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Birth name
  
Vahagn Hayrapetyan

Genres
  
jazz

Genre
  
Origin
  
Yerevan

Parents
  
Garo Hayrabedian

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Born
  
August 30, 1968 (age 48) (
1968-08-30
)

Occupation(s)
  
jazz pianist, singer, composer

Associated acts
  
Armenian Navy Band“Katuner” (the "Cats")

Music director
  
If Only Everyone, Bonded Parallels, Good Morning

Similar
  
Djivan Gasparyan, Garo Hayrabedian, Michael Poghosyan

Vahagn Hayrapetyan (Armenian: Վահագն Հայրապետյան) (born 30 August 1968 in Yerevan), jazz pianist, singer, composer. Honored artist of the Republic of Armenia.

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Vahagn Hayrapetyan Press conference of Vahagn Hayrapetyan and Daniel Kramer photoset

Armenian jazz night with vahagn hayrapetyan


Biography

Vahagn Hayrapetyan was born in Yerevan in the family of fiddler Karapet Hayrapetyan and Alice Adamyan. He graduated from the music school after Pyotr Tchaikovsky and Yerevan State Conservatory as pianist and composer. Vahagn learned from Barry Harris and Frank Hewitt in New York City and worked and performed with many prominent jazz musicians such as Elvin Jones, Jimmie Lovelace, Leroy Williams, Ari Roland, Zaid Nasser, Chris Byears, Yaala Baalin, Keith Baala, Jason and Delfeo Marsalis and many more.

In New Orleans Vahagn recorded and released three albums:

Vahagn Hayrapetyan The Vahagn Hayrapetyan Quartet Koktebel Jazz Party

  • ”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 Hayrapetyan Vahagn Hayrapetyan 100 LIVES

    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 etc.

    Vahagn Hayrapetyan Music Cascade Vahagn Hayrapetyan Non Smoking Jazz Duo

    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 Hayrapetyan Jazz VAHAGN HAYRAPETYAN amp JAZZ

    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, Lebanon and Jordan.

    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

  • Songs

    KakavikAragats: The Arrival (Live) · 2016
    Voices of Armenian natureAragats: The Arrival (Live) · 2016
    The ArrivalAragats: The Arrival (Live) · 2016

    References

    Vahagn Hayrapetyan Wikipedia


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