Aram Tigran

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Statue of Aram Tigran in Silvan, Diyarbakir, Turkey.

Aram Tigran (Armenian: Արամ Տիգրան) or Aramê Dîkran (Kurdish rendering from Western Armenian), born Aram Melikyan (Armenian: Արամ Մէլիքեան), (1934 – 8 August 2009)[1] was a contemporary Armenian singer who sang primarily in Kurdish. Among Assyrians in Qamishli he was known as Aram Dikran.

Tigran was born in Qamishli in northeastern Syria to a family originally from Diyarbakır, Turkey.[2] His first Oud he received from his uncle at the age of six.[3] After finishing ninth grade, he concentrated his efforts on learning music and playing Oud[2] and in 1953 he gave his first public concert at the Newroz celebrations.[3] By the age of twenty years, he was singing in four languages: Kurdish, Arabic, Syriac and Armenian.[2] In 1966 he moved to Yerevan, Armenia, at the time a part of the Soviet Union, where he worked for 18 years at the Radio Yerevan.[3][4] He left Armenia in 1995 and settled in Athens.[3] He is considered among the best of contemporary Kurdish singers and musicians.[5] He recorded 230 songs in Kurdish, 150 in Arabic, 10 in Syriac, 8 in Greek.[6]

Tigran died in Athens on August 8, 2009, in the Evangelismos General Hospital.[7] Tigran wanted to be buried in Diyarbakır in Turkey,[8] but the Turkish authorities refused this request.[4][9] He was buried in Brussels instead.[10]

He was married and had three children.[10]

Albums[]

  • Çîyayê Gebarê, Aydın Müzik, 2004.
  • Zîlan, Aydın Müzik, 2004.
  • Serxwebûn Xweş E, Aydın Müzik, 2004.
  • Kurdistan, Aydın Müzik, 2004
  • Xazî Dîsa Zarbûma
  • Rabin
  • Evîna Feqiyê Teyran
  • Keçê Dinê
  • Ey Welato Em Heliyan
  • Ay dilberê
  • Daye min berde
  • Diyarbekira serin
  • Aydil
  • Em hatin
  • Heval Ferat

Notes[]

  1. ^ http://www.bianet.org/english/minorities/116375-armenian-kurdish-musician-aram-tigran-to-be-buried-in-diyarbakir
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c Interview with Aram Tigran Archived June 13, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, (in Kurdish).
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "The bard of the Middle East: Aram Tigran". ANF News. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Marchand, Laure; Perrier, Guillaume (2015-04-01). Turkey and the Armenian Ghost: On the Trail of the Genocide. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. p. 180. ISBN 9780773597204.
  5. ^ Kutay Kugay,The way of Kurdish Music, Sing Out!, Summer 2007.
  6. ^ http://www.mmo.org.tr/resimler/ekler/d7970532bfa1449_ek.pdf?dergi=413 page:2
  7. ^ "Armenian and Kurdish Musician Aram Tigran Dies". IANYAN Magazine. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
  8. ^ Armenian and Kurdish Musician Aram Tigran Dies, by Liana Aghajanian, Aug. 2009
  9. ^ Aram Tigran'ın vasiyeti gerçekleşmeyecek, by Hilal Koylu / Umay Aktas Salman, Aug. 2009
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b "The bard of the Middle East: Aram Tigran". ANF News. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
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