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Armenian Navy Band winning of the BBC Radio 3 for Awards World Music 2006 in categoria "Audience Award" More information |
The Armenian Navy Band
Winner of the 2006 BBC World Music “Planet Audience Award” Armenian Navy Band was founded in 1998 by Arto Tunçboyaciyan, a charismatic composer, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, the founder of the Avant-Garde Folk Music.
Since childhood, music has been Arto’s fundamental element of life. He started playing music professionally in 1968. He has tried to communicate his greatest values: "Love, Respect and Truth".
Having the aim to make his “sound worlds” audible in the way he wished Arto visited Armenia. Here he met open-minded and enthusiastic musicians who would soon became the Armenian Navy Band and spread the ideology of Love, Respect and Truth in the world of music.
In the same 1998 they recorded their first album “Bzdik Zinvor”, a very sincere voice of life, nature and love. Since 1999 ANB started its regular tours in Europe.
During 1999 Armenian Navy Band recorded their second album “New Apricot”. In 2001 in Istanbul they recorded a new album called “Light Anatolian Music with Turkish Words”, which is a very beautiful and unique expression of life experience.
In the fall of 2003, a new project was born in a Yerevan studio. It was the beginning of a large sound project called “Sound of Our Life - Part One: Natural Seeds”. Arto considers this album his music diary. It is a one-hour long composition for the ANB and choir & string orchestras. It will be followed with part 2 and part 3, and maybe part 4.
In 2004 they recorded a new album “How Much is Yours”, which was their first album in Armenian.
In 2005 they recorded the soundtrack for the movie “Le Voyage En Armenie”.
Armenian Navy Band is collaborating with rap group Paper Boys Intl., a band of Arto’s son Seto Setrak Tuncboyaciyan, and they recorded and are preparing to release the CD.
The ANB is currently working on “Sound of Our Life – Part Two” (Ethnodispanser). But they also are working on and preparing to release new CDs “Under Your Thoughts” and “Simple Like Water Deep Like Water”.
ANB’s music is Arto's original compositions, which expresses the sound of the past generations along with today's life with the imagination of future. This is what he calls "Avant-Garde Folk".
The Armenian Navy Band represents the synthesis of Arto's 38-year-old musical journey, his life experiences and philosophy.
Musicians
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Arto Tunçboyaciyan |
Percussions, bular, vocals |
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Anahit Artushyan |
Kanun |
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Armen Ayvazyan |
Kemanche |
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Armen Hyusnunts |
Tenor & soprano sax |
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Ashot Harutiunyan |
Trombone |
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David Nalchajyan |
Alto sax |
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Tigran Suchyan |
Trumpet |
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Norayr Kartashyan |
Blul, duduk, zurna |
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Vardan Grigoryan |
Duduk, zurna, clarinet |
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Arman Jalalyan |
Drums |
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Vahagn Hayrapetyan |
Piano, keyboards |
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Artyom Manukyan |
Bass, cello |
Armenian Navy Band Discography
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Armenian Navy Band |
Svota Music,1998 |
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Armenian Navy Band |
Svota Music 1999 |
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Armenian Navy Band |
D. Svota Music 2004 |
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Armenian Navy Band |
D. Svota Music 2005 |
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