya, Yakov Okun, Sergey Vasilyev, Pavel Temofeev, Peter Vostokov and others. He also collaborateս with Russia's jazz pianist Daniil Kramer and their first duo album “ Live in Yekaterinburg” was released in 2013.
Vahagn has also been teaching jazz in Yerevan,
Syria,
Iran
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,
Lebanon
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and
Jordan
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Movies
Vahagn is the author of the sound tracks for movies:
* “ Bonded Parallels”
* “If Only Everyone” (the award of Beijing International Movie Festival)
* “Shor and Shor Shor”
Awards
* Honored Artist of Armenia, 2008
See also
References
External links
Vahagn Hayrapetyan at the Armenian National Music website
*
Armen Hyusnunts And Vahagn Hayrapetyan At Forsh Club Yerevan Armenia
A Jazzman's Journey: Our Interview with Vahagn Hayrapetyan
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1968 births
Living people
Jazz percussionists
Armenian jazz musicians
Tchaikovsky Secondary Music School alumni