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
Vahan Terian (; February 9, 1885 – January 7, 1920) was an Armenian poet, lyrist and public activist. He is known for his sorrowful, romantic poems, the most famous of which are still read and sung in their musical versions.
Biography
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), «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''.
LastFM: Vache Hovsepyan biography
/ref> The duduk recording is actually an excerpt from a song titled "The Wind Subsides", originally recorded for a collection of Armenian music
The music of Armenia ( hy, հայկական երաժշտություն ''haykakan yerazhshtut’yun'') has its origins in the Armenian highlands, dating back to the 3rd millennium BCE, and is a long-standing musical tradition that encompasse ...
released by Radio France
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Stations
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* France Inter — Radio France's " generalist" station, featuring entertaining and informative talk mixed with a wide variety o ...
's Ocora label.
References
External links
Vatche Hovsepian Armenian Sound Network
1925 births
1978 deaths
Armenian musicians
Woodwind musicians
Dudukahars
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