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Djivan Gasparyan
Person

Djivan Gasparyan

Specialty
Sound
Birth
October 12, 1928 · 92 years
Death
July 6, 2021
Origin
Armenia Kotayk

Technical Alias

Дживан Гаспарян

Professional Trajectory

Djivan Gasparyan (var. Jivan Gasparyan; Armenian: Ջիվան Գասպարյան, Armenian pronunciation: 12 October 1928 – 6 July 2021) was an Armenian musician and composer. He played the duduk, a double reed woodwind instrument related to the orchestral oboe. Gasparyan is known as the "Master of the duduk". In 2006 he was nominated for Grammy Awards for the Best Traditional World Music Album.

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